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The S&P 500 Index continued rising and neared its all-time high on Friday as some big tech companies like Nvidia and AMD rebounded. It ended the week at 7,575, with its perpetual futures on Hyperliquid ticking downwards today. This article explains some of the top catalysts for the SPX Index and key ETFs like VOO and SPY.S&P 500 Index to react to earnings seasonThe biggest catalyst for the SPX Index will be the upcoming earnings season, which kicks off on Tuesday when five of the biggest banks release their financial results. Five banks worth almost $2 trillion will release their…

Wall Street is not arguing about how much money SoFi will make this year. That is the single most misunderstood thing about this stock, and once you see it, the entire $12-to-$31 target range stops looking like chaos and starts looking like a single, specific question. Analysts have largely converged on 2026 earnings of about $0.59 per share on revenue of roughly $4.68 billion, per StockAnalysis. Now do the arithmetic on the targets. The $12 bear case is that same $0.59 at roughly 20 times earnings. The $31 bull case is that same $0.59 at roughly 53 times earnings. The…

Bloom Energy stock has retreated into a bear market, falling by 33% from its highest point this year. It dropped to $234 today, continuing a trend that started on June 25 when it reached a record high of $350. So, is this the start of a prolonged bear market or will it rebound soon?Bloom Energy stock has dropped despite having key catalystsBloom Energy is a fast-growing company that uses Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) technology to generate power that is used in key industries like data centers, oil and gas, utilities, and retail. Started over 25 years ago, the company’s popularity…

Retail investors, long considered one of the strongest pillars supporting the US stock market since the pandemic, are becoming increasingly selective as market leadership shifts rapidly and alternative investment opportunities gain traction.Recent data suggest individual investors are rotating between themes rather than making broad-based bets on the stock market. At the same time, a new Bank of America Private Bank survey shows younger wealthy investors are increasingly questioning whether traditional stocks and bonds can continue to generate above-average returns, with many allocating more capital to private markets, crypto and other alternatives.Retail traders rotate between market themesA Bloomberg report citing Vanda…

Every Rocket Lab (RKLB) price prediction hinges on the same event: the first launch of the Neutron rocket, penciled in for the fourth quarter of 2026. That framing is wrong. The man building the rocket says so himself. “Neutron is certainly mission enabling, but it’s not mission critical,” chief executive Peter Beck told investors this year. The company that the market prices as a binary bet on one launch date is, on the numbers, a vertically integrated space-infrastructure business that happens to also launch rockets. RKLB trades near $101.65 after a record first quarter, and Wall Street targets now span…

Metaplanet has agreed to open a joint study with Metaplanet Securities, stablecoin issuer JPYC, and tokenization provider Progmat to develop digital credit products backed by Bitcoin, targeting instruments that would trade and settle on a 24/7 basis and accrue interest daily. The company set out the initiative in a July 10 filing issued under Chief Executive Officer Simon Gerovich, describing a study that spans the digital credit domain from digital corporate bonds to other credit instruments. The framework positions Bitcoin as a backing or credit-enhancement asset, routes payments and redemptions through JPYC, and uses security tokens issued on Progmat’s infrastructure…

Why Is Revolut Connecting Crypto Trading to AI Assistants? Revolut has connected its standalone crypto exchange, Revolut X, to third-party AI assistants, allowing customers to analyze markets, monitor portfolios, set alerts, and place trades through natural language prompts. The integration supports Claude, Gemini, OpenClaw, and Cursor. Users on other platforms can also connect accounts through a universal skill or a command-line interface published on GitHub, according to the company. Revolut said no coding is required. The move brings Revolut deeper into agentic trading, where AI tools act as a front-end layer for market analysis and order preparation. Instead of navigating…

Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) stock has pulled back in the past few days as investors position themselves for the upcoming earnings report that will provide more color on its business. While growth expectations are low, the stock has formed the rare inverted head-and-shoulders pattern, pointing to a rebound.Illinois Tool Works is a dividend king with slowing sales growthIllinois Tool Works is a large American industrial company that makes products used directly and indirectly by millions of people globally. It makes automotive products that are used by large companies like General Motors and Ford, construction products like Paslode, Ramset, and Red…

NY-headquartered Citigroup has been the perennial laggard of Wall Street for years, burdened by the legacy of the global financial crisis and an unmanageable corporate structure.However, the narrative has flipped, with a renowned wealth manager, Josh Brown, recently calling Citi “one of the top bank stocks” to own – driven by a profound operational turnaround engineered by CEO Jane Fraser.By aggressively divesting non-core international consumer operations and removing management layers, the bank has unlocked significant capital efficiency, he told CNBC.Heading into its Q2 release, Citi shares C are up more than 30% versus its year-to-date low.Why is Brown bullish on…

Geopolitical tensions, persistent US interest rate hike expectations, and divergent global central bank policies are currently driving international financial market volatility. Geopolitical Risks and Energy Market Volatility The escalating conflict between the United States and Iran has emerged as a primary catalyst for global market volatility, directly impacting risk appetite. The ongoing instability regarding the Strait of Hormuz has intensified concerns over the disruption of crude oil shipments, which has consequently exerted upward pressure on oil prices. While both nations have occasionally signaled a commitment to diplomatic dialogue, the situation remains highly unstable and prone to sudden shifts. This prevailing…