US stocks are expected to start the month of June on the back foot as markets chew over whether the TACO trade (Trump Always Chickens Out) will prove the correct bet. Dow Jones futures were down 0.2%, those for the S&P 500 were 0.35% lower and Nasdaq 100 futures were 0.5% in the red.
Nvidia's strong earnings and a court ruling against Trump's tariffs lift tech stocks and US indices. Traders eye inflation data and Fed signals next.
Wall Street stocks are expected to start higher on Thursday, boosted by strong results from Nvidia overnight but with the market weighing the likely fall-out from a US court declaring that President Trump's tariffs illegal. Dow Jones futures were pointing to a 0.3% gain with under an hour and a half before the opening bell, having been up 1.4% a couple of hours earlier.
Nvidia beats Q1 forecasts with strong AI chip sales, but export curbs to China hit guidance. Salesforce lifts 2026 outlook on rising AI cloud demand.
CYBR, LRCX, and MNDY defy 2025 tech slump with double-digit gains and Zacks buy ranks, signaling more room to run on the Nasdaq.
New York stock futures turned from red to green as US investors awoke on Wednesday and assessed the market ahead of keenly awaited earnings from Nvidia this evening. In sync with subdued blue-chip shares in Europe, S&P 500 and Dow Jones futures were indicating around a 0.3% decline but quickly flipped into positive territory with around two hours before the opening bell.
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9:52am: Tariff tweets shake markets—again Wall Street woke up to a rough start Friday morning, with major indexes tumbling as renewed trade tensions and inflation concerns rattled investor confidence. The Dow sank 380 points, or 0.9%, while the S&P 500 slid 1.1%.
Nvidia's strength affirms why it anchors my Nasdaq High-Alpha Black Swan Portfolio, which is now outpacing the Nasdaq-100 since inception, despite my ~15–30% cash position depending on macro factors. NVDA's valuation is rich, but leadership this dominant warrants holding through volatility and trimming at euphoric peaks. Portfolio agility and downside protection are crucial, as geopolitical shifts and capex-related revenue contraction can quickly reshape the growth narrative.
Galaxy Digital, founded by Mike Novogratz, made its Nasdaq debut on Friday, capping off a momentous week for cryptocurrency in public markets, with Coinbase joining the S&P 500 and retail brokerage eToro also going public.
Israel-based trading platform eToro (ETOR) debuted on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, its stock opening on the exchange at over 34% its original IPO price. eToro co-founder and CEO Yoni Assia sits down with Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi at the Nasdaq for a conversation about the IPO, investor sentiments amid tariff headwinds, and crypto trading.
US stock futures were in the red ahead of Thursday's opening bell, as falls for maga-cap tech are expected to offset any boost from the deals being announced by Donald Trump on his Mideast tour. S&P 500 and Dow Jones futures were down 0.3%, while those for the Nasdaq were 0.5% lower.