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The S&P 500 just closed above 7,365 for the first time — the CAPE ratio is at 39, and the last time it was this high was March 2000

On the final trading day of May 2026, the S&P 500 closed above 7,365 for the first time in its history. The milestone, confirmed through...

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AMD surged 18.6% in a single day after AI chip revenue hit $5.8 billion — while Coinbase lost $394 million as crypto trading collapsed

Advanced Micro Devices jumped 18.6% on May 6, 2026, after the chipmaker reported that quarterly revenue from its AI-focused data center business reached $5.8 billion....

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Disney’s theme park attendance fell 1% — but per-visitor spending hit a record, streaming profit surged 88%, and the stock jumped 8%

Disney’s U.S. theme parks drew slightly fewer guests during the fiscal second quarter. The visitors who did walk through the gates spent more per person...

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Tyson beat earnings estimates on chicken sales for the 6th straight quarter — then raised its chicken profit forecast to $2 billion

Tyson Foods extended its earnings winning streak to six consecutive quarters on May 5, 2026, reporting fiscal second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.06, above...

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The S&P 500 is 1% from an all-time high — but the CAPE ratio just hit 39, the highest level since the year 2000

The S&P 500 closed at 5,958 on May 5, 2026, finishing the first full week of the month within roughly 1% of its all-time high...

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Micron started shipping a 245-terabyte SSD — one drive that holds what used to fill 82 server racks — and the stock surged 11% to an all-time high

Micron Technology began commercial shipments of a 245-terabyte solid-state drive in March 2026, a single storage unit the company says can replace roughly 82 server...

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Pinterest surged 20% after earnings — the fastest sales growth since 2024 — while Shopify dropped 7% despite beating revenue by $80 million

Pinterest and Shopify both reported first-quarter earnings on the same day in May 2026. Both beat expectations. One stock jumped 20%. The other fell 7%....

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Intel hit an all-time high after Apple opened talks to use it as a chip supplier — the same company that traded at $18 two years ago

In the spring of 2024, Intel’s stock was hovering near $18 a share. The company had lost Apple as a chip customer, fallen a generation...

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The S&P 500 gained 10% in April — its best month since November 2020 — but the CAPE ratio just hit 39, the highest since the dot-com peak

The S&P 500 closed April 2026 with a gain of roughly 10%, its strongest single month since November 2020, and finished the final trading session...

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Palantir reports Monday with 74% revenue growth expected — Wall Street is calling May 5 a “make-or-break” day for the $200 billion AI stock

Palantir Technologies will report first-quarter 2026 earnings after U.S. markets close on Monday, May 4, with a live executive webcast scheduled for 5:00 p.m. ET....

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April was the S&P 500’s best month since November 2020 — a 10% gain — while inflation hit 3.5% and the personal savings rate fell to a 2008 low

The S&P 500 closed April 2026 with a gain of roughly 10%, its strongest single month since November 2020, when news of effective COVID-19 vaccines...

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The S&P 500 just closed above 7,200 for the first time — Bloomberg says it might be a “melt-up” that evaporates fast

On May 1, 2026, the S&P 500 closed at 7,230.12, sailing past the 7,200 mark for the first time after a week of better-than-expected corporate...

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Semiconductor stocks surged 35.2% in April alone — the biggest one-month gain for chip stocks since the AI rally began in 2023

In just 22 trading days, semiconductor stocks added more than a third to their total value. The PHLX Semiconductor Net Total Return Index, the broadest...

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Chip stocks surged 35.2% in April — the biggest single-month gain for semiconductors in decades — as AI spending approaches $700 billion

The semiconductor sector just posted a month unlike anything investors have seen in a generation. The PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX), the benchmark that tracks the...

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Qualcomm surged 16% on data center chip breakthrough and $20B buyback

Qualcomm shares jumped roughly 16% in a single March 2026 trading session after the San Diego chipmaker announced a $20 billion stock buyback program and...

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Meta tumbled 9% after hiking AI spending to as much as $145 billion — JPMorgan downgraded the stock

Meta Platforms raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to as much as $145 billion on April 29, a jump of more than $25 billion from...

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Alphabet surged 10% after Google Cloud revenue jumped 63% — its best month since 2004

Alphabet added more than $200 billion in market value in a single trading session on April 29, its best day on the stock market since...

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Caterpillar’s stock jumped 10% because of AI — yes, the tractor company. Here’s why data centers need bulldozers.

On April 30, 2026, Caterpillar Inc. posted first-quarter results that sent its stock up roughly 10% in a single session, as reflected in the day’s...

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Amazon beats AWS estimates on AI demand, but shares slip

Amazon Web Services posted its strongest quarterly growth in over a year, fueled by surging demand for artificial intelligence services, but the results were not...

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Visa profit rises as payment volumes climb on steady consumer spending

Visa Inc. reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $6.0 billion, fueled by a 9% rise in payment volumes and a 12% jump in cross-border transactions,...