Stock Market News — August 13, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street hit record highs as softer inflation data crushed rate-hike bets and boosted tech stocks. Silver Lake's $25B bid for Workday and Databricks' $5B funding round at $190B valuation highlight explosive momentum in enterprise software and AI infrastructure, with OpenAI's revenue run rate now
Stock Market News — August 10, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Nvidia's $500B AI infrastructure mega-deal with Wall Street validates the capex supercycle but sent NVIDIA stock down 2.5% on dilution concerns, while Riot Platforms surged 24% after Anthropic's landmark $9.1B cloud deal. Geopolitical tensions over Iran's Strait of Hormuz pushed oil up ~5%, creating
Stock Market News — August 07, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street hit record highs Friday after a surprise July jobs loss (-23K) eased rate-hike fears, while Nvidia committed $3B to data center developer Lancium and Switch filed for a potential $50B IPO—though OpenAI's pause on its "Astra" model over cybersecurity concerns added a rare cautionary note
Stock Market News — August 05, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs Wednesday as Shopify surged ~29% on strong earnings and Middle East peace hopes boosted sentiment, though AMD fell ~8% despite a 50% revenue beat and SpaceX slid ~11% post-IPO on valuation concerns.
Stock Market News — August 04, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Wall Street hit record highs Tuesday as Caterpillar, Palantir, and tech stocks surged on AI earnings beats, while Trump's proposed ban on Chinese optical transceivers and polysilicon price floor ignited a domestic semiconductor and solar rally. Middle East peace hopes eased oil prices, adding tailwi
Stock Market News — July 31, 2026 — Friday Evening — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Apple's near-10% plunge erased ~$500B in market cap and dragged the Nasdaq to its worst month since the financial crisis, while geopolitical tensions—Trump's Iran strikes and Russia's Kyiv assault—spiked oil prices. Amazon's blowout earnings partially offset Big Tech weakness, lifting the Dow 0.53%
Stock Market News — July 30, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Microsoft's blowout earnings lifted the Nasdaq 2.5% and reignited the AI trade, but Meta's heavy AI spending concerns and a forced liquidation by Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund created sharp volatility across tech stocks. Micron surged 12.3% while Meta tumbled 10%, highlighting the market's conf
Stock Market News — July 29, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Fed dissent over rate hikes sent the Dow tumbling 2.18% Wednesday, while Microsoft soared ~9% on cloud strength but Meta crashed ~8.6% on earnings miss, leaving markets torn between AI optimism and macro headwinds.
Earnings Reports — July 29, 2026 — Notable Beats & Misses
Excerpt: Amphenol delivered a standout beat on AI-driven demand and raised Q3 outlook. Kering soared 14% as Gucci'
Stock Market News — July 28, 2026 — Evening Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)
Dow and S&P 500 rose Tuesday despite a brutal AI-driven tech selloff sparked by SK Hynix's record profit miss and Iran tensions, while strong earnings from Ford and Visa provided support. The Fed rate decision and mega-cap earnings from Meta and Amazon Wednesday make the next 24 hours one of 2026's
