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Stock Market Rally Explodes on Trump’s Iran Peace Signals: Oil Crashes, Tech Roars Back Wall Street powered a dramatic reversal as President Donald Trump signaled the US is close to a deal with Iran, fueling hopes for an end to the war that has roiled global markets. Yesterday’s capitulation became today’s celebration. The Dow Jones […] More

Inflation Report Meets Iran Escalation: Perfect Storm Decimates Tech, Tests Market Stability The inflation report arrived Wednesday morning with brutal news: Consumer Price Index rose to its highest level in three years, brought on by higher oil prices amid the conflict involving the U.S., regional allies, and Iran. By closing bell, the damage was comprehensive. […] More

Trump Threatens More Iran Attacks, Crushing Markets as Geopolitical Risk Explodes President Donald Trump signaled that negotiations with Iran were taking “too long” and threatened more action, pledging that “we’re going to be attacking them very hard.” One tweet. One sentence. Markets fell 3.5% in seconds. Yahoo Finance U.S. equities fell as Trump threatened additional […] More

Stock Market Rebound Hits Wall as Iran-Israel Trading Strikes Threaten Ceasefire The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were higher on Monday as chip stocks rebounded from Friday’s rout, and President Donald Trump tried to maintain a fragile ceasefire despite Iran and Israel trading strikes. The bounce looked good for exactly three hours. Then reality crashed […] More

Jobs Report Paradox: Strong May Data Triggers “Good News is Bad News” Market Crash Payrolls increased by 172,000 in May — well above the expected 80,000—and markets fell off a cliff. Not because the economy is weak. Because it’s strong. Because strong economies get rate hikes. And rate hikes destroy growth stock valuations. Yahoo Finance […] More

Chip Stocks Crash as Broadcom’s Weak Guidance Tests the Entire AI Thesis Broadcom Inc.’s underwhelming outlook tested the artificial-intelligence trade that has powered the market from war-driven lows, driving shares down 15%. One earnings miss. One guidance cut. And suddenly everything investors believed about AI infrastructure gets questioned. CNBC Investors hoping for a stronger forecast […] More

Short Seller Andrew Left Found Guilty in Landmark Stock Manipulation Case That Could Reshape Markets Famed short seller Andrew Left was found guilty of using misleading social media posts to manipulate stocks, facing the possibility of decades in prison following a three-week trial in Los Angeles. This. Changes. Everything. CNBC For two decades, Andrew Left […] More

Tech Earnings Prove AI Thesis Real as Marvell Soars on Nvidia’s Trillion-Dollar Endorsement Marvell Technology Inc. soared 23% in US premarket trading after Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang said the chipmaker could be the “next trillion-dollar company.” One sentence from one CEO. Twenty-three percent. That’s not market manipulation. That’s validation. That’s the AI infrastructure bet finally […] More

Summer Market Pullback Warning Emerges as Bank of America Flags Deteriorating Risk-Reward at Record Highs Bank of America strategists are warning investors to start preparing for a summer pullback, saying that risk-reward is deteriorating and multiple indicators favor a more cautious stance even as the S&P 500 notched a ninth consecutive weekly advance, its longest […] More

Tech Earnings Rally Lifts Markets Back to Records as Dell Soars 30% and Iran Deal Talk Resurges The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 329 points, or 0.7%, with the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 each climbing 0.3%, as all three indexes hit fresh all-time intraday highs Friday morning—a stunning reversal from yesterday’s panic when […] More

Stock Market Crash Erupts as Iran Attack Destroys Peace Deal Narrative in Stunning 24-Hour Reversal The stock market crash is here. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched an attack targeting a U.S. air base that Tehran said was used in earlier American strikes, obliterating yesterday’s jubilant celebration about Strait of Hormuz reopenings and oil collapsing […] More

Dow Hits Record High as Oil Prices Plunge Below $91—But Chip Stocks Scream Trouble Underneath The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 182 points to a new record as oil prices retreated, with West Texas Intermediate crude crashing more than 5% to below $91 a barrel on what sounds like the breakthrough everyone’s been waiting for. […] More