Stock Market News — July 21, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Semiconductor stocks lead a broad market rebound Tuesday, with Nvidia's "Vera Rubin" AI chips entering full production and analyst upgrades lifting the entire chip sector. Airbus surges on ambitious 2029 earnings targets and a €5 billion buyback, while Coinbase jumps 12% on regulatory clarity and Ap
Stock Market News — July 17, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street's two-week winning streak ended Friday as a semiconductor rout—sparked by Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI designing a chip in 48 hours without proprietary tools—sent the SOX into bear market territory. Cadence and Synopsys plummeted over 9% each on existential EDA software concerns, while
Stock Market News — July 13, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Middle East tensions and Trump's Strait of Hormuz threat rattled markets Monday, while SK Hynix's record 15.4% collapse triggered a global memory chip selloff dragging down Micron, Western Digital, and Samsung. TSMC's strong AI-driven Q2 results and Intel's €5B Irish investment provided isolated bri
Stock Market News — July 09, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Chip stocks led a broad market rebound Thursday as SK Hynix priced a blockbuster $26.5B U.S. offering and OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 with a new enterprise "super app," intensifying AI competition. Geopolitical tensions eased after Trump signaled Iran wants a deal, while Meta's aggressive AI infrastruct
Stock Market News — July 06, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street's record Dow and 1% Nasdaq gain Monday were fueled by chip stocks rebounding on the Broadcom-Apple deal extension and SK Hynix's $28B US listing, but optimism fizzled after-hours as Samsung's stunning 19-fold profit jump paradoxically spooked investors worried AI valuations have peaked.
Stock Market News — June 24, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street rebounded Wednesday as crude oil plunged below $70, boosting airlines and consumer stocks despite ongoing tech weakness. JPMorgan raised its S&P 500 year-end target to 7,800 on "unprecedented" earnings revisions, while Micron's after-hours earnings report looms as a critical test for AI
Stock Market News — June 18, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
U.S.-Iran peace deal lifts S&P 500 1% and Nasdaq nearly 2%, with tech surging on chip enthusiasm including Marvell's 7% jump and a Trump-backed Apple-Intel partnership. Defense contractors plummet—Northrop Grumman (-5.8%), Lockheed Martin (-4.3%), L3Harris (-6.4%)—while SpaceX cools after its IPO fr
Stock Market News — June 17, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Semiconductor stocks led a broad market rally as Intel's 18A-P process entered risk production, lifting ASML to a 52-week high and Applied Materials nearly 9%, while a reported U.S.-Iran peace deal and biotech wins offset BMW's 7% profit warning plunge ahead of today's Fed decision.
Stock Market News — June 16, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
SpaceX surged past Amazon and briefly topped Microsoft after its IPO, while OpenAI's $3.7 billion Q1 cash burn raised sustainability concerns. Goldman Sachs hit a record $1 trillion in first-half M&A volume as deal activity and AI partnerships drove markets, though tech rotation and Fed uncertainty
Stock Market News — June 15, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
U.S.-Iran peace deal sparks broad rally with S&P 500 surging and Nasdaq jumping 3%, while SpaceX's record $85.7B IPO values the company at $2.1 trillion and makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. AMD hits all-time highs on its MEXT acquisition, and Nvidia announces a $20B bond sale as AI an
