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The S&P 500 hasn’t made a new all-time high since early June, and volatility appears ready to dominate market narratives once again. A dispersion trade, i.e., financial stocks rising when tech stocks fall, has buoyed indices from a sharper decline, but the market is starting to look disjointed as the AI trade emits hiccups. Who benefits from outsized volatility? Fee-based asset managers and market makers, and three important companies in this industry just reported earnings. If you’re considering a wager on continued volatility, be sure to digest the Q2 reports from these three firms. Which Market Tollbooth Is Best Suited…

Key PointsChipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) has been a top-performing stock throughout its history, but more recently, the company has disappointed investors. The stock is down more than 50% from its peak a few years ago, as it lost star CEO Brian Niccol, same-store sales growth slowed, and its premium valuation compressed as investors dialed back estimates for its long-term growth.Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks »Chipotle is down 10% year-to-date, as its results have…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Monday closed up +0.02%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.51%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.32%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.02%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -0.33%.Stock indexes settled mixed on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting a 1-week high and the Nasdaq 100 falling to a 2.5-month low. The weakness in chipmakers and AI-infrastructure stocks on Monday weighed on the Nasdaq 100 and limited gains in the broader market.  Investors rotated out of semiconductor and AI-infrastructure stocks on Monday and into beaten-down sectors,…

A FedEx worker walks past his truck in the North Beach neighborhood on June 23, 2026 in San Francisco, California.Heather Diehl | Getty ImagesAs demand rises for specialized medications like GLP-1s, logistics companies including UPS and FedEx are adapting their strategies to be able to better ship and store those pharmaceuticals. Most injectable GLP-1 medications, including Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound, require refrigerated storage for shipment. The Covid pandemic put healthcare logistics at center stage in 2020, as the shipping of temperature-controlled vaccines quickly became a crucial part of keeping the virus at bay.…

Implications of the 2026 Middle East war – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large detail the monetary policy, financial stability and international co-operation challenges for central banks The US and Israeli military actions against Iran that began on February 28, 2026 led to serious disruptions in the global oil market and significant shocks to trade flows. They have potentially far-reaching consequences for expenditure and investment decisions and central bank policy. The Strait of Hormuz is the supply route for around 20% of global oil supply, of which an…

The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to hold interest rates steady or hike them is one of the most unclear in years. Renewed tensions in the Middle East have pushed oil prices higher again, feeding the hawks’ worries that energy prices could translate into sticky, broad-based inflation and necessitate a rate hike. At the same time, the latest inflation report showed prices cooled, giving the central bank some breathing room and bolstering the case to hold rates steady. Former Kansas City Fed president Esther George said there’s a 50-50 chance the Fed will either hold rates steady or raise them.…

Key PointsIn just one week, the probability of higher interest rates by mid-September has surged from 52.4% to 82.4%. Escalating military action between the U.S. and Iran has reignited energy price inflation — but this is only part of the story.Trumpflation has entered a new phase, and Wall Street’s leading catalyst is also fanning the flames of inflation. 10 stocks we like better than S&P 500 Index ›It’s been another stellar year for the timeless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), which have hit all-time highs since early June.…

General view of CXMT office buildings is seen in Shanghai, China, on July 15, 2026, as CXMT raises billions for AI technology (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShares of chipmaker Changxin Technology Group soared nearly 466% Monday in their debut on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR Market, making CXMT the most valuable China-listed company. The Hefei-based firm had raised 57.92 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) after pricing its IPO at 8.66 yuan per share, making it Asia’s biggest so far this year. CXMT shares closed at 49 yuan, giving the company a market cap of about 3.3 trillion…

U.S. stock-index futures rallied and oil prices tumbled on Sunday as the U.S. and Iran took a pause from fighting, and as Wall Street gears up for the Fed’s meeting and key earnings reports from Big Tech companies.

Maria Bartiromo discusses an OpenAI experimental AI agent that broke containment and hacked an AI platform. OpenAI didn’t catch an autonomous breach of another artificial intelligence (AI) company by one of its advanced AI models for a week and not until after the FBI had been contacted by the hacked company, according to a report. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the breach of AI company Hugging Face that happened during one of OpenAI’s internal reviews of several of its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, calling it an “unprecedented cyber incident.””The primary lesson from this incident is that model security and safety must…