Stock Market News — September 18, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman, handing control to son Howard in a historic succession. Meanwhile, UBS projects AI spending will hit nearly $1 trillion this year, and Anthropic targets a November IPO with plans for a new model release.
Mortgage Rates — September 18, 2026 — Today (Pacific Time)
US mortgage rates for September 18, 2026: 30-Yr Fixed at 7.20% (+0.01% daily, +0.08% weekly). 15-Yr Fixed at 6.83%. Full rate table and trends inside.
Business News & Hints — September 18, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
CoreWeave and CleanSpark dominated Friday's deal activity with massive capital raises—$3.7B and $2.28B respectively—signaling robust investor appetite for AI infrastructure and crypto mining. Meanwhile, Paramount advanced settlement talks on its $81B Warner Bros. Discovery merger, potentially cleari
Stock Market News — September 09, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Oil surged past $100/barrel amid U.S.-Iran tensions, hammering European stocks to multi-month lows and dragging equities and bonds lower simultaneously, though AI darlings Meta (+7%), AMD (+3.4%), and Dell (+4.3%) rallied on autonomous AI and infrastructure optimism. Rising rate-hike odds and disapp
Stock Market News — August 03, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Amazon crossed $3 trillion market cap as AWS reported its fastest growth in nearly five years, while Palantir surged ~10% post-earnings on raised AI forecasts and CoreWeave jumped 18% on surging AI infrastructure demand. The Dow posted its first record close in a month, powered by broad tech earning
Stock Market News — June 26, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Apple's 15–25% price hikes on Macs and iPads sparked a global tech selloff, triggering circuit breakers in South Korea and sending the Nikkei down 4%, while Volkswagen's planned 100,000 job cuts and rising Fed rate-hike odds deepened bearish sentiment across markets.
EverHint - Stock Market News — March 2, 2026 — Evening Update (last 12 hours, PT)
US-Iran war rattles global markets: AWS data centers struck by drones, European stocks crater (DAX -2.4%), travel collapses. Oil and dollar surge. MongoDB -21% on guidance. Berkshire slides. PayPay delays IPO. Paramount-WBD nears FCC approval.
