Good MorningU.S. stocks retreated Thursday, ending the Dow’s six-session winning streak as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also moved lower. Rising oil prices contributed to concerns that interest rates could remain higher for longer ahead of a key jobs report, while value stocks continued to outperform growth shares.
Earnings drove major individual moves. Instacart parent Maplebear posted revenue above Wall Street estimates as orders and gross transaction value increased. Lyft also exceeded quarterly revenue expectations and forecast gross bookings slightly above estimates.
Elsewhere, Fiserv reset its 2026 revenue and earnings outlook, citing delayed client projects, weaker Argentine conditions and softer hardware sales. AMD agreed to acquire AI-chip startup Taalas to expand its inference capabilities, while cybersecurity firm Gen Digital raised its full-year forecast on demand for protection against AI-powered online threats. Featured: They proved it worked in '76. Then buried it. (Ad) 
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Technology | |
Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) might have just posted one of the most eye-catching earnings beats of the season, but the share price reaction has left investors scratching their heads.
Despite the company crushing expectations on both the top and bottom lines in its Aug. 5 report, the stock wa... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | |
After six months of war in Iran and a long series of mixed signals about when the conflict would end, the oil market appears to be shrugging off some of its usual price movement factors. At the same time, with the U.S. Petroleum Reserve at its lowest level in decades and a shortage in refinery capa... Read the Full Story |
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For all the noise around Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) in recent weeks, one of the most consequential questions being asked about the stock has nothing to do with its latest delivery numbers.
A report in the Wall Street Journal last week suggested the company may be weighing a sale, or even closure, o... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | OpenAI and Anthropic are moving closer to the public markets - and that shift could pull serious capital into AI infrastructure, chips, cloud, and data centers.
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Communication Services | |
After a pinch of fairy dust and a bippidy bobbedy boo, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is on track to have a magical year in 2027. Years of Bob Iger’s turnaround efforts, coupled with the new CEO’s execution, have the company on track to grow, widen margins, drive robust cash flow, and pay a ma... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) gave the market everything it could ask for in the Q2 release, including a trigger for lower share prices to open what may be the final opportunity to buy this stock below $360.
The earnings release revealed acceleration, outperformance, margin strength, and momentum, all... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Palantir investors who bought at IPO are sitting on gains near 1540%. But Mode Mobile, still private, has already posted 32481% revenue growth, 490M+ users, and $115M+ in real revenue.
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Consumer Discretionary | |
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) might be one of the most reliable blue-chip names on the market, but its shares have had a miserable run of late, with a multi-month sell-off taking the stock back to 2021 levels. For a company long prized for its dependability, that kind of prolonged weakness has... Read the Full Story |
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In May 2026, Sazerac, which is a privately owned spirits company, presented Brown-Forman Corp. (NYSE: BF.B) with a $15 billion all-cash offer that would value Brown-Forman at approximately $32 per share. Brown-Forman's board rejected it.
But Sazerac wasn’t done. In July, the company went directly ... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | |
Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has spent the past two weeks doing exactly what a company wants to do heading into an earnings report: winning business. After a brutal correction that saw the stock fall more than 50% from its May high, a rapid succession of major contract awards has put the spotlight bac... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | |
Amprius Technologies’ (NYSE: AMPX) Q2 results and guidance validated its growth trajectory, showing deepening penetration with a growing number of clients and strength in key battery markets, including drones and e-mobility. The net result is increased guidance underpinned by increased market shar... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | |
Few companies have endured a more punishing few years than Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). A series of crises, from grounded aircraft to safety scandals, left one of America's great industrial champions on its knees and its investors nursing years of frustration. But in recent months, something has been shi... Read the Full Story |
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