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London’s FTSE 100 was little changed on Monday as gains in oil majors helped offset weakness in financial shares, leaving investors to weigh the market impact of renewed US-Iran military exchanges. The blue-chip index edged up 0.03% to 10,499.88 points by 0927 GMT, while the domestically focused FTSE 250 slipped 0.1%. The muted move reflected… Continue reading FTSE 100 dodges Iran shock as oil giants ignite a fresh rally

Nvidia stock’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) latest movement has little evidence that the AI infrastructure boom is losing momentum. NVDA jumped 4% on Friday to close at $210.96, extending their weekly gain to about 8.3% as investors returned to the AI-chip leader following a period of relative underperformance. The advance left the stock roughly 13% higher in… Continue reading Nvidia stock may be strong, but Taiwan just exposed its biggest risk

Investors may be entering a second phase of the artificial-intelligence trade as enthusiasm begins to spread beyond the companies supplying chips and memory for data centres. Semiconductor stocks surged in June while Alphabet, Amazon and Meta came under pressure over the cost of building AI infrastructure. Morgan Stanley strategists now expect some capital to rotate… Continue reading 3 AI stocks Morgan Stanley prefers as investors rotate away from chips

TSMC’s second-quarter revenue beat market expectations, giving investors another sign that demand for AI chips remains strong heading into the semiconductor earnings season. The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported April-June revenue of NT$1.27 trillion, or about $39.63 billion, up 36% from a year earlier and slightly ahead of the NT$1.264 trillion expected by analysts. TSMC… Continue reading TSMC stock rises after Q2 revenue beat: can earnings keep the rally alive?

Asian stocks fell on Monday as renewed fighting in the Gulf pushed oil sharply higher and pulled investors back from risk. Iran said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, while US officials said some vessels were still being escorted through the waterway, leaving traders to price the risk of disruption rather than a confirmed… Continue reading Asian stocks plunge as oil shock rattles chips and bond markets

SK Hynix’s record-breaking Wall Street debut was followed by a sharp reality check on Monday, as its Seoul-listed shares fell more than 10% at one stage. The pullback came after the chipmaker’s new American depositary receipts surged 12.8% in their first Nasdaq session on Friday. Importantly, the decline was in the Korean stock, not the… Continue reading SK Hynix stock plunges 10% after record Nasdaq debut: here’s what went wrong

The S&P 500 Index continued rising and neared its all-time high on Friday as some big tech companies like Nvidia and AMD rebounded. It ended the week at 7,575, with its perpetual futures on Hyperliquid ticking downwards today. This article explains some of the top catalysts for the SPX Index and key ETFs like VOO… Continue reading S&P 500, SPY, VOO ETF: The 4 catalysts that could move markets this week

Retail investors, long considered one of the strongest pillars supporting the US stock market since the pandemic, are becoming increasingly selective as market leadership shifts rapidly and alternative investment opportunities gain traction. Recent data suggest individual investors are rotating between themes rather than making broad-based bets on the stock market. At the same time, a… Continue reading Why retail investors are ditching broader index bets for selective trades

The US financial landscape is featuring a striking paradox in 2026. Wall Street is sprinting, with major indices flirting with record highs and extending a “multi-year” winning streak. Yet, step outside the trading floors, and Main Street tells a far more muted story. The broader US economy is expanding at a tepid pace, weighed down… Continue reading US stocks and the economy seem to moving in opposite directions: here’s why