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Target's Turnaround Gains Steam With Tariff Refund Boost
Target delivered its second straight quarter of encouraging results on Wednesday, sending shares up 4% as investors warmed to signs that the retailer’s turnaround plan is finally taking hold. Net…
Aug 19, 2026
Gold Jumps 8% in Two Weeks as Rate-Cut Bets Return
Gold is staging a sharp comeback after months in the doldrums. The metal hit an all-time high of $5,354 an ounce in late January before sliding 25% over the following five months, dropping below…
Aug 19, 2026
30-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level Since 2007
The bond market just sent a loud signal that investors can’t ignore. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond climbed to 5.327% this week, its highest level in 19 years, as stalled U.S.-Iran talks…
Aug 19, 2026
Lowe's Warns of 'Pressure' in Home Improvement Spending
Lowe’s delivered a mixed report card Wednesday that captures where the U.S. consumer stands right now: still spending, but far more selectively. The home improvement giant topped Wall Street’s profit…
Aug 19, 2026
Reddit Enters the S&P 500, Forcing $3 Billion in Index Buying
Reddit officially joined the S&P 500 index on Tuesday, replacing AvalonBay Communities as the apartment REIT merges with Equity Residential. The announcement sent Reddit shares surging more than…
Aug 18, 2026
Goldman Sachs: September Fed Rate Hike Now Very Unlikely
Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius told clients this week that a Federal Reserve rate hike at the September 15-16 meeting has become “very unlikely,” arguing that markets remain too hawkish…
Aug 18, 2026
Qualcomm Stock Jumps 20% on Secret Hyperscaler Chip Deal
Qualcomm stock rocketed as much as 20% intraday this week after the company revealed something Wall Street wasn’t expecting: a custom AI chip agreement with a major, unnamed hyperscaler. The stock…
Aug 18, 2026
Oil Jumps Past $90 as Iran Ceasefire Collapses — Energy Stocks in Focus
Brent crude broke above $90 a barrel Tuesday for the first time since late July after the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran officially lapsed, with President Trump ruling out any extension…
Aug 18, 2026
Home Depot Beats Estimates But Stays Cautious on Housing
Home Depot delivered better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results Tuesday, but the home improvement giant’s own executives admit the housing market remains “frozen” — a signal worth watching…
Aug 18, 2026
ECB Economists Warn AI Stock Rally Is Headed for a Painful Correction
European Central Bank economists just delivered a blunt warning to investors riding the artificial intelligence boom: history says a sharp correction is coming, and it may not matter whether AI…
Aug 18, 2026
Wells Fargo Says Texas Boom Could Lift Huntington Bancshares
Wells Fargo is betting big on Texas’s financial rise — and on Huntington Bancshares to capitalize on it. The firm initiated coverage of the Ohio-based regional bank this week with an overweight…
Aug 17, 2026
Jefferies Sees 47% Upside for This Cancer-Screening Stock
Jefferies believes cancer-screening company Freenome is on the verge of a major growth phase, initiating coverage this week with a buy rating and a $17 price target — implying roughly 47% upside from…
Aug 17, 2026
Druckenmiller Piles Into Amazon and Chip Stocks Before July Slump
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller significantly ramped up his bets on artificial-intelligence-linked stocks in the second quarter, according to a regulatory filing from his Duquesne Family…
Aug 17, 2026
Alibaba's New Laptop-Ready AI Model Escalates Battle With Meta
The open-source AI race just got more crowded. Alibaba launched a new AI model on Monday, Qwen3.8-27B, built to run directly on laptops, and released the full weights of its most powerful model,…
Aug 17, 2026
Peter Thiel's Hedge Fund Bets $76 Million on Argentine Oil Stock
Peter Thiel’s hedge fund just made a splashy new bet on South American energy. A fresh SEC filing published Friday shows Thiel Macro LLC built a stake worth about $76 million in Vista Energy,…
Aug 17, 2026
Wall Street's Fear Gauge Hits a 2026 Low as Risks Quietly Build
Wall Street’s so-called “fear gauge” just sank to its lowest level of the year, and strategists are warning investors not to get too comfortable. The CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, dropped to 14.2 on…
Aug 17, 2026
Retail Sales Post Biggest Drop in a Year, Rattling Wall Street
Consumers just sent Wall Street a warning shot. U.S. retail sales fell 0.6% in July, the steepest monthly decline in more than a year, according to Census Bureau data released Friday. The drop caught…
Aug 14, 2026
Trump's 100% Drone Tariffs Send Small-Cap Defense Stocks Soaring
A single executive order just rewired the drone industry’s stock chart. President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on foreign-made drones and drone components Friday, and the market reacted…
Aug 14, 2026
Applied Materials Beats Big Again, But Stock Falls — Here's Why
Applied Materials just delivered one of the strongest quarters in company history, yet Wall Street shrugged. The semiconductor equipment giant posted record revenue of $9.12 billion in its fiscal…
Aug 14, 2026
Wendy's Surges 15% on Report of Peltz Take-Private Bid
Wendy’s shares rocketed almost 15% higher on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported that Trian Fund Management, led by activist investor Nelson Peltz, is assembling a bid to take the fast-food…
Aug 14, 2026