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Rebecca Walser joins Diane King Hall at the NYSE to make sense of the latest market rally. She does see a potential pullback in options activity, but stresses the strong fundamental story fueling market momentum. Rebecca says companies have adjusted their plans in light of ongoing geopolitical tensions with Iran. On the AI trade, she compares and contrasts U.S. to China approaches on open-source m...

Best Buy (BBY) gets a downgrade, with Jefferies lowering its coverage and price target to $85. Rachel Dashiell examines the chart and notes short-term choppiness with a head-and-shoulders formation taking place on a 20-day timeframe. The longer-term view "paints a different picture," adds Rachel. She identifies the momentum regime shift with RSI above 50. Rachel is closely watching BBY s...

Walt Disney (DIS) rises in premarket trading after a mixed earnings print. One highlight for the House of Mouse? Jenny Horne details the company's Parks business revenue as a possible wind behind the stock's lift. Elsewhere, Uber (UBER) share took a sharp turn downward. The ride-sharing company missed revenue estimates and provided weaker-than-anticipated guidance for its 3Q. ======== Schw...

The S&P 500 (SPX) and Dow Jones ($DJI) notched new all-time highs. Marley Kayden recaps a busy Tuesday trading session, including Palantir (PLTR) popping nearly 30% higher after earnings. SpaceX (SPCX) and AMD (AMD) provided postmarket quarterly releases with mixed results. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute n...

Marley Kayden reminds investors that positive commentary from Treasury Secy. Bessent led to a premarket rally in stocks and potentially some relief in crude oil prices. But, she also notes the chipmakers performance as a huge boost to the outperformance in the tech sector with AMD (AMD) looming after the close. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day...

A busy postmarket earnings slate keeps Alex Coffey and Marley Kayden occupied, particularly with the first-ever public earnings report from SpaceX (SPCX). The duo dive into Starlink figures, subscriber numbers and massive cash piles for Elon Musk's outer space company before turning attention to AMD (AMD). The AI chipmaker fell after an earnings beat, but announced a $5B investment in Anthropi...

Ambar Bhattacharyya joins Market on Close to explore the use of A.I. in the health care sector. He notes venture capital investors pouring money into the group, with $7.4B already headed to the health care sector so far in 2026. Ambar discusses the use-case of A.I. in medical fields evolving from administrative tasks to clinical augmentation and automation. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empower...

Jason England says the latest JOLTS report points to a stable labor market, giving the Fed more room to focus on inflation. He discusses the risks of long-duration bonds in a volatile rate environment and highlights treasury option income as a way to capture volatility and boost yield without adding credit risk. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market da...

David Siemer still sees a chance the CLARITY Act gets passed in Congress, but admits it is not a great chance. He addresses the pullback in Bitcoin calling it a "reversion to the mean" as well as the perceived winners in on-chain tokenized solutions like Ethereum. David also weighs in on Michael Saylor and Strategy's (MSTR) decision to sell some of its Bitcoin holdings. ======== Schw...

YieldMax's Mike Khouw discusses several ETF products that tap in to AI and semiconductor themes. He explains the differences in harvesting options premiums and how investors can find exposure levels vary from each ETF. Mike explains reasons why an investor would choose an ETF as opposed to the single stock route. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every mark...

Greg Portell and Bryan Gildenberg discuss McDonald's (MCD) earnings and the growing importance of value for consumers navigating economic uncertainty. They highlight stronger international performance, rising consumer stress in the U.S., and why chains like McDonald's and Taco Bell are benefiting as shoppers prioritize affordability and convenience. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empower...

Hendi Susanto visits Nicole Petallides at the NYSE set to preview AMD (AMD) earnings. He believes Lisa Su's company is looking to evolve from just a chip provider to a full stack provider for AI infrastructure use. Hendi says investors should look for data center revenue figures and its AI accelerator business scalability in the report. Lastly, he is eager to hear from management on rising mem...

Alex Roy says investors need to pay attention to free cash flow and see if operating cash flow improvements reveal themselves in SpaceX (SPCX) earnings. The Elon Musk company releases its first earnings report as a publicly traded company after Tuesday's close. Aside from earnings, Alex says this company should be viewed as a telecommunications infrastructure play. He likes the vision of the c...

