Michael Brennan

Peace talks collapse in Islamabad. Trump announces U.S. Navy will block all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Futures plunge.

Broadcom locks in landmark custom chip agreements with Google and Anthropic, cementing its position as AI infrastructure's silent powerhouse.

U.S. and Iran resume negotiations in Islamabad with markets on edge. The outcome could extend the rally or reverse last week's gains entirely.

UBS cuts ServiceNow to Neutral with a $100 price target, down from $170. The analyst sees enterprises shifting budgets from traditional software to AI infrastructure.

The S&P 500 surged 3% and Nasdaq jumped 4% as Iran ceasefire relief outweighed inflation fears. Friday's mixed close didn't spoil the rally.

Executives at Nvidia, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft have sold nearly $16 billion in shares over two years. Is leadership losing confidence in AI valuations?

FedEx reaches tentative deal with pilots union including massive wage increases and up to $150K in retroactive pay. The agreement ends half a decade of negotiations.

BTIG cuts Zscaler to Neutral, removes it from Top Picks. Guggenheim downgrades GitLab citing AI risk. The SaaS selloff finds new victims.

US stock futures fall 0.4% as Tehran says Israeli strikes violated the two-week truce. Oil rebounds 3% with the Strait of Hormuz still effectively closed.

Brent crude plunges to $94 after two-week truce announced. S&P 500 futures jump 2.7% on relief rally as Strait of Hormuz reopens to shipping.

Ryan Brinkman maintains Wall Street's most bearish Tesla call, citing record inventory buildup and collapsing earnings expectations through 2030.

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square offers 78% premium for Universal Music Group in cash-and-stock deal that would move Taylor Swift's label to NYSE.

Globalstar surged 24% on reports Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire the satellite company. Apple's 20% stake complicates the deal.

S&P 500 futures edge higher on reports of a potential 45-day ceasefire. Trump's power plant ultimatum expires today as oil prices fall.

Software stocks have lost nearly $2 trillion in market cap as AI agents threaten the per-seat licensing model. Is the selloff overdone?

The AI giant secured history's largest private funding round with Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank leading. Monthly revenue has hit $2 billion.

The broad market index posted its best week since January as oil retreated and Iran war optimism lifted stocks. Nasdaq surged 4.4%.

The CAPE ratio, oil shock, 200-day breakdown, and collapsed sentiment are all flashing red. The last time this happened, markets lost $7 trillion.

U.S. markets end the short week with S&P 500 up 0.11% and Dow down 0.13% as traders navigate Iran headlines and tariff announcements before the holiday.

The anniversary of Trump's sweeping tariff announcement finds markets higher than anyone expected, despite initial panic and a Supreme Court reversal.

S&P 500 futures slide 1% after President Trump warned the conflict will continue for 2-3 more weeks, erasing yesterday's peace rally gains.

Space stocks rally on SpaceX's IPO filing, with Rocket Lab up 15x in two years as investors rotate into publicly traded aerospace names.

S&P 500 futures cross 6,600 as President Trump says US could exit Iran within 2-3 weeks. European stocks jump 2%, Brent briefly dips below $100.

The Nasdaq 100 rout has erased Big Tech's valuation premium to the market—a pattern that has historically preceded outperformance.

The analyst firm raised its rating from Hold, citing AI-driven improvements in recommendation engines and customer acquisition costs.

The benchmark index fell 7.8% in March as geopolitical turmoil and oil shocks pushed all three major averages into correction territory.

Stock futures edged higher entering a shortened trading week, with the S&P 500 attempting to snap a five-week losing streak amid elevated volatility.

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched missiles at Israel and warned they may close a second major shipping chokepoint, compounding the Hormuz crisis.

Moody's AI model sits one percentage point from the threshold that has preceded every recession since 1940. Jobs data and yield curves confirm the signal.

Oil stopgap measures lose effectiveness in weeks, ISM data arrives Tuesday, and the market enters Q2 down 7% with five consecutive weekly losses.

The blue-chip index officially fell 10% from its record high Friday, joining the Nasdaq in correction territory amid oil-driven selloff.

Fed funds futures show 52% odds of a rate increase by December, the first time traders have favored a hike since the tightening cycle ended.

Two jury findings totaling $381M in damages bypassed Section 230 protections by targeting platform design. Investors fear a litigation wave.

The tech-heavy index closed down 10.7% from its highs as all three major averages fell below their 200-day moving averages for the first time since 2022.

