Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures waver ahead of retail earnings
US stock futures wavered on Monday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s next policy move and awaited a slate of retail earnings this week. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.1%. Those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) traded near the flat line after the benchmark index posted its third straight weekly gain. Contracts for the Nasdaq-100 (NQ=F) rose 0.4% after a relatively calm week on Wall Street. » Read more about: Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures waver ahead of retail earnings »
Read MoreGoldman Sachs: September Fed rate hike very unlikely as inflation slows
Goldman Sachs called a September Federal Reserve interest-rate increase “very unlikely,” arguing that market expectations for future rate increases remain too aggressive as inflation continues to ease, according to Bloomberg. Chief economist Jan Hatzius made the call in a note published Sunday, citing a stretch of underwhelming economic readings — among them sluggish retail sales,
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Read MoreThis chart says the stock market is ready to crash
Usually when numbers shoot higher on Wall Street, it is a reason for celebration.That is not how Jonas Goltermann, the chief markets economist at Capital Economics, feels when he looks at one of the most feared charts on the stock market: the Shiller price-to-earnings (PE) ratio.“That’s obviously a bit worrying,” he says after seeing the metric on track to end the month at its highest level since August 2000.The Shiller PE ratio,
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Read MoreWhen are September 2026 Social Security Payments Coming?
Tens of millions of Social Security recipients will get their monthly payment in September.The Social Security Administration (SSA) spreads its regular monthly payments across the month rather than sending all benefits on the same day. In September, payments will begin with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on September 1, while the final scheduled Social Security payment will be issued on September 23.The schedule covers retirement,
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Read MoreWhy Is Merck Stock Still An Undervalued Mega-Cap In Pharma?
SHENZHEN, CHINA – JULY 27: In this photo illustration, a smartphone displays the logo of Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), a global pharmaceutical company developing medicines and vaccines, in front of a screen showing the company’s latest stock market chart on July 27, 2026 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province,
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Hidden Gem in China’s Fintech Market?
Yiren Digital is likely not a company you have heard of but in China it has been growing like a weed thanks to two primary fintech offerings: CreditTech and Wealth Management.
With the rapid growth of China’s fintech sector and the increasing demand for digital financial services, Yiren Digital has been putting up numbers that demand a closer look.
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Is Another NVIDIA Stock Split Imminent?
NVIDIA has split its stock six times during its 25 years as a public company. The first stock split happened in 2001, and it doubled the number of shares available. If you owned 100 Nvidia shares before the split, you had 200 shares after. The most recent stock split occurred on May 22, 2024 and was 10:1 meaning for every 100 shares owned on May 21,
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Soros Protege Tripled His Investment In This Stock
I found something interesting sniffing around the latest Duquesne Family Office 13F filings. Former Soros protege, Stanley Druckenmiller tripled his stake in Datadog, a SaaS monitoring and analytics platform.
Why would a billionaire be buying a high growth stock in a rising interest rate environment?
The first clue lies in the DDOG share price.
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