Stock Market News — September 04, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Strong August jobs report (162K payrolls) reignited Fed rate hike bets, sending stocks lower and pushing Citigroup's first rate cut forecast to June 2027. Lululemon crashed ~18% on guidance cut, while Volkswagen surged 6.5-7% after board approved radical restructuring, and Tesla slid on Cybercab reg
Stock Market News — September 03, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street surged 1%+ Thursday as Treasury yields fell and investors rotated into risk assets ahead of Friday's jobs report. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launch, Nvidia's $2.5B Thinking Machines Lab investment, and Anthropic's $15B credit facility dominated AI headlines, while Lululemon crashed 17% on slas
Stock Market News — August 31, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed August lower as U.S.-Iran tensions spiked oil prices, though Anthropic's landmark $35 billion cloud deal with Lambda highlighted AI infrastructure's massive scale. Shein's Hong Kong IPO flopped 8–10%, while the FTC sued Amazon over ad practices and MediaTek surged on Nvidia's $3.5
Stock Market News — August 24, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets tumbled as Trump's 50% Canadian auto tariff threat rattled automakers, while semiconductor stocks plunged on CXMT-Apple chip restrictions and Samsung disappointed with its $80B buyback plan. Nvidia earnings loom Wednesday amid broader tech sector caution and $44B in institutional semiconduct
Stock Market News — August 20, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street tumbled Thursday as rising Treasury yields and Walmart's 9% plunge—its steepest drop in years after reporting slowest sales growth—rattled consumer sentiment, though Samsung's $79B shareholder return and Bitcoin's 5.94% surge offered brief Asian relief.
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 — Midday Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Reddit surges 11% on confirmed S&P 500 inclusion (Aug. 18), while Silver Lake's reported ~$50B Workday buyout reignites SaaS M&A speculation. AMD and Micron rally on AI momentum, though Applied Materials slides despite record earnings as investors take profits.
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 12, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
AI infrastructure stocks dominated Wednesday's session as Super Micro Computer's blowout FY2027 revenue guidance of $65–$72B shattered consensus, triggering a broad rally in CoreWeave (~19%), Dell, HPE, and Micron. In-line July CPI data kept rate-hike fears at bay while M&A activity heated up with N
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
