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Aug

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.
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24
Jul

Stock Market News — July 24, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Memory chip stocks cratered across Asia and the U.S.—SK Hynix fell 7.1%, Micron dropped 5.8%, and SanDisk slid 8.6%—as AI spending concerns and U.S. tariffs triggered a brutal semiconductor rout, while SAP's strong earnings lifted European markets and Intel surged 6% on its best quarterly beat in ye
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23
Jul

Stock Market News — July 23, 2026 — Pre-Market — Last 9 Hours (Pacific Time)

Alphabet's first-ever cash burn and Tesla's 33% EPS miss spark a pre-market selloff, with Nasdaq 100 futures down over 1% as investors demand proof that AI spending translates to profits. Defense and industrial stocks provide offsets, with Lockheed Martin and United Rentals surging on strong earning
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15
Jul

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.
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06
Jul

Stock Market News — July 06, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Wall Street surged Monday on AI infrastructure deals: Broadcom locked in Apple chip supply through 2031, TeraWulf jumped 20% on a $19B Anthropic data center lease, and SK Hynix launched a record $28B U.S. listing. Chip stocks rebounded sharply while Microsoft's 4,800 job cuts tempered gains.
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02
Jul

Stock Market News — July 02, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

Soft June jobs report sparked a global rally as rate-hike bets faded, lifting European indices up to 2.6% and Wall Street higher. Tesla's record Q2 deliveries paradoxically triggered a 6.6% stock drop in a classic "sell the news" reaction, while chip stocks tumbled on valuation concerns and Meta's A
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19
Jun

Stock Market News — June 19, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

European stocks closed mixed Friday as cancelled U.S.-Iran nuclear talks erased gains and pressured energy markets, while BHP tumbled on a $2.3B Jansen project cost overrun. Record AI-driven inflows into U.S. equity funds provided a bright spot, offsetting geopolitical headwinds and sector-specific
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16
Jun

Stock Market News — June 16, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

SpaceX surges past Microsoft and Amazon with a $3 trillion valuation and record options volume, while acquiring Cursor AI for $60 billion to boost its competitive edge. The Dow hits a record high as investors digest Iran peace deal relief, though the Nasdaq faces positioning risks amid mixed sentime
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09
Jun

Stock Market News — June 09, 2026 — Morning Update — Last 12 Hours (Pacific Time)

SpaceX's massively oversubscribed IPO and OpenAI's confidential SEC filing signal an accelerating AI capital supercycle, while a $35B Anthropic infrastructure deal underscores aggressive private funding for AI compute. However, tech stocks reversed course mid-session as Apple faces EU regulatory hea
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01
Jun

Stock Market News — Morning Update (last 12 hours, Pacific Time) - June 01, 2026

Nvidia's Computex keynote sparked a broad tech rally lifting Wall Street near record highs, while Anthropic's confidential IPO filing signals the AI sector is entering a public-market phase. Meanwhile, U.S.-Iran diplomatic tensions and rising bond yields inject geopolitical risk into an otherwise bu
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