S&P 500 Smashes Records Above 7,700—But Don’t Mistake Momentum for a Free Lunch The S&P 500 record high crossed another threshold Tuesday that nobody on Wall Street seemed to see coming quite this fast. The index closed at 7,736.52, up a sharp 1.79%, marking a new all-time peak driven by strong earnings from artificial intelligence-linked […] More
Palantir Stock Soars 15%. The Bond Market Isn’t Nearly as Excited. Palantir stock jumped 15.4% Tuesday. The Dow hit a record. The S&P topped its June high for a fourth straight session. Oil kept sliding on hopes for an Iran deal. Everything up top looked like a party. Underneath it, something quieter and more consequential […] More
Oil Prices Drop 6%. Wall Street Finally Gets to Exhale. Oil prices drop nearly 6% Monday morning. President Trump called off what he described as a “massive” strike on Iran. Talks start today instead. Markets took the news and ran. The Nasdaq climbed nearly 2%. The Dow gained a full percent. The S&P rose 1.28%. […] More
Apple Amazon Earnings Both Beat. Wall Street Still Picked a Winner. Apple Amazon earnings landed Thursday night, and both companies delivered records. Apple posted its strongest June quarter ever. Amazon crushed estimates across the board. Apple fell 8%. Amazon jumped 12%. Two record quarters. Two opposite verdicts. This is now the third straight earnings night […] More
Microsoft Meta Earnings Landed the Same Night. One Soared. One Sank. Microsoft Meta earnings hit Wednesday after the bell, and the split was almost violent. Microsoft jumped 8.5%. Meta dropped 9%. Same night. Same AI spending story, told two different ways. Both companies raised capital expenditure guidance. Both are pouring tens of billions into AI […] More
The Fed Rate Decision Nobody Wanted to Face on a Day Like This The Fed rate decision arrives at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces overnight. All intercepted. Trump promised to hit back hard. Oil jumped 7%. The Dow dropped over 800 points. Markets are now pricing a 36% chance the Fed […] More
AI Circular Financing Fears Just Triggered a Global Chip Meltdown AI circular financing concerns tore through Asian markets overnight, and the damage was severe. SK Hynix closed down 14.5%. The Kospi dropped as much as 10.9%, tripping its ninth circuit breaker of 2026. The Nikkei tumbled nearly 4%. Nvidia announced a $500 billion AI memory […] More
Apple Market Cap Nears $5 Trillion. Nvidia’s Reign Just Ended. Apple market cap hit a fresh intraday record Monday, $339.50 a share, putting the company within reach of $5 trillion. Apple’s about to overtake Nvidia’s 272-session streak as the most valuable company in America. Two hundred seventy-two sessions. Gone, potentially, by the closing bell. The […] More
Intel Earnings Spark a Relief Rally. It Might Not Last the Weekend. Intel earnings landed Friday morning with a number Wall Street desperately needed. A blowout revenue forecast. Strong data center demand. Shares jumped in premarket trading, gave back some of the gain once the bell rang, then steadied. The rest of the market followed […] More
Alphabet Stock Sinks 7%. The Earnings Were Fine. The Spending Wasn’t. Alphabet stock fell nearly 7% Thursday. Tesla dropped 12%. Both companies beat revenue estimates. Read that twice. Beat estimates. Got crushed anyway. This is now the fifth time this month a major company has posted solid numbers and watched its stock get sold hard. […] More
Oil Prices Top $95. Wall Street Holds Its Breath for Alphabet. Oil prices top $95 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude, up nearly 3%. Shipping worries in the Red Sea. Tensions with Iran, still simmering, refusing to fade. Stocks didn’t panic. But they didn’t shrug it off either. The S&P 500 dipped slightly at the open, […] More
Chip Stocks Rally Monday. Last Week Still Left a Mark. Chip stocks rally Monday morning, and the bounce was real. The Nasdaq popped nearly 0.8%. Semiconductor names advanced. Oil retreated from a weekend high near $90 a barrel. Relief, sort of. Fragile, definitely. Because last week was brutal. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 10%. Biggest […] More