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Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a look at the top stories for investors to watch on Friday, May 15, including Cerebras' (CBRS) second trading day, day two of President Trump's summit in China with President Xi, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's last day in office.
AI-driven orders, record revenue, and a sweeping restructuring put this networking giant’s next phase under scrutiny, today, May 14, 2026.
The stock market hit highs as Nvidia led and AI chip IPO Cerebras soared in its debut, while Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor flashed buy signals. The Trump-Xi summit continues.
The U.S. stock market rose to more records after Cisco Systems joined the parade of companies reporting fatter profits for the start of 2026 than analysts expected. The Nasdaq composite added 0.9% to its own record. Cisco led the way after talking up demand it’s seeing from AI and other customers, while oil prices held relatively steady.
Rising Treasury yields are starting to challenge the stock market’s AI-fueled rally, as investors grapple with persistent inflation, surging government borrowing, and elevated oil prices.
Q1 earnings season continues at its robust pace, and apparently no news is good news when it comes to the war in Iran.
May 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street stock indexes opened higher on Thursday as Nvidia's shares jumped, while investors assessed economic data and watched developments around the high-stakes U.S.-China
Stocks opened higher after a pair of healthy economic reports, with the Dow getting a boost to 50,000 from Cisco’s strong earnings. The Dow was up 0.8%, to trade at 50,080.30. The picture for the U.S. economy is positive, with retail sales coming in healthy and jobless claims showing the labor market continues to hum.
The retail investor is having a good year.
With a 6.3% yield, REIT stock HealthPeak Properties is among the highest-paying players in the S&P 500, well above the current 1% average.
South Korea's stock market is on track for another superb year as it swats away tariff and energy threats to its economy.
The buy-now-pay-later provider posts first-quarter revenue and gross merchandise volume that beat expectations.
The S&P 500 just crossed 7,400 for the first time, AI memory names have multiplied severalfold in months, and the most anticipated IPO of the cycle is approaching. Beneath the surface, the options market is flashing two opposite signals at once. Crypto’s quiet weakness may already be pricing something, and there are two scenarios for
Higher inflation may not be as short-term as the president thinks, based on what history tells us.
May 14 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose to record highs on Thursday as Nvidia's shares jumped, while investors watched developments around the high-stakes U.S.-China summit
Stocks are hitting records as earnings surge. Meanwhile, bonds are competing harder for investor cash.
Accelerating inflation has made interest rate increases more likely, and they have historically been bad news for the stock market.
The central bank that Wall Street has become accustomed to may be on the verge of significant change.
The price of Bitcoin was rising slightly but stayed below $80,000 after falling to a one-week low in the previous session. Higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data for April on Tuesday reduced the prospect of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, denting risk appetite and boosting the dollar.
The S&P 500 rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.2%. The president and a group of top business leaders are attending a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Kevin Warsh passed the final Senate vote hurdle.
The S&P 500 just pulled off something with only one precedent in more than four decades, and a strategist at one of the world's largest asset managers boiled the entire episode down to three words that every equity investor needs to hear. Chris Galipeau, senior market strategist at the Franklin ...
Oil prices moved slightly lower on Wednesday, but markets were buoyed to new heights by the strength of the tech sector. Plus, the new Federal Reserve chair cleared his final confirmation hurdle this afternoon, which likely alleviated some lingering uncertainty at the central bank, and among investors. Incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh was confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 54-45 on Wednesday afternoon, becoming the 17th person to take on the job.
<body><p>STORY: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained ground on Wednesday with a boost from artificial intelligence-related tech shares.</p><p>The Dow actually fell slightly while the S&P gained about six-tenths of one percent and the Nasdaq added double that with the two indexes notching record closing highs.</p><p>The markets looked past data from the Labor Department showing producer prices jumped by 1.4% last month, the largest monthly increase in four years.</p><p>Tom Hainlin, national investment strategist with U.S. Bank Asset Management says he isn’t sure if these numbers will persist and what impact they will have on profits.</p><p>“Obviously, manufacturers and other importers are dealing with high prices due to tariffs and also due to high energy prices. I think the question is, this a temporary bump in producer prices or is it something that will ultimately eat into their profit margins? But we've seen strong investment in productivity tools . And we've seen profit margins remain pretty sturdy in here, which is driving corporate profits. But if this is a one-time blip, this can get managed through the corporate profit cycle.”</p><p>The recent inflation data is dousing any remaining hopes for a near-term rate cut from the Federal Reserve. </p><p>In fact, Boston Fed President Susan Collins said on Wednesday that a rate hike could be in the cards if inflation pressures fail to subside.</p><p>Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's nominee to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell, was confirmed by the Senate in a vote along party lines.</p><p>:: Ford</p><p>Stocks on the move included Ford which surged 13% following a Morgan Stanley report highlighting the strength of the company’s energy storage business. </p><p>And Johnson & Johnson climbed nearly 3% after brokerage Leerink Partners upgraded shares to "outperform" from "market perform."</p></body>
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ran higher, led by Google, Nvidia, Tesla and other titans. Cisco earnings beat while AI chipmaker Cerebras will price its IPO.