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44 states are aligned on one thing in their fight against prediction markets. It's about sports wagering
A coalition of 44 state attorneys general wrote in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday that the agency doesn't have the power to regulate sports-related event contracts on prediction market pl…
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve faces stress as emergency releases strain old infrastructure
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is under strain as massive stockpile releases in response to wars in the Middle East and Europe have stressed old infrastructure in need of repair.
Tuesday 7/28 Insider Buying Report: KRNY, SCTX
On Monday, Kearny Financial's Director, Curtland E. Fields, made a $138,274 buy of KRNY, purchasing 14,700 shares at a cost of $9.41 a piece. Fields was up about 3.8% on the buy at the high point of today's trading sess…
RXO Becomes Oversold
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis ind…
Amkor Just Crushed Earnings. Here’s Why Wall Street Still Punished AMKR Stock.
Amkor Technology (AMKR) reported its second-quarter results on July 27. By almost every measure, the quarter was a record. Revenue reached $1.90 billion, up roughly 26% from a year earlier. The company beat the high end…
Kentucky Gov. Beshear calls on Mitch McConnell to prove he can serve or resign
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called on Sen. Mitch McConnell to publicly demonstrate that he remains capable of serving or resign, a day after McConnell's office said the 84-year-old Republican senator was still not medica…
Stocks Mixed on Earnings Results and Weakness in Chipmakers
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.738%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.12%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.05%,…
Hogs Look to Tuesday Trade Following Monday Weakness
Lean hog futures were down $1.22 to $1.77 at the Monday close, with nearby August up 12 cents. Open interest was down 2,296 contracts. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $100.69 on Monday afternoon, up $1.32…
Fed meeting live: Federal Reserve expected to hold rates steady, but Iran war adds tension
The Federal Reserve kicks off its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday, culminating with an interest rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The Fed's next move — to hold or hike — remains a close call.
Crude Oil Prices Pressured by Optimism Over Iran Negotiations
September WTI crude oil (CLU26) today is down -3.25 (-3.93%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU26) is down -0.0304 (-0.96%).
Big Tech will fund more than a third of its AI investments with debt in 2027, Goldman Sachs predicts
The biggest companies leading the artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out have said they expect hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expenditures through 2026. That trend is only set to accelerate and wil…
Senate to set up key vote on Russia sanctions
The Senate on Tuesday is expected to begin setting up votes on a long-awaited sanctions bill aimed at hobbling Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
Visa is cutting 7% of employees in efficiency push as AI reshapes work
Visa, which runs the world's largest payments network, plans to cut about 7% of its workforce as CEO Ryan McInerney moves to streamline the company and invest more in growth areas, according to a memo confirmed by CNBC.
The future of Wall Street is here as startups and brokers build AI agents to trade 24/7
Imagine telling an AI agent how much risk you're willing to take, your retirement goals and when your kids will start college — then letting it manage your portfolio while you sleep.
Stocks Mixed as Weakness in Chipmakers Deepens
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is down -0.22%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.68%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is down -1.50%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are down -0.2…
Notable Tuesday Option Activity: GLW, CLX, CARR
Clorox Co (Symbol: CLX) options are showing a volume of 17,876 contracts thus far today. That number of contracts represents approximately 1.8 million underlying shares, working out to a sizeable 80% of CLX's average da…
Stocks Settle Mixed as AI Angst Offsets Easing Geopolitical Tensions
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)…
EBay, former executives to pay $56 million to settle couple's harassment case
July 28 (Reuters) - EBay and three former top executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by seve…
PayPal delivers an earnings beat — and suggests it’s not against a merger deal
PayPal's board of directors formally rejected the $60.50-per-share joint cash offer from Stripe and private equity firm Advent International at a specially convened meeting today, sources close to the situation confirme…
Trump: New tariffs 'doing the same thing' as the ones struck down by Supreme Court
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said new U.S. tariffs are functionally the same as the ones the Supreme Court struck down as illegal earlier this year.
Notable Tuesday Option Activity: STX, MRVL, WDC
Marvell Technology Inc (Symbol: MRVL) saw options trading volume of 124,611 contracts, representing approximately 12.5 million underlying shares or approximately 47.5% of MRVL's average daily trading volume over the pas…
Apple becomes second ever $5tn company as investors flee AI stocks
Apple has become only the second company to pass the $5tn valuation mark, as it benefited from investors fleeing AI and semiconductor stocks amid a wider tech sell-off.
As chips sell off, rattled investors should heed this Cisco Systems lesson from the last millennium
Tesla stock got crushed, while Lockheed Martin and SK Telecom were among the week’s winners.