Elliott Hill's first full quarter as CEO will be judged Monday when Nike reports fiscal Q3. Wall Street expects $0.29 EPS on $11.2B revenue.

The Trump administration submitted a formal peace proposal to Tehran via Pakistan. S&P 500 futures rose 1.1% as oil fell below $100.

Block shares rose after receiving two upgrades in one day, with analysts pointing to Cash App growth and margin expansion from aggressive cost cuts.

Stocks rallied Monday after Trump said the U.S. and Iran held productive talks, though Tehran disputed the claim and futures are wavering Tuesday.

The CBOE Volatility Index surged past 25 on Friday, signaling a definitive shift from complacency to high-alert as oil and geopolitics roil markets.

HSBC upgraded ARM Holdings from Reduce to Buy with a $205 price target, citing AI server CPU growth potential that could double royalty revenue.

The small-cap Russell 2000 fell 10.9% from its high, becoming the first major U.S. index to enter correction as oil prices and Fed hawkishness weigh.

SMCI shares cratered after federal prosecutors charged co-founder Wally Liaw with smuggling $2.5 billion in AI servers to China.

The S&P 500 fell 1.36% to its lowest close of 2026 as the Fed signaled just one rate cut and oil prices surged on Middle East tensions.

Nasdaq futures rose 0.6% Wednesday as Nvidia gained on China chip approval news and investors positioned ahead of the Fed's rate decision.

The AI infrastructure provider lands a ninefold expansion of its Meta contract plus a $2 billion strategic investment from Nvidia. Stock hits four-month high.

Jensen Huang announces Vera Rubin Space-1 Module for orbital data centers, marking Nvidia's entry into space-based AI infrastructure.

The cloud provider will supply Meta with dedicated GPU capacity using Nvidia's next-gen Vera Rubin chips. Deal spans five years starting early 2027.

Jensen Huang kicks off GTC 2026 with a gigawatt-scale partnership with Mira Murati's startup and new DGX Spark systems for developers.

Cantor Fitzgerald lifts price target 44% on Tesla, citing accelerating Cybercab production and diversified growth across energy and AI businesses.

Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman surge on ammunition restocking needs. The conflict has driven the best defense sector run since early 2022.

The index fell 1.6% this week to 6,632, now 5% below its recent high. Oil above $100 and stagflation fears are driving the selloff.

The GPU maker's flagship conference kicks off March 16 with CEO keynote. Rubin updates, inference chips, and agentic AI frameworks expected.

The Trump administration has discussed trading oil futures to suppress prices as the Strait of Hormuz blockade sends Brent past $100. Experts warn of catastrophic consequences.

Brent crude closes above $100 for first time since 2022 as Iran's Supreme Leader pledges to maintain Strait of Hormuz blockade. Oil up 40% since war began.

Crude prices have surged 50% since late February, briefly topping $120 before falling on Trump comments. The Strait of Hormuz blockade threatens one-fifth of global oil supply.

Bank of America upgrades Marvell to Buy with $110 target after Q4 beat. Custom silicon doubled to $1.5B as AI optical and hyperscaler deals drive momentum.

Heavy equipment maker rallies 4% to 52-week high after BofA raises target to $825. Data center power generation drives Energy & Transportation segment growth.

Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have committed a combined $650 billion in capital spending for 2026, with 75% aimed at AI infrastructure.

Nvidia jumps 7%, AMD rebounds 8%, and Broadcom gains 6% as investors reframe hyperscaler capex plans as a semiconductor revenue bonanza.

Blue-chip index surges 1,207 points in its best day since May, powered by a tech rebound and AI spending tailwinds that lifted all 30 components.

Dow sheds 593 points, Nasdaq falls 1.6%, and S&P 500 erases year-to-date gains as AI spending fears and Amazon's after-hours plunge fuel the selloff.

AMD plunges 17%, pulling Broadcom, Micron, and Applied Materials down 7-11%. Dow bucks the trend with 260-point gain as investors rotate into value.

Salesforce, ServiceNow, Intuit plunge 7-11% as Anthropic's AI tools fuel disruption fears. S&P software index suffers worst month since 2008.

Jakarta Composite posts worst decline since 1998 Asian crisis. Stock exchange CEO resigns after $84 billion wipeout. MSCI warns of potential frontier market status.

Identical themes, opposite reactions. Why the market rewarded Meta's $135B capex plan while punishing Microsoft's infrastructure push.

