My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, July 22 1. Coca-Cola topped estimates for second-quarter earnings per share. Organic growth of 5% beat expectations. I liked the quarter, though it wasn’t perfect. It also said it will release a version of Coke made with cane sugar in the U.S. this fall. President Donald Trump said…
Tech led declines in US stocks on Tuesday after notching new all-time highs the prior day, as Wall Street waded through a fresh wave of earnings that brought a tariffs warning from General Motors (GM). The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) dropped 0.9% ahead of the first Big Tech quarterly results, and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on July 18, 2025, in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit fresh records. Futures tied to the Dow Jones…
People walk in front of a J.P. Morgan Financial Center in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2025. Kylie Cooper | Reuters Friday, Aug. 1 — the “hard deadline” of U.S. President Donald Trump’s updated tariffs — is less than two weeks away. Investors, however, seem mostly unbothered thus far. For last week, while the…
US stock futures rose on Monday, as markets entered a critical week defined by megacap earnings and continued risk around President Trump’s looming tariffs. Contracts on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) both climbed about 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) were also up 0.3%. Stocks are poised to…
Chinese yuan trades flat against greenback after PBOC decision The Chinese yuan and offshore yuan traded flat against the greenback on Monday, after the People’s Bank of China stood pat on its key holding rates for July. As at 9.50 a.m. local time (9.50 p.m. ET Sunday), the offshore yuan had strengthened by 0.02% against…
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) are both hovering near record highs as escalating tariffs and a growing debate about monetary policy have done little to shake markets. The Nasdaq Composite led the gains last week, rising more than 1.6%. Meanwhile the S&P 500 popped about 0.7% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
The one-two punch of strong earnings and tame inflation helped propel the S & P 500 to a positive week — despite the latest tariff news on Friday putting a slight damper on the action. The broad index added 0.59% for the week led by technology, utilities and industrials, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq outperformed, jumping…
It all comes back to tech, once again. Magnificent Seven earnings kick off in the week ahead, with Alphabet and Tesla the first of the megacaps to report this earnings season at a time when the artificial intelligence trade — along with strong quarterly results and economic data — is once again carrying the market…
US stock futures tipped higher on Friday after the S&P 500 (^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) vaulted to their latest records on fresh signs of strength in the US economy. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) rose 0.2%. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were up 0.1%, while those on the tech-focused Nasdaq 100…