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The soy market faded on Friday as beans went into the weekend with 12 3/4 to 20 1/2 cent losses. The August contract was pushed the hardest before the delivery period. November closed the week as a net 19 1/4 cent loss.…

Fed's Williams doesn't expect sustained surge in energy prices

NEW YORK, July 9 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Thursday that despite the renewal of war in the Middle East, he was not looking for a sustained rise in energy ‌prices over the …

Forget Tesla: If You Dislike That Tesla Remains Long on Promises and Short on Delivery, Play This Inverse ETF

Tesla posts 381x trailing earnings and a 47% net income drop while Ford trades at 8x forward earnings with a 4.5% dividend yield.

From $124 to $938 in a Year, Is Another Rally Coming For Micron?

After surging 683% in a year, MU pulled back to $938 and sits within 2% of our HOLD price target.

South Korea’s $576 Billion AI Bet Shows Why Vertiv Is More Than a Cooling Company

South Korea's $576 billion AI initiative sent VRT surging 9.1%, adding $11 billion in market value without a single company-specific announcement.

What to Know about Fees When Hiring a Retirement Plan Advisor

Looking for the right retirement plan advisor? In this episode, Stephen Puckett of Fiduciary Pension Partners breaks down how retirement plan advisory fees really work—what you're paying for, how services are structured…

Goldman Sachs wins $70 billion retirement asset management deals

A pair of major mandates totaling $70 billion in retirement assets — one from Verizon Communications and one from Lockheed Martin — will be handled by Goldman Sachs, the firm disclosed Thursday, marking one of the more …

New York Times-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute

July 9 (Reuters) - A group of newspapers including the New York Times and New York Daily News asked a federal court in Manhattan ‌on Thursday to sanction OpenAI in their high-stakes copyright dispute for allegedly ‌lyin…

Intel Stock Has Crashed 21% in a Week. Here's What Actually Broke the Rally.

For most of 2026, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was the comeback story of the chip sector. The stock had more than tripled on the belief that its new 18A manufacturing process would finally put the company back on the leading ed…

3 Reasons to Buy This 4.2%-Yielding Dividend King Stock in July

There's a rift between the two best-known carbonated beverage brands. PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) is relatively out of favor. The beverage and salty snacks giant is trading 17% below its 52-week high and 28% lower than when s…

Corn Extending Pullback to Thursday Morning

Corn prices are down 2 to 4 cents early on Thursday. Futures fell back on Wednesday after rallying nearly 40 cents off the lows last week, with contracts down 3 to 8 ¾ cents at the close. Open interest was down 3,588 co…

Stock Market Today: Russell 2000 Leads Upside Ahead Of SpaceX IPO; AI Stocks Rally (Live Coverage)

Fed minutes expose deep divide over interest-rate outlook

The Iran War, tariffs and the demand-driven AI-investment boon could add up to create inflationary conditions where Federal Reserve policymakers would need to consider interest-rate hikes later this year.

Hogs Look to Thursday After Wednesday’s Rally

Lean hog futures closed Wednesday with gains of $1.05 to $3.87. Open interest fell 3,035 contracts, mainly in the front months. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $97.79 on Wednesday afternoon, up $1.37 from…

Cattle Look to Thursday After Feeder Lead the Bounce on Wednesday

Live cattle futures rounded out the Wednesday session with contracts 35 to 85 cents lower. Open interest slipped back 2,317 contracts. Cash has been slow early this week with very little action early. The Wednesday Fed …

Home sales stayed muted in June as affordability challenges persisted

Home sales underwhelmed in June, a fresh sign of how sensitive buyers and sellers are to small changes in mortgage rates and affordability as prices hit fresh all-time highs.

What the Plaintiff Attorney Who Won at the Supreme Court Looks for in Broker Negligent Selection Cases

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US existing home sales unexpectedly fall in June

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. existing home sales unexpectedly fell in June as house prices hit a record high and mortgage rates remained elevated, pushing potential buyers to the ‌sidelines.

Meta jumps into AI coding market in effort to chase Anthropic and OpenAI

Three months after unveiling its first artificial intelligence model under the leadership of AI chief Alexandr Wang, Meta is rolling out a major update as it attempts to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic in critical are…

Bond issuance backing AI investment tops $250B, testing limits of voracious investor demand

Debt financing for AI-related needs — be it for data center construction or general liquidity amid aggressive spending — is accelerating in 2026, testing the limits of investor demand. July already has featured a $25 bi…

Micron, Sandisk, Marvell stocks jump, leading chip sector gains

What happened: Micron Technology (MU) stock jumped 8% on Thursday, joining a broader rally across memory and AI-related stocks. Sandisk (SNDK), Western Digital (WDC), Marvell (MRVL), Broadcom (AVGO), Intel (INTC), and A…

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