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Michael Reinking, Senior Market Strategist at the NYSE, reviews a dynamic week in which the S&P 500 held modest gains despite poor breadth and surging Treasury yields. Strong flash PMI data fueled inflation worries, while Meta's new AI agent Muse sparked a fresh disruption trade across wealth managers, brokerages, and travel names. Oil prices swung sharply on shifting Middle East diplomacy headlines all week. President Trump and Xi Jinping met at the White House extending their trade truce through January while easing broader market jitters. Looking ahead, next week brings PCE inflation data, key earnings from Nike and Micron, and OpenAI's anticipated Dev Day.

Nike's deep brand strength makes it the most durable of the three, but On's Mbappé deal shows the challenger is gaining ground.

Key TakeawaysNike’s fiscal 2026 gross margin expansion and near-flat EPS were driven almost entirely by a one-time $986 million tariff refund; excluding it, full-year gross margin fell roughly 190 basis points and EPS dropped about 27% instead of the reported 3%. Free cash flow across Nike’s four fiscal 2026 quarters totaled $2.

A volatile week saw AI regulation fears hit chip stocks before a recovery, with MarketBeat writers covering Micron, Nike, Tesla, Rocket Lab, Adobe, SpaceX and other stocks ahead of key inflation and jobs data.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 1.3% and the actively trad

Stocks that are most closely tied to the health of the US consumer have trailed the broader market badly this year. A potential Federal Reserve interest-rate hike Wednesday may add to the segment’s stress.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops Tuesday as the 10-year Treasury yield reaches its highest level since 2007. Nvidia stock rises.

Heidi O'Neill takes over after a brutal year for Lululemon, with weak sales, tariff pressure and competition all weighing on the business.

The majority of US companies holding $100 billion in potential tariff refunds haven't pledged to ret

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is only processing refunds for registered importers of record, and they are not obligated to refund shoppers.

US stock futures are treading water this morning, with traders caught between the Federal Reserve's next move and a fresh batch of retail earnings. Dow futures dipped 0.2%, the S&P 500 nudged up 0.1% after a third straight weekly gain, and the Nasdaq-100 added 0.5%. It's a quieter week...

"The bottom line is that the US economy continues to be supported by a growing set of tailwinds."

Nike benefits from nearly $1 billion in tariff refunds, while FedEx plans to return its $800 million refund to customers.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major stock indexes traded higher Tuesday, after it was reported the U.S. and Iran had reached "some sort of an arrangement" for a peace deal.

Retailers face a more cautious back-to-school consumer who is getting fatigued by higher prices driven by inflation.

Activewear maker Delta Galil has reported an increase in Q2 profit, lifted by tariff refunds, a portion of which it will invest in its manufacturing and supply chain to drive future growth.

Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump’s tariffs filtered through the economy are getting almost nothing back.

The e-commerce giant also will use the $600 million it has recouped from invalidated tariffs to lower prices for shoppers, per a Thursday earnings call.

Wall Street is set to open higher on Thursday as strong Microsoft results helped technology stocks recover from their sharp post-Federal Reserve sell-off. Dow Jones futures were up 225 points, or 0.4%, while S&P 500 futures pointed to a 0.6% gain and the Nasdaq was called 1.3%...

HANOI, July 24 () - Vietnam faces higher U. tariffs than peers and risks a further erosion of competitiveness in the clothing sector, as the largest ‌exporter of apparel to the U.

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Collections ease cash-flow pressure but trade risks remain

Apparel giants face declines as weak demand, tariffs, excess inventory and restructuring challenges pressure the industry.

Nearly three-quarters of last quarter's earnings came from a one-time tariff refund. Strip it out, and the picture gets more interesting.

The sportswear brand has collected more than $300 million in refunds for the invalidated levies, as of the quarter ending May 31.

Yahoo Finance's Brooke DiPalma and Josh Lipton discuss 7-Eleven's federal trademark infringement lawsuit against Nike, which aims to block the unapproved release of an upcoming Air Max 95 sneaker featuring the convenience store's signature tri-color palette on July 11.

Nike’s stock clawed back most of a steep post-earnings drop this week. Days later, a convenience store chain filed a federal lawsuit trying to block one of Nike’s biggest sneaker launches of the summer. The two storylines are unfolding almost simultaneously, but they have nothing to do with each ...

7-Eleven has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE, XETRA:NKE), alleging that the design of an upcoming Air Max 95 sneaker improperly incorporates elements of the convenience store chain’s branding. The complaint, filed in federal court in Dallas, claims the shoe...