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Plus, Tesla considers sale of China business and Anthropic discloses that its software hacked three companies.

The stock-market selloff in July looks more like a stress test than a breaking point.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.2%, and the actively tra

Strong cloud results lifted Amazon and chipmakers, while Apple's service revenue shortfall sent its stock lower ahead of Friday's open

The Wall Street Journal reports Tesla is considering selling its China business to facilitate a future merger with SpaceX.

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) dissension just reached a new (and dubious) milestone.

Wall Street Gains Momentum as Inflation Cools and Bond Yields Retreat

Scott Melker discusses the Federal Reserve's latest decision to hold interest rates steady, examining Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's remarks and how US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) and crypto like bitcoin (BTC-USD) have reacted. "The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto. Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.

The Dow is up on the day despite 21 of its components trading lower. The nine components in the green were doing the heavy lifting, driving the blue chip index's 0.3%, or 151 point, rise. One of the Dow's heaviest-weighted components saw gains that helped offset the majority of underlying stocks falling.

Q2 GDP Increased Less Than Expected

July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as Microsoft's forecast-beating results soothed investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies, while investors parsed fresh

Stocks kicked off Thursday’s trading session higher, reemerging from the carnage of Wednesday’s selloff. The S&P 500 was up 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6%. Rosenberg Research’s Dave Rosenberg described the moves as “a weak stock-market bound on shaky ground,” nodding to the major averages’ “precarious technical positions,” yesterday’s rise in bond yields, and oil price spikes.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh praised the bond market’s recent rate moves on Wednesday. He may not feel that way now.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.7%, and the actively tra

(Updates with economic data, recent oil price movement, world markets' overview and corporate stock

The market got a fresh batch of economic data, with new personal consumption expenditures and gross domestic product data released ahead of the opening bell. Inflation data came in cooler than expected. Core PCE, which excludes food and energy costs and is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, rose 0.1% from the month prior, below consensus estimates of 0.2% and the 0.3% increase seen in May. Headline PCE was roughly in line with expectations.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Thursday ahead of key inflation data. Meta stock plunges on earnings.

US equity futures were higher pre-bell Thursday as traders took note of the Federal Reserve's decisi

Solstice, a cooling technology supplier, reported adjusted EPS of 88 cents. Wall Street was looking for 77 cents.

US stock futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday as investors awaited a key inflation report fo

Wall Street futures pointed higher pre-bell Thursday after tech colossus Microsoft (MSFT) reported s

U. S. stock futures edged higher on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision alongside a fresh wave of earnings from major technology companies.

This inflation data point is the ultimate green or red light for Wall Street and investors.

Traders will be watching Apple and Amazon earnings, fresh inflation data, and the direction of Treasurys and oil prices.

Asian stocks traded mixed Thursday as a divided Fed held rates and Korea's KOSPI extended its selloff despite Samsung's record quarter.

The Dow fell 1,153 points after the Fed held rates steady, as bond yields surged amid inflation fears following a tense FOMC.

The head of the Fed's choice of words when describing elevated inflation should rightly worry Wall Street and investors.

Then Kevin Warsh started talking. The new Federal Reserve chairman did little to ease investor concerns about the central bank’s fight with inflation, so the S&P 500 closed down 1.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 2.2% The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.7%.

U.S. equity futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors digested Microsoft, Meta and Qualcomm earnings and the Federal Reserve’s decision.

<body><p>STORY: Wall Street ended sharply lower on Wednesday, with the Dow tumbling more than two percent, the S&P 500 shedding one-and-a-half percent and the Nasdaq falling one-and-three-quarters percent.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>The Fed's widely expected decision to leave interest rates unchanged drew dissents from three of the 12 members of the central bank's policy-setting committee, who would have "preferred" a quarter-percentage-point hike at Wednesday's meeting.</p><p>Eric Diton is president and managing director of The Wealth Alliance.</p><p>"That's telling you the Fed here is not in agreement. Three dissenters is a lot. And it's clear that we are getting closer and closer to a rate hike. And the markets are handicapping that. So, I think going forward I would expect a rate hike probably in September, certainly by December. I think that’s where we are heading.”</p><p>Meanwhile, investors continued to worry about Big Tech companies funneling billions of dollars into AI at the expense of free cash flow.</p><p>Case in point: shares of Meta fell more than 9% in extended trading after the social media company hiked its forecast for 2026 capital expenditure.</p><p>But shares of another Magnificent 7 tech giant climbed in extending trading. Microsoft rose about 2% after topping Wall Street estimates for quarterly cloud revenue growth, a sign its massive spending on AI infrastructure was paying off.</p><p>:: Microsoft</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>AI-related chipmakers added to recent losses after a sixfold jump in SK Hynix's quarterly profit fell short of lofty investor expectations.&nbsp;</p></body>