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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: MSFT, META, SBUX, CVNA Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Meta Platforms Shares tumbled almost 10% after the company posted earnings per share of $6.18 for the latest quarter, missing analysts' estimates by $1.04 per share, according to LSEG. It also forecasted third quarter revenue between $61 billion and $64 billion, the lower end of which is lighter than the $63.15 billion estimated by analysts. Microsoft Shares were up about 3% after the company reported quarterly revenue of $90.01 billion, topping estimates of $87.62 billion, per LSEG. Azure growth of 43% at constant currency beat StreetAccount estimates of 40.2% growth. The company also said Azure revenue in the 2026 fiscal year surpassed $100 billion for the first time. Starbucks The coffee retailer saw its shares jump 5% after the company raised ...

U.S. equity futures rose Wednesday night as investors digested the latest Big Tech earnings and the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates steady. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 158 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.4%, and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.7%. In regular trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,153.18 points, or 2.19%, marking the blue chip index's worst decline since April 2025. The broad market S&P 500 slid 1.52%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 1.74%, ending the session more than 10% off its intraday record. Meta Platforms lost 7% in extended trading after issuing a soft revenue forecast . Microsoft, by contrast, jumped 8% on surging growth from its Azure business. The results underscored a widening divergence in how Big Tech's AI strategies are playing out. "This is ultimately a tale of two AI investment strategies. One company is increasing profits while spending heavily, while the other is allowing th...

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady while U.S. oil neared $85 per barrel. In the last five years, the blue-chip index has closed down more than 1,000 points nine times. Typically, the index tends to fall in the week after the large decline, but then performs well in the one-month and three- month periods that follow. The Dow is flat on a median basis a day after falling 1,000 points in one session. One week after, its performance worsens with a loss of 1.14%. One month after the fact, however, the Dow sees a median gain of nearly 2%. Three months after, that gain balloons to 9.1%. Three of the nine 1,000 point drops happened amid the fallout after President Donald Trump's " liberation day " in April 2025, when he announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on countries across the globe. The Dow and the broader market rebounded after their initial two-day dramatic fall once Tru...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday followed through on expectations for no interest rate change, and Chairman Kevin Warsh offered little direction in his news conference. The meeting was notable for a surge in dissenting votes, while Warsh looked to provide some clarity on the board's thought process. Here are the five biggest takeaways from this week's Fed actions: "No doubt, in some of your commentaries today, you'll talk about a divided Federal Reserve. Well, that's not the feeling I felt the last couple of days and the couple days before. What I felt was a group of professionals, all the different perspectives, different views, different judgments, but eager to roll up their sleeves and have a family fight, and eager to reform the way in which the Fed does policy." Warsh, commenting on the tenor of the two meetings he's chaired so far. "We have long argued that September not July is when Warsh faces a binding credibility test/trap. If inflation and...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will order heavy strikes on Iran in retaliation for its "surprise attack" on U.S. forces overnight, which punctured a multiday pause in fighting in the Middle East. "We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating," Trump told a Fox News reporter . "We are going to beat the f------ s--- out of them," Trump added, according to Fox. Iran targeted American forces in the Middle East with ballistic missiles late Tuesday stateside, U.S. Central Command said, raising tensions in the region again after the warring sides had briefly halted hostilities. Centcom in a post on X said the attack originated from Iran, but all missiles were intercepted. "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East." Trump told Fox Wednesday morning that U.S. troops had just minutes to shoot down the in...

The bond market's danger zone is becoming the new normal: Chart of the Day Jared Blikre Tue, July 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM PDT 3 min read ^TNX ^TYX CL=F The bond market's old ceiling is turning into a floor. The longer it holds, the harder it becomes for stocks to ignore. The 30-year Treasury yield ( ^TYX ) closed above 5% for 14 straight sessions through Friday, its longest run above that level since July 2007. It has finished above the 5% level 29 times this year, already the most in any calendar year since 2007. That is a change from the brief tests that previously pushed the long bond into Wall Street's danger zone . A drop back below 5% would weaken the warning. Holding above it would suggest the old ceiling is becoming lasting support. Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace And this isn't just a US story. Government bond yields across major developed markets have been moving higher together. Several forces are adding pressure, including higher oil prices, firm economic data, and pe...

Short sellers are wasting no time pouncing on SK Hynix U.S. shares after their debut this month Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Short sellers are quickly turning their attention to SK Hynix' s newly listed U.S. shares, adding bearish bets just weeks after the South Korean memory-chip maker made its American market debut and injecting another source of volatility into an already turbulent semiconductor sector. As many as 23 million of the company's American depositary receipts are now sold short, according to S3 Partners. Based on roughly 178 million ADRs in the public float, that equates to almost 13% of shares available for trading. That's far more than the exchange-reported figure of about 15 million shares in mid-July, S3 said. The rapid buildup underscores how traders are wasting little time betting against one of the biggest hardware beneficiaries of artificial intelligence. Since its July 1...

