Stock Market News — September 18, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets face a volatile Friday as a Strait of Hormuz tanker strike sends European stocks to their third consecutive weekly loss, Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman, and a $7 trillion options expiration amplifies swings. A hawkish Fed rate hike and Volkswagen's €10 billion profi
Stock Market News — September 17, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street surged to its best day in over a month as oil prices fell and yields declined, with the Fed's rate hike to 3.75%–4.00% largely digested by markets. Nvidia's CEO forecast chip sales will double next year, while a $24.3B F-35 fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia boosted defense stocks, though
Stock Market News — August 19, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Moderna's Phase 3 melanoma vaccine success sent its stock soaring over 100%, igniting a biotech rally and record Nasdaq biotech highs, while surging Treasury yields hammered Asian markets before U.S. buyback intervention stabilized sentiment. Marvell's $12.2B custom AI chip deal with Google and Eli
Stock Market News — August 14, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets closed modestly lower Friday as weak retail sales dampened sentiment, but the week's real story was AI's dominance: Anthropic's IPO prep revealed a staggering $190–200B 2028 revenue target, while Jane Street's $15B July loss from AI hedge fund exposure added a cautionary note to otherwise bu
Stock Market News — July 31, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Amazon's blockbuster Q2 earnings and cloud surge lifted AI stocks, but Apple's nearly 10% plunge and $500B market cap loss threatens to derail the rally, while Novo Nordisk's failed Phase 3 trial adds to biotech volatility on a mixed day for Big Tech.
Stock Market News — July 17, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Netflix plunged 10%+ on weak Q3 guidance while semiconductor stocks cratered after China's Kimi K3 AI designed a functional chip in 48 hours without proprietary tools, triggering a synchronized global tech selloff with capital rotating into energy and defense.
Stock Market News — July 16, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
TSMC's record 77% profit surge paradoxically dragged chip stocks lower on capex concerns, while UnitedHealth's earnings beat lifted the Dow and insurance sector. Uber's $14.8B Delivery Hero takeover and Eli Lilly's $3.8B psychedelic drug deal headline a busy M&A morning, though SpaceX's slip below i
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 02, 2026 — Weekly Wrap — Last 6 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed a holiday-shortened week with broad gains as a soft June jobs report sparked rate-cut optimism, lifting the Dow 1.14%. Tesla dominated headlines with record Q2 deliveries and a new six-seat Model Y, yet its stock plunged 7.9% in a bearish reversal, while a surging IPO pipeline and
Stock Market News — July 01, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Meta's stock surged 10% after announcing plans to sell excess AI compute capacity, rattling chip stocks and cloud infrastructure providers like CoreWeave and Nebius. Meanwhile, the Dow hit a new intraday record as OpenAI efficiency gains and a wave of mega-deals and IPOs drove mixed but broadly opti
