U.S. stock index futures traded in tight ranges on Friday, August 28, with market participants adopting a cautious stance ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's keynote address. Dow Jones futures edged up 0.22%, S&P 500 futures added 0.11%, and Nasda...
A fresh leg of the secular bull market may be underway for AI chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA). Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold lifted his price target on the stock from $352 to a Street-high $550 on Thursday, implying roughly 140% upside from current levels. At th...
U.S. equities rallied on Thursday after NVIDIA’s powerful guidance reinforced confidence in durable AI-computing demand. The technology-led advance was broad but uneven, while elevated rates, geopolitics and trade frictions remained headwinds; attention...
U.S. equity futures traded mixed on Thursday. Dow contracts slipped modestly, while Nasdaq 100 futures rallied nearly 1% following blockbuster earnings from Nvidia. Major European bourses traded mostly lower. Nvidia topped Wall Street estimates across all majo...
Recent pullbacks in gold appear to have done little to damage its secular investment thesis. With sovereign debt sustainability anxieties re-emerging across global markets, one strategist sees bullion testing $5,000 per ounce by year-end. Aakash Doshi, Head of...
U.S. equities edged lower on Wednesday as slightly firmer-than-expected PCE inflation reinforced policy uncertainty. Nvidia’s results materially exceeded consensus estimates, confirming robust AI demand, but the initially muted after-hours response showe...
U.S. stock index futures traded mixed on Wednesday, with Dow futures edging higher while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts retreated. Major European bourses traded mostly higher. Pre-market macroeconomic data showed the U.S. headline PCE price index rose 3....
Nvidia (NVDA) is scheduled to release its second-quarter earnings for fiscal 2027 after the market close on Wednesday, August 26, followed by its earnings conference call. Investors are closely tracking Blackwell shipment numbers and forward revenue guidance f...
As multiple systemic vulnerabilities intersect across agricultural supply chains, major Wall Street institutions are issuing back-to-back warnings that a protracted and far-reaching global food crisis is rapidly taking shape. Following warnings from JPMorgan C...
U.S. equities advanced across the board on Tuesday as technology stocks rebounded and easing oil prices and Treasury yields supported risk appetite. Investors remain cautious ahead of Nvidia’s earnings, the PCE inflation report and Kevin Warsh’s Ja...
U.S. stock index futures advanced broadly on Tuesday, with Nasdaq 100 futures rising nearly 1% as Treasury yields declined for a second consecutive session. Major European equity benchmarks traded mostly higher. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell more than 3...
A softening U.S. dollar—pressured by what markets perceive as quasi-quantitative easing from the U.S. Treasury—propelled Bitcoin past the $80,000 mark on Tuesday, setting a fresh high in over three months. Bitcoin traded steadily above $80,500, lif...
As the U.S. Q2 corporate reporting season winds down, semiconductor capital expenditures have broadly outpaced Wall Street consensus, while major equipment manufacturers have delivered increasingly bullish forward guidance. Spurred by these twin tailwinds, Gol...
U.S. equities closed mixed on Monday as investors weighed Washington’s intensified economic pressure on Iran, rising trade-policy risk and a renewed reassessment of AI-related valuation and political risks. With Nvidia earnings, Kevin Warsh’s Jacks...
U.S. stock index futures moved lower on Monday, led by declines in Nasdaq 100 futures. Major European benchmarks traded broadly lower. Rising global sovereign bond yields continue to weigh on equity valuations. The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield topped 5.3% last...
Wall Street investors should be far more concerned about the implications of this week's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium than the upcoming quarterly results from artificial intelligence leader Nvidia, Ann Miletti, Head of Active Equity at Allspring Global Inve...
U.S. equities recovered into the weekend as concern over U.S. debt sustainability pushed gold, silver, base metals, and Bitcoin higher. The rebound came despite a volatile week for stocks and ahead of a dense catalyst calendar featuring Iran policy, Nvidia ear...
U.S. stock index futures advanced on Friday as investors looked to regain footing following a steep equity selloff triggered by surging Treasury yields. Major European benchmarks traded broadly higher. In the prior session, the three major U.S. equity indexes...
Recent news that the mRNA individualized neoantigen therapy intismeran met its primary endpoint in a Phase 3 study has drawn intense attention across global healthcare markets. While analysts note the platform could reshape melanoma treatment, some warn the su...
U.S. equities declined as the Treasury’s bond-market intervention lost momentum, with Walmart’s earnings-driven selloff and a sharp Moderna reversal pressuring risk appetite. Selective strength in memory, optical networking, and Alibaba’s com...
