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TransAct Technologies (NASDAQ:TACT) reported second-quarter net sales of $13.9 million, up slightly from $13.8 million a year earlier, as growth in its food service technology business was partially offset by tariff-related customer refund adjustments and lower reported casino and gaming revenue. T
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Asking for a Trend Host, Josh Lipton previews what investors should watch on Wednesday, August 12, including the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which will offer a fresh look at inflation and the health of the consumer. Cisco (CSCO) reports fiscal fourth-quarter results, while Bloomin' Brands (BLMN) also reports earnings.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 each dropping about a third of a percent, and the Nasdaq shedding six-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Investors became more pessimistic about a peace deal with Iran after one of its top officials said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its behavior and accept Iran's conditions to end the war.</p><p>That kept Brent crude futures near one-week highs.</p><p>Liz Miller is founder and president of Summit Place Financial Advisors.</p><p>"I think investors are certainly frustrated at the back-and-forth communication flow and expectations out of our conflict with Iran. But they're also starting to try to look through this. For the longest time, investors have been saying, 'Even if there was a quick end, we knew that the effects on oil would take many months to unfold.' And so it was always about the, you know, the famous words, you know, the duration and the depth of the conflict. And what we're finding out is the depth may not be the problem, but the duration is.”</p><p>Among the day's movers, tech stocks dragged, with Amazon dipping about 2% and Alphabet and SpaceX each dropping almost 4%.</p><p>:: Nvidia</p><p>Alternative asset managers rose, with Apollo Global up more than 6% and Blackstone rallying almost 4%. They were among the financial institutions that recently partnered with Nvidia to establish compute-financing platforms aimed at raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure.</p><p>And shares of Super Micro Computer rose about 9% in extended trading after the server maker forecast fiscal 2027 revenue above Wall Street expectations, betting that strong demand for its AI-optimized servers would fuel another year of growth.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to inflation readings, due over the next two days, which could be crucial in shaping market expectations on the Federal Reserve's policy path.</p></body>
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U.S. stocks slid as negotiations about the future of the Strait of Hormuz remain deadlocked, pushing oil prices up ahead of key inflation data Wednesday. Oil futures rose $1.07, or 1.3%, to $83.20 a barrel, amid signs that the Middle East conflict may escalate again. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined 0.014 percentage point to 4.683%.
Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL) faces more than 3,000 youth addiction lawsuits in US federal court after a key ruling denied dismissal efforts by major social media companies. The court decision leaves Google and peers exposed to potential legal findings on platform design and user harm, with possible knock-on effects for future regulation. FactSet data shows Alphabet has had an outsized impact on S&P 500 earnings growth this quarter, highlighting its weight in overall index performance. The...
The major market indexes pulled back amid higher oil prices and upcoming CPI inflation data. Nvidia partners Lumentum, CoreWeave, Super Micro reported late.
Technology stocks slipped again on Tuesday, as markets continued to trade sideways in the lead up to this week’s inflation reports. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6%. Brent crude oil futures rose 1.4% to $88.91 a barrel as the will-they-won’t-they between the U.S. and Iran continued to drag on global markets.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee warned that rapid inflation poses a greater challenge to the U.S. economy than labor market softening.
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) reported second quarter 2026 results on August 6, and the numbers landed while the company’s fate is tied up somewhere else entirely: a federal courtroom deciding whether its $31-per-share sale to Paramount Skydance can proceed. Anyone holding this stock right now is really holding two separate stories. Bull Case: A Deal […]
UPS’s next contract with the Teamsters union in two years will determine its own fate in parcel delivery and create monumental change at Amazon, FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service, Walmart and other couriers, according to an industry expert. The post Analyst: UPS-Teamsters 2028 showdown will unleash parcel industry tsunami appeared first on FreightWaves.
Three Fed rate cuts transformed FDRR from a timely bet into a potential mismatch, and income investors holding it may not realize what they actually own beneath the dividend label.
CEO Blake Moret discusses strong software growth and tariff headwinds.
There’s an elegant simplicity to one of the central tenets in gauging the health of the stock market and the companies that comprise its benchmark indexes: figuring out what’s in the till at the end of the day. Profit remains the most important measure of stock market health—and Corporate America is raking it in. “The greatest force behind stock markets right now is earnings, which is helping to overshadow concerns about Iran, inflation and AI [capital expenditure] spending viability,” said Dennis Follmer, chief investment officer, at Montis Financial in Waltham, Mass., to Barron’s. “Earnings have been an absolute freight train driving this market higher.”
Oil prices bounced around in choppy trading and stock markets were little changed Tuesday as investors awaited a key inflation report and weighed progress on re-opening the Strait of Hormuz. "But rising crude oil prices... and further delays in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, have introduced fresh inflation risks."
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.
Polymarket now prices real odds of a September rate hike, and that puts millions of investors holding the most popular dividend ETF in a position their fund was never designed to handle. Fidelity quietly built something for exactly this moment.
A U.S. appeals court let more than 3,000 federal cases move forward and refused to delay a multistate trial.
The stock market was on the road to nowhere on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 were flat. The Nasdaq Composite was down slightly. The S&P hit a fresh closing high on Friday and ran out of gas.
Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern stand out as railroad picks despite fuel costs, tariffs and economic uncertainty.
Illumina, Qnity Electronics and nVent Electric lead Zacks' latest Strong Buy picks as markets eye inflation, rates and global risks.
The Treasury Department is starting an auction series with a $58 billion sale of 3-year notes on Tuesday.
Treasury yields lose some of their overnight momentum but remain elevated as rising oil prices rekindle inflation fears. The U.S.-Iran standoff shows no signs of abating and Brent crude approaches $90 a barrel.
The July Consumer Price Index lands Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. ET, and traders are hoping a soft number can reignite momentum in high-beta names like Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA). Cato Institute economist Jai Kedia doubts it....
We don't expect much movement either direction until inflation reports begin to hit the tape Wednesday morning.
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