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
Stock Market Roars Back Post-Holiday as Consumer Confidence Index Collapses Into Recession Territory The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index dipped 0.7 points to 93.1 in May, down from an upwardly revised 93.8 in April—marking the first decline after three consecutive months of gains. But here’s what should terrify anyone paying attention: the Expectations Index, which […] More
Dow Jones Record High Masks Deeper Cracks as Iran Peace Hopes Collide With Manufacturing Collapse The Dow Jones record close hit 50,285.66 today, surging 276 points or 0.6%, as diplomatic signals from Washington and Tehran sparked hopes that the four-month Middle East conflict might finally end. At midday, the Dow was up over 400 points […] More
Stock Market Today Faces 19-Year Treasury Reckoning as Nvidia Verdict Looms The stock market today is caught in a vise nobody saw coming six months ago: the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.197% during Tuesday’s session, marking its highest level since July 2007—nearly 19 years. The 10-year yield climbed to 4.687%, the highest since January 2025. […] More