By Joseph Adinolfi and Frances YueThe earnings story remains strong, but uncertainty surrounding the path of Fed policy and worries about excessive leverage propping up the market are near the top of the list of concernsStock returns have been so strong in the second quarter of the year that even b…
By Christine JiInvestors are overlooking the potential of Alphabet's custom-chip business as the company plans to expand its data-center capacity going into 2028, according to Morgan StanleyMorgan Stanley's Brian Nowak believes Alphabet could generate an additional $80 billion in custom-chip sales…
By Jeffry BartashWarsh might flesh out his Fed strategy at Portugal confabNew Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is under the Wall Street microscope.New Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh isn't a stranger on Wall Street, but the mystery to investors is whether he's as committed as he sounds to…
By Jules RimmerJapan's finance ministry may look to exploit low trading volumes over the U.S. holiday to push its currency higherThe Japanese yen hit a 40-year low on Tuesday.With the Japanese yen reaching a 40-year low on Tuesday, investors are eyeing when the country's authorities may stage an in…
By Barbara KollmeyerHSBC sees no sign of 'exuberance' in the valuations of artificial-intelligence stocksInvestors doubt the strength and endurance of artificial-intelligence stocks against evidence to the contrary, say HSBC strategists.Barring a dramatic nosedive, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite…
By Beth Pinsker'My brother doesn't even call to ask about our mother': The eldercare burden is often compounded by difficult relationships between brothers and sisters.Ruth's dad died two years ago, and since then, she has had the primary legal, medical and financial responsibility for her mom, who…
By Joy WiltermuthCall it the 'Axios put': On average, stocks have been up more on Mondays in the second quarter than in recent yearsPresident Donald Trump at the White House on MondayIt's been called the "Axios put."Stocks closed up sharply Monday, following a slump headed into the weekend, after P…
By Nora RedmondPaul Donovan, chief economist at UBS's wealth management arm, said high inflation in the U.K. has contributed to a decline in the average wealth per person.The average wealth per person has rapidly dropped in the United Kingdom - and it's not looking good compared with other develope…
By Jules RimmerDelays to megacap IPOs, strong earnings and seasonal factors all work in the stock market's favor"Strong summer rally ahead" is the call from Wells Fargo.July is generally a good month for U.S. equities, and Wells Fargo strategists see no reason this July should be any different. In…
By Jamie ChisholmThe precious metal may have the calendar on its side, according to analystGold has had a bad second quarter of 2026A battle between gold bugs and bullion bears appeared to be coalescing around the $4,000 an ounce mark on Tuesday, as the precious metal is on track to register its wo…
By Steve GoldsteinOil tankers are moving through the Strait of Hormuz faster than Morgan Stanley analysts had expected.The Strait of Hormuz is reopening faster than expected, oil analysts at Morgan Stanley said as they cut their oil-price view for this year and next.Strategists led by Martijn Rats…
By Jules RimmerUnwinding crowded trades cost quant funds 1% in performance on Monday aloneSystematic trading funds represent a significant investment class and account for a large percentage of daily trading volue in most major equity marketsThe second quarter of 2026 is ending very badly for so-ca…
By William GavinShares of other telecoms are falling, as SpaceX's Starlink has options to move into the wireless market. A potential partnership with Charter could be one of those options.SpaceX, led by CEO Elon Musk, and T-Mobile have had an exclusive partnership in the U.S. since 2022.Through Sta…
By Tomi KilgoreStrategy sold more than $1 billion worth of common stock but didn't buy any bitcoin in the past weekStrategy disclosed a program to sell bitcoin "from time to time" to fund its U.S. dollar reserves and share repurchases.In an apparent farewell to the "HODL" principle that had guided…
By Lukas I. Alpert and Steve GoldsteinComcast executives say the move is not being set up in preparation for a major deal, but analysts say many of the signs are thereComcast said Monday that it plans to spin off NBCUniversal.Comcast's spinoff of its NBCUniversal media division into a new company i…
By Isabel WangThe plummeting correlation between chip stocks and the elite group of megacap tech stocks signals an unsustainable divide in the AI tradeSemiconductor stocks are on fire in 2026. The "Magnificent Seven" group of megacap tech names, meanwhile, has struggled.Semiconductor stocks have su…
By Jamie ChisholmVeteran Wall Street strategist Mike Wilson weighs possibility that semiconductors are merely 'the latest commodity to boom this year'Shares of Intel - whose CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is shown speaking earlier this month in Taipei - are just one of the semiconductor plays that have retreated…
By Jules RimmerJPMorgan and Panmure both prefer European stocks versus the U.S., but for different reasonsJPMorgan sees 5-10% upside in Eurozone stocks to year-end and Panmure expects much better returns from Europe in the next decade, compared to the U.S.Two separate investment banks had one mess…
By Barbara KollmeyerMicron, SK Hynix and Samsung still dominate for AI applications, says Silicon Valley investorApple reportedly is seeking out a cheaper China alternative in face of memory-cost pressures that caused it to raise the prices of iPads and MacBooks last week.The memory crunch that for…
By Nora Redmond"Magnificent Seven" stocks shed 6% on an equal-weight basis last week compared to the other 493 stocks in the S&P 500 climbing 0.7%."Magnificent Seven" stocks are impinging on investors' returns, according to Citigroup - and it's triggered the fourth-worst day for momentum stocks in…
