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📣 “Several risks are shifting below the surface like tectonic plates.” — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, citing wars, inflation and big fiscal deficits as threats. He noted that the economy has shown “notable resiliency” with the help of AI-related capital spending and fiscal stimulus.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement that while the U.S. economy “has demonstrated notable resiliency this year, with stronger business investment and hiring,” there are a range of risks.

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Market pulses were elevated on Tuesday as Wall Street contended with surging oil prices amid renewed fighting in the Middle East and braced for key economic indicators from the Consumer Price Index and the Fed, and earnings from America's big banks. The Cboe Volatility Index, or Vix, rose 1% to 17.32. The widely watched gauge takes the temperature of Wall Street and any reading above 20 tends to indicate increased market volatility.

European bond yields are forging higher, in line with moves in U.S. Treasurys, as renewed hostilities in the Mideast push oil prices higher and revive inflation worries. The yield on the 10-year U.K. gilt has risen above 5%, after ending last week below 4.

US stock futures traded mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed renewed geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran ahead of a week packed with major earnings releases, key inflation data and fresh signals from the Federal Reserve. Markets are preparing for the unofficial start of the second-quarter earnings season with results from the largest US banks, while the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report and testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh are expected to influence ex

Several Fed officials expect at least one interest rate increase this year, and history says that could lead to a stock market correction.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Tueday as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran kept investors on edge ahead of a pivotal week for markets.

An expected decline in headline inflation for June doesn't tell the full story.

Investors are gearing up today for the start of a busy bank earnings season. They’ll also be closely watching the latest inflation data and appearances on Capitol Hill over two days by new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.

MILAN, July 14 () - Global investor sentiment has climbed to its strongest level since February, with fund managers growing more ‌optimistic on the economic outlook, artificial intelligence-linked spending and the ‌prospect of a dovish Federal Reserve, Bank of America's latest Global Fund Manager Survey ​showed. Cash allocations fell to an "uber-low" of 3.

Fresh inflation data, Fed rate hike bets, a shaky AI trade, and a reescalating US-Iran war factored into Tuesday's stock market moves.

Growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is accelerating, driven by the continued semiconductor boom and policy measures.

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Futures on the major gauges fell after a brief peace between Iran and the US disintegrated.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, with the Dow losing about a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 falling roughly eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq dropping more than one-and-a-half percent.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Oil prices jumped after President Donald Trump announced he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ports in the latest escalation of U.S.-Iran hostilities.</p><p>Alexander Morris is CEO and chief investment officer of F/m Investments.</p><p>"Anyone watching the market today is really seeing what happens when there is confusion in the market, of information. We have a weekend where we think that Iran is sorting itself out, and then the blockade is back on.&nbsp;The ceasefire is teetering, but we're shooting at each other.&nbsp;Confusion is back.&nbsp;The dollar is down.&nbsp;The [yield] curve is up.&nbsp;It seems like the market is starting to price back in the fact that any of the good news bits that we had previously thought might be the start of the end are actually maybe just the end of the beginning."</p><p>Chip stocks, which have tended to lead the market through both rally and selloff, slid on Monday,&nbsp;with SanDisk, Marvell Technology and Intel dropping between about 6% and 12.5%.</p><p>And after a stellar Nasdaq debut on Friday, U.S.-listed shares of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix sank more than 9%.</p><p>On the flip side, energy stocks led the gainers, as crude prices surged more than 9%. Shares of Chevron added more than 3% while Exxon Mobil&nbsp;climbed 4%.</p><p>Higher oil costs fueled worries that strained supply and upward price pressures could broaden into long-term, systemic inflation.</p><p>To that end, the Labor Department is expected to release its consumer and producer price indexes this week, which will give markets and the Federal Reserve a glimpse at the extent to which the on-again-off-again U.S.-Iran war affected price growth in June.</p></body>

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A big week for incoming earnings, inflation and interest rate data and commentary begins with another sell-off in South Korea and a refreshed energy shock.

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Treasury yields rise as renewed tensions in the Middle East raise uncertainties. U.S. and Iran exchange fire over the weekend and crude prices rise 4%, clouding the outlook for inflation and interest rates.

Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are back in focus this week, thanks to rising inflation concerns following another surge in crude-oil prices. The U.S. and Iran traded fresh strikes over the weekend, and continued to dispute control of oil and energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, after the breakdown of peace talks aimed at ending a conflict that has simmered for more than 4½ months. U.S. Central Command said around 140 Iranian targets were hit, while military officials from Tehran launched strikes on U.S. bases in the Gulf region, as well as a Kuwait-owned drilling installation.