US stocks are falling in premarket trading as mixed economic data and geopolitical tensions weigh on investors ahead of a key US deadline on Iran. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index declined 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.7% as of 8:09 a.m. in New York. The Cboe Volatility Index hovered around 25.80 . The backdrop for equities remains challenging amid developments in the Middle East. President Don...
US stocks are falling in premarket trading as mixed economic data and geopolitical tensions weigh on investors ahead of a key US deadline on Iran. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index declined 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.7% as of 8:09 a.m. in New York. The Cboe Volatility Index hovered around 25.80 . The backdrop for equities remains challenging amid developments in the Middle East. President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to agree to a deal that includes freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is due later Tuesday, with outcomes ranging from a diplomatic breakthrough to potential military escalation. Meanwhile, Iran pressed on with attacks across the Persian Gulf. “You have to ask what the markets do on a ‘mission accomplished’ headline, you also have to ask what they do on a ‘45-day ceasefire’ headline, and you also have to ask what they do on a ‘boots-on-the-ground’ headline,” Tony Pasquariello , partner and global head of hedge fund coverage at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., wrote in a note to clients Monday. The conflict has already triggered the largest disruption to the global oil market on record, with crude prices surging and dated Brent — the world’s most important price for real-world barrels — topping $140, signaling acute supply tightness. “Even if tensions ease, normalization will trail, leaving upside risk to prices and potential product shortages,” wrote Salih Yilmaz , Bloomberg Intelligence senior industry analyst. Read: US Equities’ Valuation Premium Brings Stagflation Era Flashbacks In March, the S&P 500 declined about 5% amid the ongoing war in Iran, prompting traders to cut positioning across equities. Systematic investors are now poised to flip back into equity- buying mode , according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., as the wave of selling appears to be drying up. From a technical perspective, the S&P 500 is approaching key chart resistance, namely the 200-day moving average. Decisively closing above this average can spur more buying, acc...
PonyWang Crypto influencer Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Financial is launching a business focused on AI-generated research reports for individual investors. The business is expected to have AI agents that scan the markets, analyze trends, and draft reports. The agents are also expected to generate reports comparing the performance of buyback and dividend stocks. The agents are reportedly capable of ...
PonyWang Crypto influencer Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Financial is launching a business focused on AI-generated research reports for individual investors. The business is expected to have AI agents that scan the markets, analyze trends, and draft reports. The agents are also expected to generate reports comparing the performance of buyback and dividend stocks. The agents are reportedly capable of generating hundreds of reports a day, but ProCap is set to start with circulating a few reports daily. The reports will be called ProCap Insights, and annual subscriptions are set to cost $2,500 annually, the company told the Wall Street Journal . Yesterday, the New York-based company completed its acquisition of AI agent lab CFO Silvia. CFO Silvia is an AI model and agent lab exclusively focused on finance. "Silvia is one of the leading examples of applied AI in the finance industry," CEO Pompliano had said. Related ETFs: ( AGIQ), ( AIEQ ), ( AIPI ), ( ARTY ), ( AIYY ), ( CHAT ), ( IVES ), ( AIVC ), ( AIVL ) More on ProCap Financial, Inc. ProCap Financial: A Deeply Discounted Bitcoin DAT? Financial information for ProCap Financial, Inc.
Argentina’s corporate borrowers are turning to global debt markets with a different goal this year — funding an energy-driven expansion rather than patching up balance sheets battered by years of crisis. Investment in energy and related infrastructure in Argentina could reach $60 billion over the next five years, according to estimates from Goldman Sachs, as companies look to build up infrastructu...
Argentina’s corporate borrowers are turning to global debt markets with a different goal this year — funding an energy-driven expansion rather than patching up balance sheets battered by years of crisis. Investment in energy and related infrastructure in Argentina could reach $60 billion over the next five years, according to estimates from Goldman Sachs, as companies look to build up infrastructure in the Vaca Muerta oil and gas field, one of the world’s largest spanning roughly 30,000 square kilometers in Patagonia. Most of that money will have to come from abroad, bankers at Wall Street’s main firms said, signaling strong momentum for Argentine foreign bond sales. “We are entering a strong, capital-intensive investment cycle to develop Vaca Muerta, the surrounding infrastructure, and mining and power,” said Lisandro Miguens, head of Latin America Debt Capital Markets at JPMorgan. “This will lead to primary market issuance to finance capex rather than refinancing maturities.” Output from Vaca Muerta stands at about 600,000 barrels of oil per day. Industry players are targeting production of more than 1 million barrels per day by 2030 as infrastructure is developed around the basin, which holds the world’s fourth-largest shale oil reserves and second-largest shale gas reserves. Soaring Sales Vaca Muerta and a nascent mining sector are central to President Javier Milei’s strategy to boost foreign earnings. Energy exports totaled $11.1 billion last year and are projected by the government to triple to $36.7 billion by the end of the decade as pipelines and export terminals come online. Already, rising energy shipments from Vaca Muerta and a wave of dollar borrowing by local companies are helping the country’s battered currency outperform. Read More: Milei’s Peso Bucks EM Losses on Shale, Agriculture Boom Argentine companies, which tapped markets with a flurry of deals to rollover debt last year, issued $2.1 billion of dollar bonds in the first three months of 2026. W...
