Good MorningU.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday as cooler inflation helped restore confidence in growth and technology shares. The central tension remained rates versus growth, with investors embracing AI leadership while looking for earnings to confirm that stronger valuations are supported by improving fundamentals.
June consumer inflation cooled to 3.5%, easing concerns about persistent price pressures and improving the outlook for interest-sensitive sectors. That shift encouraged investors to rotate back into semiconductors and software while solid bank earnings reinforced the view that economic activity and capital markets remain on stable footing.
JPMorgan advanced after posting record quarterly profit, reflecting healthy lending and stronger investment banking activity. Goldman Sachs also benefited from robust trading and dealmaking, underscoring improving earnings quality across Wall Street. IBM tumbled after issuing an earnings warning, weighing on software sentiment, while Palo Alto Networks climbed as AI-related cybersecurity spending continued to support demand. Palantir also gained attention after expanded federal adoption of its software highlighted growing momentum in its government business. Attention now shifts to whether the next wave of earnings can sustain the market's renewed confidence in growth. Featured: 3 energy stocks positioned for the oil supply shock (Ad) 
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Fastenal’s (NASDAQ: FAST) stock price declined following its Q2 earnings release, creating another solid entry point for investors. The worst that can be said about the report is that earnings were only in alignment with the consensus forecast, providing no immediate impetus for bullish behavior.
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Midstream energy firms—those companies overseeing the transportation, storage, and some processing of oil and gas—remain an essential but often overlooked part of the energy ecosystem. Because these companies often operate like toll roads, in that they get paid whenever energy moves through their s... Read the Full Story |
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It’s been about one month since SpaceX's (NASDAQ: SPCX) initial public offering (IPO), and the stock is down approximately 11% from its first trade on June 12. But cynics shouldn’t take a victory lap quite yet.
Some of the pullback is due to a simple, mechanical reason. There are a massive number o... Read the Full Story |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (NYSE: JPM) Q2 results and, more specifically, comments from CEO Jamie Dimon, indicate an all-clear condition for stocks. While Dimon's quarterly statement contained the usual misgivings and noted risks, the message was as bullish as it's been in many years.
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The AI buildout has a power problem, and most investors are still looking in the wrong place for the fix. Nuclear gets the headlines. Solar and batteries get the subsidies. But the fastest, cheapest new power source hitting the grid right now is one most portfolios don't own at all: geothermal.
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Institutional capital is gripped by a narrative that space-based internet will dismantle traditional telecommunications. Low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations, championed by SpaceX's (NASDAQ: SPCX) Starlink, are being rapidly deployed, prompting analysts to cut their ratings and price targets fo... Read the Full Story |
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AI companies (even those outside the tech sector) have been the recipients of substantial investor attention in recent years, but industrials are among the top-performing sectors so far in 2026. After a period of navigating technology and finding potential applications, companies behind factory aut... Read the Full Story |
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Data centers receive sharp criticism for their high water usage, but the impact on the broader water industry and for investors is also about infrastructure bottlenecks, regulation, and emerging technologies, among other things. Utilities companies must navigate significant changes when hyperscaler... Read the Full Story |
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Something interesting is happening at the intersection of Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) growth story and the broader AI investment boom, and equity investors would be wise to pay attention.
Shares of Amazon are trading just below $250, up around 8% from the end of June, but still well below the... Read the Full Story |
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Wedbush is making a bold call on memory chip maker Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK). The firm aggressively raised its targets for revenue, earnings, and stock price, citing pricing trends and a high likelihood that management had underestimated the strength.
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Wednesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | Should I Buy Alphabet Stock? GOOG Bull and Bear Case Explained
These insights were generated using artificial intelligence. They are based on proprietary MarketBeat data, news articles, and custom LLM A.I. algorithms. This analysis of Alphabet was last updated on Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM.
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