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Salesforce will report second-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon amid the most uncertainty it has faced since its earliest days. Wall Street analysts are projecting $3.27 in adjusted earnings per share, rising from $2.91 a year ago. Beginning last year, investors began selling off enterprise software stocks on the idea that much of what they do will be replaced by AI agents that can write software code and execute complex series of tasks from simple conversational commands.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Wednesday ahead of key inflation data. Nvidia earnings are due after the close.

Investors geared up for the release of a key inflation reading and Nvidia's earnings report.

For three years now, Nvidia’s quarterly performance has become a milestone for the artificial-intelligence trade. Investors get their latest look at Nvidia earnings Wednesday afternoon when the AI-chip leader reports its second-quarter results. Wall Street analysts expect second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $2.09, doubling over the past year, on sales of $92.3 billion, also twice what the company posted a year ago.

The stock market rose Tuesday amid lower oil prices and yields, but cautiously heading into Fed inflation data and Nvidia earnings.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures pointed higher on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to key inflation data and Nvidia’s quarterly results later this week for fresh clues on the outlook for interest rates and the artificial intelligence trade.

Stock markets were heading for a positive open as investors positioned themselves ahead of crucial earnings and economic events and shrugged off a raft of U.S. sanctions on Iran. Nasdaq 100 futures were jumping 1% in Tuesday’s premarket after fears about artificial-intelligence spending by big tech companies sparked a selloff the previous session, leading the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite to finish in the red. In a speech on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. was sanctioning more than 60 entities, individuals, and vessels tied to the Iranian regime, but didn't outline any specific steps against individual countries such as China, a major buyer of oil from the Middle Eastern Country.

Investors are closely tracking the slide in Nvidia and other AI-linked stocks as macro developments add pressure to markets during a crucial week.

Here are Cathie Wood’s latest moves.

Stocks posted weekly losses after a bond sell-off this week put pressure on tech and AI stocks.

Stocks were headed for weekly losses after a bond sell-off this week put pressure on tech and AI stocks.

On Aug. 20, 2026, the digital brokerage posted $198.8 million in revenue with trading-related income up 66% year over year, fueling investor optimism.

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.

US equity indexes rose on Wednesday after most Federal Open Market Committee participants agreed to

US equity indexes rose ahead of the close on Wednesday after the Treasury Department said it would i

US equity indexes rose after midday Wednesday after the Treasury Department said it would increase b

Sandisk, Micron, Credo and many other chip and AI stocks dived a day after bullish moves. The major indexes are wiping out recent gains.

Lowe’s stock has struggled amid a difficult housing market, but second-quarter earnings could give the shares a much-needed boost.

Target shares have surged more than 50% since the start of the year, though they remain far below their pandemic-era highs.

The Fed, oil prices, and corporate earnings are the catalysts putting this Vanguard fund in a prime position to outperform.

Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, an investment management company, released its “Core Equity Fund” Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund returned 14.69% in the second quarter of 2026, slightly trailing the 15.20% gain of the S&P 500 Index as market performance remained highly concentrated in artificial intelligence (AI)-related […]

This company's human-powered platform bucks the artificial intelligence (AI) trend.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Monday, with technology stocks pointing to a firmer open, as investors scaled back bets on an impending Federal Reserve rate hike and looked ahead to a fresh batch of retail-sector earnings this week.

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...

Reddit Inc (NYSE:RDDT) shares jumped more than 16% on Friday after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the company will join the S&P 500 index next week. The inclusion is expected to trigger mandatory buying from institutional funds that track the benchmark. The index milestone follows a...

Walmart, Target and other retail earnings take center stage this coming week. Alibaba and Viking Holdings also are on tap.

S&P Dow Jones Indices said late Thursday that Reddit will be added to the S&P 500 prior to the start of trading on Aug. 18.

S&P Dow Jones Indices said late Thursday that Reddit will be added to the S&P 500 prior to the start of trading on Aug. 18.

U. S. stock futures traded close to unchanged on Friday as investors assessed softer inflation data, a fresh round of technology earnings and renewed volatility across semiconductor shares.

By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Global stocks hovered around record highs on Friday, set for a third weekly gain after benign inflation data dented expectations for a U.S. rate hike next