Patrick Kellenberger discusses the evolving U.S. labor market, where hiring has slowed even as job openings remain elevated and layoffs stay contained. He explains how AI is reshaping entry-level roles and why workers must embrace upskilling and AI adoption to stay competitive. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute n...

Sam Vadas cites Palantir (PLTR) CEO Alex Karp's enthusiasm and earnings beat as two primary drivers behind today's surge in share prices. The AI software company notched beats in its U.S. commercial revenue segment and sent the stock to levels not seen since early 2026. Sam shares the Street and analyst takeaways on PLTR, saying there's almost an "August reset" on the overall...

LikeFolio's Andy Swan makes the long-term case for SpaceX (SPCX), highlighting rapid Starlink subscriber growth and major partnerships with Anthropic and Google. While he expects volatility following the company's public debut, Swan argues SpaceX's dominance in space infrastructure and ambitious vision position it for significant future growth. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empoweri...

Morningstar's Matt Dolgin says Spotify's (SPOT) long-term thesis "is completely intact" and any weakness after earnings "should be bought." CFRA's Ken Leon has the opposite outlook saying his firm downgraded Spotify to a hold rating. Ken posits the thought that Spotify could eventually be a takeover target in an ever-consolidating media landscape. Both discuss subsc...

Ethos CEO Peter Colis discusses the company's strong quarterly results, including triple-digit revenue growth and a surge in new life insurance policies. He explains how Ethos uses data and technology to simplify the insurance buying process and outlines the company's plans to capitalize on the large, untapped U.S. market, including expansion into annuities. ======== Schwab Network =======...

Charles Moon maps out the fundamental case for a trio of names on his radar: Meta Platforms (META), Okta Inc. (OKTA) and the GLD ETF. As markets reach new all-time highs, he explains why he's looking at 3 very different investing opportunities while Rick Ducat dives deep into the technical chart formations to monitor. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every...

Anthony Saccaro, President of Providence Financial and Insurance Services, discusses the market's record highs, the impact of energy prices on inflation, and whether slowing GDP growth raises stagflation concerns. He highlights midstream energy stocks as a tactical opportunity and explains why AI infrastructure-related industrials remain attractive despite worries about an AI bubble. ========...

Caterpillar (CAT) beat expectations and raised its sales outlook. Marley Kayden examines the company's record equipment backlog and strong order rates as Caterpillar's momentum builds across its core construction, power and energy, and resource industries segments. She notes Caterpillar's growing role in the artificial intelligence (A.I.) infrastructure build-out, particularly in provi...

Ed Butowsky breaks down why McDonald's (MCD) earnings sparked a rally across fast-food stocks despite weaker traffic trends, highlighting opportunities in Yum! Brands (YUM) and Shake Shack (SHAK) while outlining a more cautious view on McDonald's. Tom White adds an example options trade as the pair discuss record-high stocks, falling oil prices, and improving market sentiment. ======== Sch...

"Market breadth could be telling us that this correction phase could be completely completed," says Rachel Dashiell. She joins Sam Vadas to discuss current conditions leading to new record highs for the S&P 500 (SPX) and Dow Jones ($DJI). Rachel uses several technical indicators to provide her analysis of the markets, including a chart of the NYSE New Yearly Lows fading. For the Mag...

Longbow Asset Management CEO Jake Dollarhide breaks down the market’s reaction to big tech earnings, highlighting continued strength in the AI trade led by Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), and Palantir (PLTR). He also discusses how financials and industrials are benefiting from the tech-driven rally, why earnings expectations have become exceptionally high, and the risks posed by rising yields and...

Wall Street opened Tuesday's trading with green arrows including record levels reached for the S&P 500 (SPX) and the Dow Jones ($DJI). Diane King Hall examines a few individual stocks on the move, including Wayfair (W), Spotify (SPOT) and Merck (MRK). For Merck, the biotech company pulled back from premarket gains as investors react to its latest earnings. Diane points to Spotify's sub...