Stocks fell on Wednesday, as oil prices spiked ahead of the Federal Reserve 's latest interest rate decision. Chip stocks also extended their decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 757 points lower, or 1.5%. The S&P 500 shed 0.7%, while the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.8%. Oil prices extended their gains after President Donald Trump told a Fox News reporter that the U.S. will be hitting Iran "hard" in response to the surprise attacks. West Texas Intermediate crude futures advanced 6.9% to trade at $89.88 a barrel. This comes after U.S. Central Command said in a social media post late Tuesday that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched "multiple ballistic missiles in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East." The missiles were successfully intercepted, Centcom said. Investors are also looking ahead to the Fed's policy decision and subsequent press conference with Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday afternoon. Fed...

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Crude oil prices rose sharply Wednesday, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran hard in retaliation for an attempted surprise attack on American forces in the Middle East. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, gained 7.4% to $90.35 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures also advanced about 7.4% to $85.11 per barrel. Trump told Fox News that Iran "is going to get a beating" after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at U.S. forces. "We'll be hitting them hard," the president said. Iran targeted a U.S. base in Jordan, according to a report from Axios. U.S. Central Command said the missiles were successfully intercepted. Iran-allied militias in Iraq, meanwhile, launched drones at oil facilities in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh and Eastern regions, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency . U.S. and Saudi warplanes launched joint strikes Tuesday against the Iraqi militias in retaliation, U.S. Centr...

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: BIIB, VRT, GEHC, GNRC Skip Navigation Markets Business Investing Tech Politics Video Watchlist Investing Club PRO Livestream Menu Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Biogen Shares were up 0.7% after the biotechnology company beat Wall Street consensus estimates on revenue and earnings. The company also raised its full-year adjusted EPS guidance. Vertiv The AI infrastructure name tumbled 13% on mixed results for the second quarter. While earnings and revenue beat analyst expectations, Vertiv's revenue year-on-year organic growth of 17.8% was well below the FactSet consensus of 23.6%. Generac The power generator builder jumped 5.5% on better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter. Generac earned $2.91 per share, excluding certain items, beating a FactSet forecast of $2.01. per share. The company also reiterated its revenue growth guidance for the year. Procter & Gamble Shares dropped over 3% after the comp...

Some offers on this page are from advertisers who pay us, which may affect which products we write about, but not our recommendations. See our Advertiser Disclosure . Silver prices today, Wednesday, July 29, 2026: Prices hold steady this morning amid renewed airstrikes and pending rate decision Tim Manni Wed, July 29, 2026 at 5:54 AM PDT 3 min read Silver ( SI=F ) September futures opened at $57.38 per ounce on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 , down 0.3% from Tuesday's closing price. The silver price is holding steady this morning, reaching $57.47 as of 8:54 a.m. ET. The opening price of silver has ticked lower each day this week, but is holding steady this morning following renewed airstrikes in the Middle East and a Federal Reserve rate-setting meeting set to conclude this afternoon. Just like gold prices, silver prices are currently being pushed and pulled by opposing forces. On the one hand, geopolitical tensions prompt investors to seek safe-haven investments in assets like precious...

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holds a record $397 billion in cash. Is a market crash coming should you follow his lead? Thomas Kent Wed, July 29, 2026 at 4:45 AM PDT 8 min read BRK-B ^GSPC Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. For most investors, nearly $400 billion in cash (1) would seem like a missed opportunity. But for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, it's a deliberate strategy. The conglomerate is now sitting on a record $397 billion in cash, cash equivalents and short-term U.S. Treasury bills, according to the company's latest filings a war chest large enough to buy any of the hundreds of companies in the S&P 500. Must Read Jeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being one JPMorgan still sees gold hitting $5,000/oz by Q4 and savvy investors are pr...

Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries have ratcheted up the pressure on Moscow's wartime economy, with Kyiv seeking to force President Vladimir Putin back to the negotiating table after nearly four-and-a-half years of war. Ukraine has been targeting major logistics centers, such as Russia's Amazon -style retail giant, as part of a push to severely disrupt the country's supply chains and increase the financial burden facing Russian banks and businesses. It marks a significant change in approach for Ukrainian forces, following months of long-range drone strikes targeting Russian energy infrastructure . Wildberries evacuated a warehouse in the central Russian city of Ryazan on Wednesday morning, the company said, after Ukrainian drones struck several industrial facilities. The Russian government has acknowledged it may need to prop up Wildberries, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing two unnamed sources, with state-controlled bank VTB...

The Next Fort Knox? Why the Army is Going All-In On Rare Earths The Next Fort Knox? Why the Army is Going All-In On Rare Earths Oilprice.com Charles Kennedy Mon, July 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT 10 min read IDR FCX SCCO NB In 1937, the Army guarded the first shipments of a critical resource, U.S. gold, as it was transferred into Fort Knox. Nearly 90 years later, Washington faces a similar situation with a very different resource. The Army picked REalloys ( NASDAQ: ALOY ) to build a facility to process dysprosium and terbium at Utah's Tooele Army Depot - two rare earths that keep high-performance magnets working in weapons, radar, sonar and electric motors . More from Yahoo Scout What makes dysprosium and terbium critical for defense applications? What is the significance of the 2027 DFARS deadline? How does China's dominance affect U.S. rare earth supply? Why did the Army choose REalloys for rare earth processing? Gold went to Fort Knox because America was unsure they could protec...