A record 72 S&P 500 companies issued third-quarter profit forecasts that topped Wall Street estimates, according to a FactSet report.
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A record 72 S&P 500 companies issued third-quarter profit forecasts ...
Wall Street retreats from its record as stocks fall worldwide | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Asian stocks mostly fall back despite latest rally on Wall Street | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
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Goldman Sachs predicts what’s next for Q3 S&P 500 earnings per share: Goldman Sachs expects another strong S&P 500 earnings season as AI spending drives a ...
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Goldman Sachs predicts what’s next for Q3 S&P 500 earnings per share
Nasdaq Hits New Highs on AI Boom Optimism: Stock Market Today: It's a relatively quiet week for earnings and economic data, as markets focus on major themes such ...
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Nasdaq Hits New Highs on AI Boom Optimism: Stock Market Today
Schneider Electric shares plunge on record $22.6bn PTC deal: French energy technology group Schneider Electric has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ...
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Schneider Electric shares plunge on record $22.6bn PTC deal
Nvidia & Co – so viel Luft ist noch: Analysten sehen für den S&P 500 ein Aufwärtspotenzial von 20,4 % bis September 2027, angeführt von Versorgern und zyklischen ...
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Nvidia & Co – so viel Luft ist noch
Rivian's vehicle deliveries rose 46% year over year in the third quarter: The electric vehicle maker delivered 19,248 vehicles from July through September ...
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Rivian's vehicle deliveries rose 46% year over year in the third quarter
Accenture posts record one-day gain, up 22%, after Q4 beat: The consulting firm posted Q4 revenue of $18.68 billion and EPS of $3.29, both above analyst ...
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Accenture posts record one-day gain, up 22%, after Q4 beat
Costco posted a profit surge and beat earnings expectations, aided by a tariff refund
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Costco posted a profit surge and beat earnings expectations ...
Earnings Calendar and Analysis for This Week (October 19-23): Check out our earnings calendar for this week, as well as our previews and recaps of the more ...
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Earnings Calendar and Analysis for This Week (October 19-23)
ASX set to advance, Wall Street steady; Solly Lew joins Myer board: Wall Street held near its record high in a relatively quiet day for markets worldwide.
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ASX set to advance, Wall Street steady; Solly Lew joins Myer board
Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones sounds alarm on what happens to stocks over the next 10 years
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Lennar is slashing its home-delivery target for the second time as housing headwinds grind on
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Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson warns stocks could fall within 30 days : Mike Wilson sees trouble ahead, but his advice is surprising.
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Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson warns stocks could fall within 30 days
Oracle’s AI bet pays off as cloud momentum helps drive a rosier forecast: The company saw its backlog grow even more in the latest quarter
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Oracle’s AI bet pays off as cloud momentum helps drive a rosier forecast
Chewy Stock Gets Boost As Revenue Beats Estimates: Chewy stock climbed after the e-commerce hub for pet products published fiscal second-quarter results with a ...
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Chewy Stock Gets Boost As Revenue Beats Estimates
S&P 500 could soar 30% by next year as US economy shifts, strategist says: Strategist James Thorne cautioned investors against "mistaking a changing economic ...
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S&P 500 could soar 30% by next year as US economy shifts, strategist says
Target regains its footing under a new CEO and raises expectations for 2026: Target is reporting its second straight quarter of comparable sales gains ...
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Wall Street banks are keeping astronomical price targets on SpaceX’s stock as it struggles to achieve post-IPO exit velocity
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Walmart cautionary with 2026 expectations after sales growth slows: Walmart reported its slowest growth in U.S. comparable sales in six years during its most ...
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Walmart cautionary with 2026 expectations after sales growth slows
Key FactsWalmart shares fall after weak US sales growth
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  • Walmart beat second-quarter earnings estimates and raised its full-year guidance, but its shares fell as much as 9% to a 2026 low on Thursday.

  • Comparable US sales excluding fuel increased 2.6% instead of the expected 3.7%, marking the slowest pace in six years.

  • Spending per transaction grew only 1.1%, down from 3.1% a year earlier, while Walmart plans to use $2.9 billion in tariff refunds to keep prices low and expects $2 billion in additional fuel costs this year.

