Stock Market News — August 18, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
A global semiconductor selloff triggered a circuit-breaker halt on South Korea's KOSPI after a 5% plunge, with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics tumbling 8.3% and 7.0% respectively. Rising bond yields near multi-decade highs compounded the pressure, dragging Nasdaq down over 1% for a third consecutiv
Stock Market News — August 17, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets tumbled Monday as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire expired, sending oil past $90/barrel and bond yields to multi-decade highs—the Dow fell 0.51% and the S&P 500 tested critical support. Geopolitical risk and inflation fears dominated, though bright spots emerged: Nvidia pledged $105B for OpenAI's dat
Stock Market News — August 13, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street hit record highs as softer inflation data crushed rate-hike bets and boosted tech stocks. Silver Lake's $25B bid for Workday and Databricks' $5B funding round at $190B valuation highlight explosive momentum in enterprise software and AI infrastructure, with OpenAI's revenue run rate now
Stock Market News — August 12, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
AI infrastructure stocks CoreWeave (+19%), Nebius (+28%), and Super Micro (+20%) surged on blowout earnings and robust AI capex spending, while Cerebras plummeted 16% on disappointing results. July's in-line CPI report kept rate-cut bets alive, pushing U.S. stocks near record highs and South Korea's
Stock Market News — August 11, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
AI infrastructure and Korean chip stocks led gains today: CoreWeave surged 11% on strong AI demand, Samsung and SK Hynix each jumped 7%+ on Temasek investment reports, and Super Micro Computer added 9% after crushing earnings. However, geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty ahead of Wednesday's
Stock Market News — August 11, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Riot Platforms surged 21% after securing a landmark $9.1 billion AI data center deal with Anthropic, signaling Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, On Holding plummeted 19% on a Q2 miss, and Intel raised $20 billion to fund foundry ambitions against TSMC as markets await tomo
Stock Market News — August 10, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Nvidia's $500B AI infrastructure mega-deal with Wall Street validates the capex supercycle but sent NVIDIA stock down 2.5% on dilution concerns, while Riot Platforms surged 24% after Anthropic's landmark $9.1B cloud deal. Geopolitical tensions over Iran's Strait of Hormuz pushed oil up ~5%, creating
Stock Market News — August 07, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Surprise July jobs decline of 23,000 crushed rate-hike fears, sending S&P 500 and Nasdaq higher, while a wave of software earnings beats—led by Atlassian (+33%), Doximity (+66%), and Cloudflare (+16%)—reinforced a powerful "software is back" narrative.
Stock Market News — August 06, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets closed cautiously Thursday as the Dow fell 0.85% and S&P 500 faced bearish pressure ahead of Friday's jobs report, with earnings showing stark divergence: Atlassian soared 23% and Airbnb jumped 10.8%, but The Trade Desk crashed 23.9% and Asia's KOSPI logged its worst month since 2008 amid an
Stock Market News — August 06, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Tech earnings delivered a harsh reality check overnight: AppLovin crashed 19% on its first guidance miss, HubSpot plunged 24% on weak demand, and memory chip stocks (WDC down 13%, SNDK down 9%) tumbled despite strong results, signaling valuation gravity is winning. Meanwhile, Alphabet's $25B bond of
