Capital Markets Quickie

A day of extremes: Alphabet crashed around thirteen percent, its worst day since the IPO back in 2004, wiping out almost half a trillion dollars in market value and dragging the Nasdaq down, and then after the bell Amazon delivered with AWS growing thirty-nine percent, its fastest pace in almost five years. Meanwhile hot inflation data made a December rate hike look even more likely, and in Europe...

A packed Fed day: the Fed held rates at three point seven five to four percent in a ten to two vote, with two dissenters pushing for a hike and the market now pricing a December move as likely. After the bell came the big contrast: Microsoft jumped around four percent as Azure grew forty-eight percent, while Alphabet fell around eight percent as earnings missed despite Google Cloud doubling. Oracl...

Tech gained for a second straight day ahead of the big one: the Nasdaq rose more than one percent as chip stocks rallied around three percent and CoreWeave jumped around eight percent, while oil kept easing on hopes of de-escalation in the Middle East. Today brings the Fed decision plus earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet after the bell, with Amazon and the ECB following on Thursday. The DAX rose...

A fresh spark for the AI trade: AI company Anthropic filed for its IPO with a planned Nasdaq listing under the ticker ANT, helping the Nasdaq gain almost one percent as oil prices finally eased. Tesla jumped around six percent on a Barclays upgrade, Range Resources surged on a fifty-billion-dollar takeover by EQT, and the big week lies ahead: the Fed decides on Wednesday, the ECB on Thursday, and...

A wild earnings week ended on a sour note: the Dow fell more than one percent on Friday as Brent crude jumped to a six-month high of almost 117 dollars on Middle East escalation fears, hitting airlines hard. The weekly scoreboard shows the S&P 500 and Nasdaq with their second straight losing week despite strong results from Meta, Tesla, IBM and SAP, because the market now wants proof that the...

The earnings beats were not enough: the Nasdaq fell around two and a half percent as Meta sank around seven percent on its massive AI spending and negative free cash flow, IBM dropped despite its beat, and SpaceX gave back more than half of its post-earnings gain. Oil hit its highest level since May on fresh escalation fears around Iran and Saudi Arabia, while jobless claims fell to a three-month...

The big earnings night delivered: Meta, Tesla, IBM and SAP all beat analyst expectations after the bell, with Meta announcing a stock dividend that works like a split and IBM's strong software growth lifting the whole software space. During the regular session, SpaceX jumped around eight percent on its blockbuster results and merger talk with Tesla, pushing the Nasdaq up around one percent. Th...

A rotation day on Wall Street: the Dow gained around one percent as healthcare stocks hit a record high, led by Eli Lilly, while the Nasdaq slipped slightly ahead of the big tech earnings. After the bell, SpaceX delivered its first quarterly profit as a public company with revenue up 161 percent, while Netflix beat on earnings but disappointed with its fourth-quarter outlook and fell after hours....

Tech stocks rebounded from their brutal week, with the Nasdaq up around two percent as CoreWeave jumped on a Goldman Sachs upgrade and Amazon rallied on a bullish price target. Oil climbed back above one hundred dollars after fresh Houthi attacks, and US homebuilder sentiment fell to its lowest level since 2012. Now the heavyweights report: Meta, Tesla, Netflix, IBM and SpaceX all open their books...

Questions about debt-financed AI infrastructure sank the Nasdaq more than two percent on Friday, with CoreWeave tumbling on worries about its fifty billion dollar debt pile, capping the index's worst week in months. South Korea's Kospi lost fourteen and a half percent for the week, its worst since the 2008 financial crisis, despite a Friday rebound. The DAX went the other way and gained ar...

Asia's chip stocks crashed with the Kospi down eight percent and Samsung and SK Hynix in free fall, but Wall Street staged a comeback as bond yields dropped sharply and AI jitters faded. Producer prices rose at the fastest monthly pace since 2022, leaving the Fed's October meeting looking like a coin flip. TSMC delivered a record profit but fell anyway, Apple topped five trillion dollars a...

US inflation came in hotter than expected at 3.7 percent, driven by energy costs, sending yields higher and knocking the Nasdaq and small caps down around two percent while defensives held the Dow steady. Oil climbed after an attack on a Saudi Aramco building, BlackRock beat estimates while Bank of America was hit with a 1.2 billion dollar fine, and Dell slid on a downgrade. The DAX saved a small...

