Stock Market News — July 16, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Tech and semiconductor stocks plummeted Thursday as AI spending concerns intensified, with Alphabet losing $200B in market cap over Google's Gemini delays and Netflix disappointing with weak Q3 guidance. The selloff spread globally—Nikkei fell 5%+ to June lows—while SpaceX's failed Starship test and
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 15, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 9 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed higher Wednesday on cooling inflation and Magnificent 7 strength, but South Korea's KOSPI plunged 7.2% as SK Hynix crashed 11.3%, signaling semiconductor contagion risk. PayPal surged 17% on a $53B Stripe-Advent bid, while TSMC's record profit expectations and Hyundai's full Bosto
Stock Market News — July 15, 2026 — After Hours — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed higher Wednesday on cooler inflation data and strong earnings, but a $53 billion Stripe-Advent bid for PayPal (sending PYPL up 15%) and a brutal AI hardware selloff led by Dell's 14% plunge dominated trading. Anthropic's formal IPO push and DeepSeek's $74B fundraising round unders
Stock Market News — July 15, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
PayPal surged 14% on a reported $53 billion takeover bid from Stripe and Advent International, while soft inflation data and strong Big Tech earnings lifted the broader market—though Dell plunged 12% and Pentair cratered 19% on guidance cuts and executive departures.
Stock Market News — July 14, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Stripe and Advent International's $53 billion offer to acquire PayPal reshapes the payments landscape, while cooler CPI data and strong Goldman Sachs earnings lift equities—though IBM's AI warning and Lucid's near-collapse keep gains measured.
Stock Market News — July 14, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Cooler-than-expected June CPI data lifted Wall Street, but IBM's shock earnings warning triggered a sector-wide rout in enterprise software stocks as AI budgets cannibalize legacy IT spending. Big bank earnings from JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America beat expectations but failed to excite in
Stock Market News — July 13, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Markets tumbled over 1.5% as Trump's Iran blockade spiked oil prices and reignited inflation fears, while Nvidia's halved Asia buyer list and SK Hynix's 5.4% plunge deepened semiconductor sector pain ahead of Tuesday's CPI report and Q2 earnings season.
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 10, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street closed higher Friday as the S&P 500 approached record highs, buoyed by SK Hynix's historic 13% Nasdaq debut—the largest foreign IPO ever—which reignited AI chip enthusiasm and lifted NVIDIA 3.5%. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions pushed oil prices higher, Apple sued OpenAI over trade secr