Wondering whether Advanced Micro Devices at US$220.18 is still priced for opportunity or already reflecting high expectations? This breakdown will help you frame the current value story clearly. Over the last week and month, the stock has returned 12.3% and 14.4% respectively, while year to date it shows a 1.5% decline. A 163.2% return over the last year adds important context to where the price i...
Wondering whether Advanced Micro Devices at US$220.18 is still priced for opportunity or already reflecting high expectations? This breakdown will help you frame the current value story clearly. Over the last week and month, the stock has returned 12.3% and 14.4% respectively, while year to date it shows a 1.5% decline. A 163.2% return over the last year adds important context to where the price is today. Recent coverage has focused on Advanced Micro Devices as a key name in semiconductors,...
EFXT is landing U.S. data center power orders, advancing FEED work and customer contracts as it builds a 1.5+ GW pipeline - engines are the bottleneck.
EFXT is landing U.S. data center power orders, advancing FEED work and customer contracts as it builds a 1.5+ GW pipeline - engines are the bottleneck.
Doug Boneparth, founder of Bone Fide Wealth, said in a recent interview: “You have a future here where AI will take the lead. Whether you have discounts today and you want to scoop those up in the space. These are companies you’re going to want to hold on to for the long term. Hard to ... Wealth Manager: “Hard to See a World Where You’re Not Investing in AI” Buy These Dips Now
Doug Boneparth, founder of Bone Fide Wealth, said in a recent interview: “You have a future here where AI will take the lead. Whether you have discounts today and you want to scoop those up in the space. These are companies you’re going to want to hold on to for the long term. Hard to ... Wealth Manager: “Hard to See a World Where You’re Not Investing in AI” Buy These Dips Now
ANF, TPR, FIVE, CASY stand out as retail sales hit a 7-month high, with strong spending and rising earnings estimates signaling continued sector momentum.
ANF, TPR, FIVE, CASY stand out as retail sales hit a 7-month high, with strong spending and rising earnings estimates signaling continued sector momentum.
laddawan punna/iStock via Getty Images By John Hillenbrand, CPA The US economy entered the year in a mid-cycle expansion supported by fiscal tailwinds, easing monetary policy, and a capital-spending boom driven by artificial intelligence. The war in Iran and its effects on energy markets have introduced competing forces: higher commodity prices squeezing real incomes, tighter financial conditions,...
laddawan punna/iStock via Getty Images By John Hillenbrand, CPA The US economy entered the year in a mid-cycle expansion supported by fiscal tailwinds, easing monetary policy, and a capital-spending boom driven by artificial intelligence. The war in Iran and its effects on energy markets have introduced competing forces: higher commodity prices squeezing real incomes, tighter financial conditions, and renewed uncertainty over supply chains. The central question for investors is whether this shock is large enough to end the expansion or is a disruption that the cycle can absorb. We believe it is the latter. Growth may slow but not contract, the labor market is softening but not breaking, headline inflation is rising but core remains contained, and capital spending continues. Our January outlook argued that above-consensus US growth would persist as the tariff drag faded, fiscal support from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) flowed through, and the Fed eased toward short-term rates of 3.00% to 3.25%. Economic data through February confirmed that view. The war in Iran disrupted the trajectory in March, with a rise of more than 50% in the price of oil, a 60-basis point tightening in financial conditions, and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The fund ( CGIIX ) returned –3.8% for the quarter, ahead of the S&P 500 Index’s –4.3% decline. Selection within equities contributed positively, although the portfolio’s elevated equity sensitivity, consistent with our mid-cycle posture, was a headwind in a down market. Growth Drivers Remain Intact The positive forces supporting economic expansion have not been impaired. Lagged effects of last year’s rate cuts are still flowing through, fiscal support from the OBBBA is additive to consumer and corporate spending, defense and energy security infrastructure investment is accelerating, and the AI infrastructure buildout has become a meaningful driver of the real economy, contributing roughly a third of real-GDP growth...
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