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Wall Street indexes advance with boost from chips, US-Iran deal optimism

Investors were still assessing Kevin Warsh’s indication that the Fed would provide less guidance on future policy moves

Wall Street’s main indexes had rallied sharply from Thursday through Monday as oil prices fell after Trump announced a preliminary US-Iran peace deal.

Wall Street sinks on bets Fed will hike rates in 2026

In his first meeting as Fed Chair, Warsh says the central bank would deliver on price stability

Investors continue to monitor developments in the Middle East, watching for signs whether shipping traffic through Hormuz is returning to normal and assessing if the peace accord will hold.

Asia markets temper Iran deal optimism; investors assess BOJ rate hike

The initial excitement over the preliminary agreement between US and Iran is beginning to fade

Wars such as the US-Israeli conflict with Iran are now the source of political violence most feared by companies trying to buy insurance, says Allianz.

Wall Street is gaining access to new catastrophe models to help predict wars

Longstanding risk models may no longer be fit for purpose, as conflicts upend the finance industry’s ability to forecast

SpaceX's IPO, the biggest in US history, vaulted the firm's value above two Mag 7 members.

Mag 7? Mangos? SpaceX IPO forces name rethink on Wall Street’s tech-stock moniker

With trillion-dollar contenders waiting in the IPO wings, the Mag 7 club may soon need a name change

Equity-index futures for Japan, Australia and Hong Kong pointed to gains at the open

Asian stocks joins global rally on US-Iran breakthrough hopes

Overnight, Wall Street rallied with the three major indexes registering their biggest daily gains since Apr 8

Demand appears overwhelming for the rocket, satellite and AI company’s shares.

Tech sell-off, Bitcoin drop test retail investor strength ahead of SpaceX IPO

[NEW YORK] For years, Wall Street has benefited from one of the most reliable forces in modern markets: a retail-trader army willing to buy almost anything.

All three major US stock indices close sharply lower, with plunging chip stocks dragging the tech-laden Nasdaq down.

US: Wall Street ends sharply lower as chips slide, jobs data fuels rate hike fears

Rising interest rates and the Iran war weigh on sentiment heading into the weekend

Standard Chartered Bank is among the first major global banks to explicitly link planned job cuts to AI adoption.
COMMENTARY

What the furore over ‘lower-value human capital’ reveals about AI and the future of banking

Lenders are learning that the artificial intelligence transition requires more than charting productivity gains

If there is one thing of any value to take from the trial, it is the ever-darkening cloud over Sam Altman’s suitability as a custodian of one of the most important companies in the world.

Altman ‘won’ the Musk trial but may have lost Wall Street

Investors know what they are getting with Musk; they are still figuring out Altman