Earnings season opened with a split screen: Goldman Sachs crushed expectations on booming equities trading and JPMorgan beat as well, while CEO Jamie Dimon warned about deficits and sticky inflation. Memory chip stocks slumped worldwide after reports that China's CXMT is making progress on a new DRAM architecture, hitting Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix. Oil fell around two percent as the US temp...

Wall Street eased into a big week with a quiet, mixed Columbus Day session: the Dow gained while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq slipped as investors rotated out of tech. Oil rose on a sharp Middle East escalation after Houthi attacks on Riyadh's airport, while memory chip names like SanDisk and Lumentum sold off. Now it gets serious: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup kick off e...

Wall Street rallied into the weekend as tech rebounded from the OpenAI scare and oil eased after Trump ruled out an attack on Iran before the midterms, handing the Dow and S&P 500 a winning week. SpaceX's spectrum deal shook the telecom sector, sending T-Mobile down twelve percent, while Delta fell after cutting its outlook. The DAX recovered the 25,000 mark but still lost ground for the w...

Chip stocks sold off after a Financial Times report suggested OpenAI's revenue is running billions below estimates, dragging the Nasdaq lower while Arm, Intel, Marvell and Micron tumbled. Oil jumped around three percent on reports that Trump was weighing new strikes on Iran, before he said there would be no attack ahead of the midterms. PepsiCo beat expectations but cut its profit growth outlo...

Treasury yields surged to their highest levels since 2002 and pulled the S&P 500 and Nasdaq off their fresh records, while Fed minutes showed most officials still expect another rate hike by year-end. Webull crashed twenty percent after a congressional report flagged national security concerns, Bitcoin slid and dragged Coinbase and Robinhood with it. In Europe, the DAX fell more than one perce...

The S&P 500 climbed to a fresh record close and the Nasdaq extended its own record run, as easing oil prices and cooling Treasury yields let investors focus on earnings growth. Constellation Energy jumped twelve percent on a multi-billion dollar nuclear power deal with Google, while Seagate and Moderna lagged. In Europe, the DAX gained as French bond markets calmed after presidential candidate...

The Nasdaq climbed to a fresh record high powered by Nvidia and the tech rally, while the Dow slipped as the ten-year Treasury yield rose to 5.32 percent, near its highest level in two decades. The ISM services index accelerated to 55.9, but its prices component jumped to 74, keeping inflation worries alive ahead of the Q3 earnings season with PepsiCo, Delta Air Lines and Levi's on deck. In Eu...

A surprisingly weak jobs report takes an October rate hike off the table and sends stocks rallying into the weekend, with Nvidia hitting a fresh intraday record. Plus: the G7 taps oil reserves, Nike disappoints, and Infineon soars almost nine percent. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritce...

Accenture delivers the comeback story of the day, soaring around twenty-three percent as record bookings dispel fears that AI is killing consulting. Plus: yields retreat from two-decade highs, Micron gains on its blowout quarter, and the Dax defends its 200-day line. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instag...

Cooler inflation data and another blowout quarter from Micron close out a September that split Wall Street, with the Nasdaq saving a gain while the Dow and S&P lost ground. Plus: German inflation tops three percent and the Dax ends a weak month. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela...

Indirect US-Iran talks resume and oil eases, but a twelve-year low in consumer confidence keeps Wall Street in check. Plus: Carnival soars on record bookings, Fair Isaac craters, and Infineon leads the Dax on AI demand. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Disclaimer for &quo...

Oil jumps around four percent after Trump rejects Tehran's peace proposal, pulling stocks lower to start the week. Plus: Nvidia announces a record buyback, Boeing stumbles, and Redcare Pharmacy soars in Germany. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ Disclaimer for "Ca...

Stocks rally into the weekend as Iran proposes reopening the Strait of Hormuz and oil retreats, leaving the Nasdaq up more than two percent for the week. Plus: Costco delivers, Meta caps a monster week, and Evonik jumps on BASF interest. >>> Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/endrit-cela/ >>> Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endritcela_official/ D...