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Ahead of the bell Wall Street looks set for a mixed open on Thursday, with Dow and S&P 500 futures nudging 0.1% higher while Nasdaq contracts slipped 0.1%. The main event comes after the close, when Oracle reports earnings in what should be a reality check on AI spending and...

FEATURE Stock futures were edging higher on Thursday, even as oil carried on rising having topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July the previous session. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Today Earnings (a.m.): Macy’s Earnings (p.m.): Oracle, Adobe Economic data: PPI producer inflation data for August, 8:30 a.m. ET; existing home sales for August, wholesale inventories for July, weekly jobless claims and crude-oil supply data Central banks: ECB interest-rate decision U.

Oracle and Amazon just posted record cloud backlogs while their free cash flow turned negative, and a single Fed decision this month could determine whether their trillion-dollar AI buildouts become strokes of genius or catastrophic overextensions.

Today Apple iPhone event: The tech giant is expected to unveil its latest iPhone, the first major product launch for the company under new CEO John Ternus. U.S. Treasury: 10-year note auction, plus an indication of how much longer-term debt the Treasury plans to buy back under its new expanded buyback plan.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump are set to meet later this month in yet another bid to stabilize the relationship—and extend a a truce struck last fall. The planned Sept. 24 meeting in Washington D.C., which Beijing has still yet to confirm, will mark Xi’s first trip to the capitol in more than a decade. It follows Trump’s trip to Beijing last May, when the two dialed down tensions following months of tariff threats and, among other things, export restrictions.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week, including earnings results from Jersey Mike's (JMKE), Oracle (ORCL), and Adobe (ADBE); August's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data; and the possible IPO of AI giant Anthropic (ANTH.PVT).
US equity investors are expected to focus on August's inflation data and the Iran war this week as c

The last big economic reports before the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision take place later this week, with producer inflation on Thursday and the consumer price index on Friday. Traders recently were betting on a 60% chance of a rate hike at the Fed meeting Sept.
US stock futures slipped on Tuesday as rising oil prices and inflation jitters took focus at the start of the holiday-shortened week.

U. S. inflation figures, the European Central Bank’s interest-rate decision and developments in the Iran conflict are among the main events for markets this week, alongside earnings reports from Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE).

The consumer price index release on Friday could be the most consequential economic data release in many years. Apple will hold an event, and we’ll see earnings from Casey’s General, Krogers, Academy Sports, and others.

Markets enter a holiday-shortened week focused on August inflation assessment with Friday's CPI report at 8:30am as the critical economic release. Tuesday's Oracle (ORCL) earnings test enterprise software spending resilience amid rate hike concerns.

Two questions are set to lead the week: Will the data push the Fed toward a rate hike, and what can Oracle tell Wall Street about the state of Big Tech's AI debt load?

The CPI inflation report will influence the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index falls Friday ahead of the August jobs report. Lululemon stock plunges 21% on earnings.

From an economic standpoint, the nation’s fiscal status has been turned upside down—from a federal budget swimming in surpluses to one deeply in deficit, despite the U.S. not being in recession or officially at war. Since then, the world has become even more dangerous, with the Iran war, Russia’s war on Ukraine, and China’s adventures in the Pacific. The Up & Down Wall Street written directly after the 9/11 attacks predicted a marked increase in spending for national security.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.49% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.76%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.54%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.50%, and September E-mini...

CPI FIM half year earnings snapshot CPI FIM (BDL:ORCL) released half year 2026 results on 31 August, giving investors fresh detail on sales, revenue and profits at the Luxembourg based real estate investment company. For the six months to 30 June 2026, CPI FIM reported sales of €38.22 million and revenue of €56.29 million. Net income was €143.83 million, with basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations at €0.11. The CPI FIM share price closed at €0.83 on 31 August, with a...

Steve Eisman, the investor made famous by “The Big Short,” says the artificial intelligence boom has made OpenAI so central to the U.S. economy that its failure could tip the country into recession almost overnight. “If tomorrow OpenAI failed, the...

Steve Eisman, the investor made famous by “The Big Short,” says the artificial intelligence boom has made OpenAI so central to the U.S. economy that its failure could tip the country into recession almost overnight.“If tomorrow OpenAI failed, the U.S....

Tesla, Microsoft and Oracle stocks push higher ahead of the Fed speech, with TSLA testing its 50-day EMA, MSFT above $500 and ORCL eyeing $160.

TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly. “This settlement is a major victory for American children and parents,” said U.S. Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. in a statement.
Investing.com -- The Trump administration removed restrictions on TikTok use on federal government devices Monday after determining the social media app no longer presents a national security threat following the transfer of its US operations to American investors.
Cloud companies’ capex would run at roughly 3% of the U.S. GDP every year from 2027 to 2029, up from 0.3% of GDP in 2019 and 1.4% in 2025, according to a top economist.
