Investing.com -- Anthropic PBC plans to match or exceed the size of SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Thurdsay citing people familiar with the matter. The artificial intelligence company is advancing preparations for its stock market debut.
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The Claude maker confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC and could file publicly as soon as the end of August

Axon Enterprise is Thursday's IBD Stock Of The Day as the the S&P 500 maker of Tasers, body cameras and software for law enforcement sees its Dedrone drone defense business take off. Dedrone "was still in its infancy just a year ago, and is quickly becoming one of our largest product lines, surpassing $100 million in quarterly revenue," Axon President Joshua Isner told analysts on the Aug. 5 earnings call. Isner announced on the call that Axon had been among the vendors selected among dozens of applicants for a potential $1.5 billion counter-drone program in a further validation of its technology.
A fifth consecutive oil-price increase is strengthening Exxon's cash-flow outlook while reviving inflation risk.

Deere & Co. was one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 on Thursday, after the agricultural and industrial equipment maker posted better-than-expected quarterly results.
The AI server maker says executives were unaware of the scheme.

The Elon Musk-led rocket and AI company is landing lucrative contracts and benefiting from the Trump administration’s deregulatory push.

A new mRNA cancer vaccine hit its goal in melanoma patients, giving a healthcare giant a fresh growth story.

Bank of America sees Zoom’s post-pandemic reset nearing an end as new products, stronger retention, and an overlooked asset reshape the bull case.

Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,580 per troy ounce on Thursday, August 20, 2026, up 0.8% from Wednesday's closing price.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) reported a 75% drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, as heavy investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure squeezed margins at China's e-commerce and cloud giant. Net income for the June quarter fell to 10.4 billion yuan ($1.5 billion), missing analyst...

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) surged past $70,000 after Trump met with cryptocurrency leaders at the White House and called on Congress to pass the CLARITY Act. Yahoo Finance Fed Correspondent Jennifer Schonberger reports on who was among the two dozen attendees at the meeting and whether there is real progress on the stalled digital asset legislation.
The retailer's outlook fell short of expectations.
Investing.com -- Etsy was upgraded to Buy from Neutral by BofA Securities on Thursday, with the brokerage saying the online marketplace’s recent growth appears increasingly structural and that its estimates remain conservative.

The Hyperliquid token jumped 26% after Trump said regulators were working to bring the decentralized exchange to the U.S.

Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) shares fell around 6% in premarket trading on Thursday after the retail giant reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings and revenue, but disappointed investors with weaker comparable sales growth at its U.

Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. signed agreements to buy half of an Argentinian shale oil firm owned by Mercuria Energy Group, with the firms promising more than $4 billion of investment to expand production.
Investing.com -- Bernstein upgraded Analog Devices to Outperform from Market Perform and lifted its price target to $465 from $430, citing improving risk-reward following a strong fiscal third-quarter report and outlook.
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were little changed on Thursday, as a rally in government bonds lost momentum and investors assessed a fresh batch of corporate earnings and analyst actions.
Airbnb shares are rocking. Here's why.

Deere (DE) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.47% and +1.77%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

U.S. stocks linked to cryptocurrencies extended Wednesday’s rally premarket as investors jumped on President Trump’s reaffirmed support for crypto-friendly legislation.

Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE) shares gained more than 3% in premarket trading on Thursday after the agricultural equipment manufacturer delivered fiscal third-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings.

Webull Corp (NASDAQ:BULL) shares jumped 13. 8% in premarket trading on Thursday after the digital brokerage delivered its strongest quarterly performance since becoming a public company, beating Wall Street forecasts on both revenue and adjusted earnings.
Investors will watch margins, rising HBM costs, China sales and the Rubin Ultra product roadmap.
Investing.com -- Bank of America upgraded Moderna to Neutral with a $170 price objective, following a sharp rally in the stock after positive data on its personalized cancer vaccine, intismeran, in adjuvant melanoma.

European stock indexes were mixed, with gains in autos and semiconductors unable to lift the lift the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 index.

U.S. futures edged higher after the U.S. Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of planned purchases of longer-term government debt. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.3% to 66,178.26, reversing declines earlier in the week. Japan reported it logged a trade deficit for a third straight month in July, as both imports and exports hit record highs.