Benchmark index hits milestone before pulling back on Fed chair news and earnings reactions. Dow gains 1.6% for the month.

S&P 500 gains 1.2% for the month as tech selloff and Fed chair uncertainty failed to derail the rally. Dow leads with 1.6%.

Shipping giant announces layoffs and facility closures as it unwinds low-margin Amazon partnership. Company expects to exit Amazon deal by mid-2026.

Beijing grants preliminary approval for Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance to purchase advanced AI chips. More than 2 million units already on order.

10-year yield drops to 4.58% as investors position for FOMC decision. Rate pause expected but forward guidance in focus.

S&P 500 falls 0.5% as semiconductor weakness offsets tariff relief. Fed meeting and megacap earnings loom next week.

Supply constraints and weak guidance trigger massive selloff as CEO Tan warns turnaround will take time. Trading volume hits 290 million shares.

Tech giant unveils first robotics-focused model from Phi family. System translates natural language into robot control signals for complex manipulation tasks.

Credit card giant acquires corporate expense platform at steep discount to its $12.3B peak valuation. Deal expected to close mid-2026.

Chipmaker's Q1 outlook misses estimates as supply shortages peak. Stock erases recent rally in after-hours trading.

Shares surge 10% as investors bet on turnaround progress. Fourth-quarter results due after market close with foundry outlook in focus.

Stocks attempt recovery after Tuesday's 2% plunge as president signals willingness to negotiate. Futures flat ahead of earnings wave.

S&P 500 futures drop 1.4% as Europe prepares $108B retaliation. 200% duty on French wine escalates trade standoff, VIX spikes 19%.

New research reveals LLMs struggle as autonomous traders. The AI-Trader benchmark exposes weak returns and poor risk management across US stocks, crypto, and A-shares.

US exchanges shut Monday for holiday. Trading resumes Tuesday with packed calendar including Netflix, Johnson & Johnson, and Intel earnings.

US imposes 10% duties on eight European nations over Greenland dispute. EU weighs $108B in retaliation as futures slide and gold rallies.

Markets closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Netflix earnings, Fed commentary, and historical patterns point to a volatile week.

The Russell 2000 is off to its best start in a decade. Lower rates, cheap valuations, and fiscal tailwinds drive the rotation from mega-caps.

Broad market index slips 0.06% Friday to close at 6,940 amid Trump comments on Fed leadership. Banks and chips extend gains despite weekly decline.

S&P 500 futures gain 0.3% as Wall Street looks to end week on upbeat note. Regional bank earnings and industrial production data ahead.

TSMC and Taiwanese companies pledge massive investment in American fabs. Tariffs capped at 15% as Trump administration reshapes semiconductor supply chain.

Medical device giant acquires stroke and clot treatment maker at 19% premium. Deal expands cardiovascular portfolio with mechanical thrombectomy.

The Trump administration finalizes rules allowing Nvidia's advanced AI chips to ship to China, subject to testing, quotas, and security conditions.

Citigroup flips bullish on Palantir with a $235 price target, citing 51% government revenue growth and underappreciated AI demand.

Elon Musk announces February 14 deadline to buy Full Self-Driving outright. After that, it's $99 per month or nothing.

S&P 500 futures edge lower as investors parse inflation data and JPMorgan results while awaiting the rest of bank earnings week.

Johnson & Johnson becomes the latest pharma giant to exchange drug price cuts for tariff exemptions, joining 14 other companies on the TrumpRx platform.

Major indexes post records as jobs report seals rate bets, with semiconductor stocks leading gains and all three averages finishing higher for 2026's first full trading week.

Intel stock surges after CEO Lip-Bu Tan meets with President Trump, who touts the chipmaker's 'national champion' status as the US government stake doubles in value.

Meta signs multi-gigawatt nuclear agreements with Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower to power its Prometheus AI supercluster, driving nuclear stocks sharply higher.

Jefferies cuts Adobe to hold on AI competition fears while Bank of America downgrades Digital Realty on data center growth constraints.

Lockheed Martin jumps 4%, Northrop Grumman rallies as Trump proposes boosting military spending to $1.5 trillion in 2027 from $901 billion.

NVIDIA drops 2% as sector rotation hits AI stocks hard. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index falls roughly 2% amid broad profit-taking.

US markets kick off 2026 with record highs as Dow Jones Industrial Average crosses 49,000 for the first time and S&P 500 notches fresh all-time high at 6,944.

Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 processors built on Intel 18A, the most advanced semiconductor process ever manufactured in the United States. Pre-orders begin immediately with systems shipping January 27.

Jensen Huang unveils Rubin AI platform with 5x performance gains, announces Alpamayo autonomous driving partnership with Mercedes-Benz, and declares 'ChatGPT moment for physical AI' has arrived.

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel sold his entire 537,000-share NVIDIA position and cut Tesla holdings by 76% in Q3 2025, pivoting to Apple and Microsoft.

Jensen Huang's keynote kicks off a critical week for chip stocks as NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel compete to define the next generation of AI computing.

Chevron and ConocoPhillips jump 7% in premarket as US military operation to capture Nicolas Maduro reshapes energy and defense sector outlook.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang takes the stage Monday to outline 2026 strategy, with analysts expecting major announcements on physical AI, robotics, and Cosmos foundation models.

The Information predicts OpenAI will buy Pinterest in 2026, sending shares higher as traders bet on a deal for the image-rich platform.

Federal appeals court denies environmental groups' emergency motion to block California pipeline restart, sending shares to session highs.

Barclays upgrades Vertiv to Buy, sees substantial earnings upside as data center demand accelerates and liquid cooling market doubles.

Raymond James cut Apple to Market Perform from Outperform, saying the stock's 31x forward multiple leaves little room for upside despite strong fundamentals.

Jefferies raised Reddit's price target to $325, implying 40% upside, citing AI data licensing opportunities and strong ad growth momentum.

The S&P 500 gained 0.7% and the Nasdaq jumped 1.3% on Friday as AI enthusiasm carried into the new year. Nvidia rose 3%.

A federal investigation has uncovered a smuggling ring that allegedly exported at least $160 million in export-controlled Nvidia AI chips to China and other prohibited destinations.

The benchmark index finishes up 17% for the year, marking just the fifth time since 1940 that stocks have posted three consecutive years of double-digit returns.

After touching $122,000 in July, BTC closes the year below $88,000 as extreme fear grips the crypto market heading into 2026.

Bank of America sees global chip sales hitting $1 trillion in 2026, with NVDA, AVGO, LRCX, KLAC, ADI, and CDNS positioned to lead.

Chip Wilson nominates former On Running CEO and ex-Activision chief to LULU's board as shares have shed nearly half their value in 2025.

SoftBank acquires data center investor DigitalBridge at a 50% premium to its 52-week average, adding $108B in infrastructure assets to its AI ambitions.

The Nasdaq fell 0.7% and S&P 500 slipped 0.4% Monday as megacap tech stocks retreated, casting doubt on the Santa Claus rally's staying power.

Strategists expect double-digit gains next year, with the average target at 7,629 and the most bullish calls reaching 8,000+. Here's what's driving the optimism.

Hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management disclosed a significant position in Target, adding pressure to a retailer down 27% in 2025.

Nvidia will license Groq's ultra-low-latency inference technology and hire key executives including CEO Jonathan Ross in a deal that signals the AI chip race is shifting.

Federal regulators opened an investigation into 179,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles over emergency exit concerns, adding regulatory pressure as the stock trades near record highs.

The S&P 500 closed at 6,932 and the Dow at 48,731 on Christmas Eve, both all-time records, as the traditional year-end rally window opens.

Apple's CEO bought 50,000 Nike shares at $58.97, the largest director purchase in over a decade, as the sportswear giant struggles through a turnaround.

Google's parent company acquires data center and energy infrastructure firm Intersect to secure electricity for its AI ambitions as U.S. grids struggle to keep pace.

The quantum computing pioneer announces plans to showcase commercial applications at CES 2026, sending shares to 52-week highs as investors bet on real-world adoption.

Novo Nordisk wins approval for the first oral GLP-1 weight loss medication, launching in January at $149 per month as Eli Lilly races to catch up.

A major policy shift under Trump opens the door for Nvidia to sell its second-most powerful AI chips to Chinese clients, pending Beijing's approval.

Cintas renews its hostile takeover attempt for rival UniFirst at $275 per share, offering a 64% premium after years of failed negotiations.

The largest U.S. bank is exploring spot and derivatives crypto trading for institutions, marking a significant shift in Wall Street's approach to digital assets.

Larry Ellison personally guarantees $40.4 billion to back Paramount's $108B hostile offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, escalating the fight against Netflix.

The years-long TikTok saga ends with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX taking 45% of a new $14 billion joint venture, with ByteDance retaining 19.9%.