  • Goldman Sachs said real consumer spending growth could slow to as little as 1% in the second half of 2026 after US retail sales fell 0.6% in July instead of rising by the expected 0.1%.
  • The consumer is under pressure.
    — Dan Sheehan, director of portfolio management at Telos Family Office, wrote in a LinkedIn note on Wednesday, noting that Walmart's earnings were solid overall.
Walmart Reports Slowest Sales Growth In 6 Years, Shares Tumble: Walmart is considered a barometer of consumer spending given its vast customer base.
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Walmart Reports Slowest Sales Growth In 6 Years, Shares Tumble
Why Dell’s stock stands to gain from developments at Nvidia and SpaceX: Dell is expected to report sharp growth when it posts earnings on Tuesday ...
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Why Dell’s stock stands to gain from developments at Nvidia and SpaceX
Salesforce’s stock surges as AI momentum fuels revenue growth: Salesforce clears Wall Street’s second-quarter expectations and deepens its ties with AI lab ...
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Salesforce’s stock surges as AI momentum fuels revenue growth
Dow surges 500 points Friday, but index posts back-to-back weekly losses: Live updates
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SpaceX posts strong revenue in first earnings report since IPO: Revenue jumped to $7.8 billion, up more than 90% from the year-earlier period.
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SpaceX posts strong revenue in first earnings report since IPO
Super Micro stock is rallying after results. Here’s what Wall Street is saying.: Here’s what analysts are saying about Super Micro.
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US stocks flirt with a record as profits keep piling up and oil prices ease: The U.S. stock market is rising toward a record as big companies keep piling up ...
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US stocks flirt with a record as profits keep piling up and oil prices ...
Stock market hits records as Fed removes key safety net : Wall Street just got the milestone investors have been waiting for.
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Stock market hits records as Fed removes key safety net
Fiserv’s stock drops as the company goes through another bruising ‘reset’: Financial-services company cuts full-year earnings outlook, acknowledges organic ...
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Fiserv’s stock drops as the company goes through another bruising ‘reset’
Uber profit narrowly beat forecasts as trips across its platform surge: Uber Technologies shares fell early Wednesday, despite the ride-hailing company ...
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Uber profit narrowly beat forecasts as trips across its platform surge
Lilly’s revenue soars 48%, driven by demand for its GLP-1s: Lilly’s sales were driven by higher-than-expected demand for Mounjaro and Zepbound ...
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Lilly’s revenue soars 48%, driven by demand for its GLP-1s
US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease: S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior ...
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US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease
The AI-driven boom in profits comes with some caveats: A couple features of the current AI driven boom are skewing the numbers.
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The AI-driven boom in profits comes with some caveats
Musk to face tough questions during SpaceX's first earnings call as a public company
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Palantir soars as corporate AI sales surge in U.S.: U.S. commercial software sales rose roughly 150% in the second quarter.
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Palantir soars as corporate AI sales surge in U.S.
Key FactsPalantir’s U.S. corporate AI sales surge
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  • U.S. commercial software revenue rose roughly 150% to $764 million in the second quarter.

  • Palantir reported $809 million in second-quarter sales to the U.S. government, up 90% from the year-earlier period.

  • The company raised its full-year guidance for revenue, adjusted income and free cash flow above its previous forecast and Wall Street expectations.

  • Shares rose more than 10% after hours on Monday, while the sales increase helped boost quarterly profit, according to the report.
  • Our customers trust us to provide them with maximal control over their operations, data, and decisions. Their competitive advantage should never become the training data for future models.
    — Alex Karp, Palantir CEO, said this about customer data control and safeguards against data used for training models.
What worried investors about Alphabet: It's the first of the hyperscalers to report earnings, and investors may be growing leery of the scale of AI spending.
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What worried investors about Alphabet
FactSet Welcomes Google's Agents Deeper Within Its Gates: FactSet and Google say they will co-develop finance agents and weave "agentic experiences across ...
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FactSet Welcomes Google's Agents Deeper Within Its Gates
S&P 500 and Nasdaq end sharply lower as tech stocks extend selloff to a second day
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Nvidia Earnings: Stock Drops After Better-Than Expected Results; More News and Analysis From the Call
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Strong corporate earnings may not be what they appear: Strong profits can justify the stock market's ability to continue to climb, but paper gains can distort ...
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Strong corporate earnings may not be what they appear
Walmart delivers another strong quarter but also a cautious outlook due to economic uncertainty
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Walmart delivers another strong quarter but also a cautious outlook due to ...