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It’s been 23 weeks since the U.S. began strikes on Iran, and we’re still in the midst of what feels like the hundredth attempt at peace talks. President Donald Trump said this week that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was close, but warned that strikes could resume if talks fall apart. This week I’m diving into El Niño, and how the sheer strength of this year’s weather event means that its effects will extend well beyond agriculture profit margins—it will hurt global central banks’ efforts to curb inflation.

Not really, but CME Group the granddaddy of derivatives exchanges, would like to keep it respectable. CME provides many products needed for the normal functioning of financial markets. Its business has also gotten a big lift from the explosion in retail options trading and the public’s embrace of leveraged and options income funds.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures were steady on Thursday after this week's record-breaking rally as investors awaited details on a Middle East peace deal, while Nasdaq futures slipped as

U. S. stock index futures traded with little direction on Thursday as investors monitored diplomatic developments involving Iran, assessed another round of corporate earnings and looked ahead to key labour market data due later this week.

Chip stocks fell in Asia and the U.S. as investors once again grew nervous about the durability of artificial-intelligence spending, while oil held steady in early European trade.

A modest silver lining for headline inflation is overshadowed by one of the central bank's favorite inflationary measures.

U.S. stocks finished mixed as optimism about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was offset by more volatility in artificial-intelligence wagers.

Investors have plenty of reasons to be uncertain right now. But that has not wholly shaken companies' faith in their ability to deliver strong earnings growth this year.

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as hopes of a Middle East peace breakthrough offset the slide in shares of SpaceX and AMD after the upbeat forecasts issued by

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively trad

The benchmark US stock measures were trending higher in Wednesday's premarket activity amid growing

Kratos reported second-quarter earnings per share of 21 cents, up from 11 cents a year ago. Wall Street was looking for 14 cents.

By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan Aug 5 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Dow edged up on Wednesday on hopes of a Middle East peace breakthrough, while ones tied to the Nasdaq

Sacrificing additional transparency is a dangerous game to play.

Asian shares surged and oil prices slipped Wednesday after the U.S. stock market rallied to records, helped by strong corporate earnings reports and hopes for a deal setting the stage for talks that might eventually lead to an end to the war in Iran. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 3.3% to 66,068.24, with chipmaker Kioxia surging 6.3% while chip testing equipment maker Advantest soared 6.9%. Tech giant Samsung Electronics advanced 4.1%.

The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs as AI-linked earnings lifted stocks leaving questions about when the bubble will burst.

Korean memory-chip manufacturer SK Hynix late last month booked roughly $65 billion in profit for the quarter ended June 30, a 13-fold increase from last year. Hynix earned almost as much money in 90 days as it had in the prior 29 years since its IPO, total. The reports, though outstanding on basically every measure, still fell short of Wall Street’s sky-high expectations for chip companies.

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Shares of one automation technology provider slipped after earnings, while another jumped. The new $13.15 midpoint implies fourth quarter earnings per share of about $3.60. Shares of automation technology provider Zebra Technologies were up 20% at $350 after it reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter numbers.

Caterpillar shares jumped in early trading after the heavy-equipment provider raised its outlook for the year—giving the Dow industrials a big lift. As of right now, the stock has single-handedly added 313.

Catapillar stock jumped on Tuesday as quarterly revenue topped $20 billion for the first time.

US equity futures were tracking in the green on Tuesday as traders await the latest batch of corpora

Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Tuesday after software giant Palantir Technol

Tesla and SpaceX have a lot of overlap. Both companies are all about AI and, of course, both are run by Elon Musk.

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures rose on Tuesday after strong forecasts from Palantir and ON Semiconductor reassured investors about AI-driven demand, while Middle East developments and U.S. earnings

U. S. stock futures traded higher on Tuesday following a positive start to the week on Wall Street, as investors weighed ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Middle East against another wave of corporate earnings.

Kevin Warsh delivers "shock" while leaving Wall Street in awe.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.3% to set a record of its own, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 2.1%. Brent crude’s price fell 4.7% after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on ordering new strikes against Iran. The Nasdaq composite rose 540.04 points, or 2.1%, to 25,913.90.