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U. S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited U.

The head of the central bank just outlined an inflation ultimatum.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of key U.S. economic data and the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, while renewed U.S.-Iran strikes and a sharp rise in global bond yields kept risk appetite in check.

Great earnings are now old news. The next market hurdles are the jobs report, CPI, and the Fed’s rate decision.

The iPhone maker increased John Ternus’s annual salary the day he officially took the helm of Apple.

U.S. stocks finish higher in September less frequently than other months, according to Dow Jones Market Data. In September, the Dow industrials have finished higher only 43% of the time, using data going back to 1897.

Don't ignore rising bond yields!

Amazon has had an impressive run over the past six months as its shares have beaten the S&P 500 by 12.8%. The stock now trades at $260.22, marking a 24.9% gain. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

Kevin Warsh just sent September rate hike odds above 50%, but at least one prominent investor thinks the bond market is making a serious mistake and that NVIDIA traders may be the ones who get the last word.

Kospi rises as Samsung and SK Hynix gains from chip buybacks offset renewed US-Iran tensions and a hawkish Fed speech.

U. S. stock futures were broadly unchanged early Tuesday as investors assessed the outlook for Federal Reserve interest rates, higher oil prices and renewed military exchanges between the United States and Iran.

Kevin Warsh just leveled with Wall Street about inflation.

Consider what is perhaps the most commonly cited rationale: The inflationary impact of federal government debt, which earlier this month eclipsed the $40 trillion mark. After all, as Wes Crill, a vice president at Dimensional Fund Advisors, points out, debt level concerns have been around for a while. The inflation threat that many bond investors face is from unexpected inflation—which, by definition, is unexpected.

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Since Tim Cook took over as Apple's CEO in 2011, the iPhone maker's stock has soared more than 2,200%. Annualized, that gives investors a price move of about 23.5% a year, more than twice the annual gain of the Dow industrials and easily more than the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite.

The largest cryptocurrency is on track for its best month since 2017, holding above $78,000 even as a hawkish Fed and renewed Middle East conflict drag on stocks and lift crude.

Over the past six months, Domino’s shares (currently trading at $348.68) have posted a disappointing 13.1% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 12.3% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.

California utility stocks tanked after Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators reached a deal on bill effectively limiting the liability related to wildfire damages faced by insurers. S&P 500 stocks Edison International sold off 23% and PG&E plummeted 20%, according to MarketSurge. Meanwhile, Sempra, the holding company that owns San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG & E) and Southern California Gas Company, was down about 2.3%.

Traders are reassessing the outlook for interest rates after Warsh took a firm stance on inflation

The next stock catalyst is the one-two punch of rising analyst profit estimates and fewer estimate cuts.

August turned out to be a pretty good month for S&P 500 investors. And some stocks wound up having a great month.

Traders increased bets of a Fed rate hike following Kevin Warsh's speech on Friday and a flare-up in Middle East hostilities.

Intel stock is rising but software names such as ServiceNow trade lower. Energy stocks are jumping as oil prices rises after U.S. strikes against Iran.

Shareholders need to brace themselves for some potentially jarring price swings.

Interest rate hikes became more likely after the latest inflation report, and the stock market is already expensive by historical standards.

Investors who wanted more clarity on interest rates from the nation's central bank just received it.

Across S&P 500 companies, per-share earnings soared 53% in the second quarter from a year earlier, while sales rose nearly 16%, according to data from LSEG. Investment gains from tech giants Amazon.com and Alphabet added fuel to the big earnings surge.

The “self-fulfilling prophecy” of betting on rising winners has suddenly turned into a losing game for investors who banked on its success.

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This week features earnings from Nvidia rival Broadcom plus reports from Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.