As SK Hynix lands in the U.S., here’s why investors should be wary of the chip sector’s ‘bubblelike’ volatility
Tech, financials, and industrials led gains, while energy stocks slumped from prior highs.
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
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Tech, financials, and industrials led gains, while energy stocks slumped from prior highs.
The second-quarter earnings season is off to a volatile start, offering an early test of whether investors’ high expectations for corporate profits can hold up.
Chevron has signed a new long-term natural gas supply agreement with Alinta Energy, extending a partnership that has supplied Western Australia for more than 40 years and strengthening domestic gas availability in the s…
The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been th…
According to a report by Reuters, easyJet had stated on Sunday that it was prepared to accept Castlelake’s revised bid of £6.90 apiece, thereby concluding negotiations that have been going on for the past month, which c…
The wheat complex posted gains across the three exchanges on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures were 4 to 4 ½ cents higher on the day. KC HRW contracts were up 4 ¼ to 7 1/4 cents on the session. MPLS spring wheat rallied 4 ¼…
The test was created by the TIAA Institute and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC). According to the researchers who conducted the test, just 5% of U.S. adults correctly answered all eight questions.…
Pick and shovel stocks benefit from hyperscaler capex upfront, while those spending the money must wait years to find out if there will be a return on their investments
Aisin Corporation ASEKY is an automotive products company. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings has been revised 5.1% downward over the last 60 days.
Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes between the US and Iran overnight, down $1.71 at the close. The U…
nLight LASR shares soared 27.3% in the last trading session to close at $74.71. The move was backed by solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This compares to the stock's 6.4% loss ov…
Global oil demand is set to decline for the first time since 2020 as the Iran war wreaked havoc with production and exports in the Middle East, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday.
Many clients worry they won't have enough money saved to retire comfortably, assuming they'll need more than $1 million by the time they leave the workforce. But where they spend their golden years can make a huge diffe…
Cotton futures were down 4 to 24 points across the board at the Thursday close. Crude oil corrected back lower on Thursday despite back and forth strikes between the US and Iran overnight, down $1.71 at the close. The U…
SK Hynix did not need Wall Street to discover high bandwidth memory. Wall Street needed a cleaner way to buy the company powering Nvidia's AI boom.
EasyJet stock soared Friday after the budget carrier said it is considering a $7.7 billion takeover bid from Apollo Global Management, putting the airline at the center of a private equity bidding war.
The dollar index (DXY00) fell by -0.08% on Thursday. The dollar moved lower on Thursday as strength in stocks reduced liquidity demand for the currency. Also, Thursday’s -2% fall in crude oil prices lowered inflation ex…
As global chip giant SK Hynix makes its Nasdaq debut Friday, the listing will test whether the stock will be able shed its long-standing "Korea discount."
Live cattle futures were falling on Thursday, with contracts down $1.80 to $2.47 at the close. Cash trade kicked off on Thursday at $247-248 across the country, a $7-8 drop from last week. The Thursday Fed Cattle Exchan…
Cotton futures are trading with 12 to 25 point losses on the Thursday session. Crude oil is down $1.68 cents/barrel at $66.70, with the US dollar index $0.171 lower to $97.370.
India will supply its BrahMos and Astra missiles to Indonesia, the country's third such agreement in the Indo-Pacific, underscoring New Delhi's rise as a defense supplier in the region amid growing concerns over China's…
Soybeans were down 10 to 15 ¼ cents in the front months, with other contracts fractionallt to 8 cents lower. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 14 1/2 cents at $11.31. Soymeal futures were $3.70 to …
Lean hog futures were mixed at the final bell on Thursday, with contracts down $1.50 in August to as much as 30 cents higher in the deferreds. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $97.05 on Thursday afternoon,…
The U.S. will engage in "technical talks" with Iran and remains committed to finding a solution to the conflict, despite the two countries trading airstrikes in recent days, MS Now reported Thursday, citing a U.S. offic…