Iwona Majkowska

Iwona Majkowska is a financial markets journalist at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, artificial intelligence and technology. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics, she previously worked in equity research and financial analysis before focusing on market reporting. Her daily coverage helps investors follow major developments across U.S. and global markets. Follow Iwona Majkowska on Google News.

Nasdaq futures jump on soft U.S. CPI, but energy math clouds the relief

U.S. inflation’s biggest monthly drop since April 2020 lifted Nasdaq futures on Tuesday, but the detail was less benign: energy subtracted 0.437 percentage point from June consumer prices, more than the reported 0.4% fall, while prices outside energy added 0.015 point. The headline overstated the breadth of relief.

14 July 2026

Energy Sector·NYSE:IBM·US Economy

US Stock Futures Today: Soft CPI Lifts Nasdaq as Dow Lags on Concentrated Drag

U.S. stock futures split sharply on Tuesday after a cooler June inflation report, with Nasdaq 100 futures up 1.38% and S&P 500 futures 0.48% higher at 8:33 a.m. EDT, while Dow E-minis were down just 0.01%. The divergence says less about the macro signal than the Dow’s unusual single-stock burden.

14 July 2026

Inflation·Nasdaq·NYSE:IBM·Stock Market·US Economy

SK hynix Inc. (KRX:000660; NASDAQ:SKHY) bounce props up KOSPI but U.S. premium points to $246 bln gap

SK hynix and Samsung did more than boost South Korea’s stock market Tuesday. They masked losses underneath. The chip giants make up just over half the KOSPI and each rose more than 3.3%. Even with that, they contributed at least 1.67 points to the index, which still only closed up 0.73%. The rally looked wider than it was.

14 July 2026

KRX:000660·NASDAQ:SKHY·Semiconductors·Stock Market

Lloyds share-price rally cuts the reach of £1.75 billion buyback

Lloyds Banking Group has spent about 71% of its up-to-£1.75 billion 2026 buyback, but the share rally means a fully spent programme would buy about 1.72 billion shares at Tuesday’s price — roughly 22% fewer than last year despite a 3% larger budget. Each pound now buys less of the bank.

14 July 2026

LSE:LLOY·Share Buybacks·Stock Market

BP (LON:BP), Shell (LON:SHEL) offset wider FTSE 100 slide as UK stocks drop

Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.53% to 10,442.49 in late-morning trade, with BP up 2.18% and Shell rising 1.42%. Those oil majors were masking a sharper drop in much of the index. The headline figure downplays the broader sell-off.

14 July 2026

Energy Sector·LON:BP·LON:SHEL·Stock Market·UK Economy

VIX Stays Quiet While S&P 500 Signal Flashes 47% Risk Warning

The Cboe Global Markets S&P 500 Dispersion Index jumped to 47% last week, hitting its highest level in six years. The VIX was at 17.33 early Tuesday. The gap means index volatility looks low, but the bigger risk now is that big moves in single stocks won’t offset each other.

14 July 2026

Investment Strategy·NASDAQ:CBOE·Stock Market

Oil up 13% as AI stocks, Fed and CPI all in play

Brent crude jumped about 13% in two days, raising worries that higher oil prices could pinch AI-linked stocks just as rate hike odds are rising. S&P 500 futures added 0.1% before the start of Tuesday’s U.S. session. Traders now see a 43.3% chance of a 0.25-point Fed rate hike at the July 28-29 meeting, up from 34.2% Friday. “The prospect of tighter monetary policy into a potential energy shock is rarely supportive for risk assets,” said Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone.

14 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Federal Reserve·Inflation·NASDAQ:MU·NYSE:TSM·Stock Market

NuScale’s 85% Selloff Leaves $2.9 Billion TVA Gamble in Doubt

NuScale Power dropped 7.6% to $8.35 Monday, hitting a 52-week low and finishing 85.5% below its October high when U.S. cash markets closed. The latest slide is drawing attention to one odd part of its Tennessee Valley Authority deal: under the deal’s current terms, a firm commitment for all 72 planned reactor modules would mean ENTRA1 Energy gets a second payment, around $1.18 billion.

14 July 2026

NYSE:SMR·Stock Market

AI stocks signal memory premium starting to fade

AI stocks ended Monday in the red, though losses varied across the sector. A group of three memory and storage plays tied to AI dropped 7.2%, nearly double the 3.7% loss for a set of four compute and foundry names. The split points to investors shortening their view on how long shortage-fueled gains can last, despite healthy order books and continued spend on infrastructure.

13 July 2026

KRX:005930·NASDAQ:AMD·NASDAQ:AVGO·NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:SKHY·NASDAQ:SNDK·NASDAQ:WDC·NYSE:TSM·Technology

Rocket Lab Stock’s Slide Exposes the $67.50 Trigger in Its $8 Billion Iridium Deal

Rocket Lab Corporation fell about 5.4% to $76.65 in late trading on Monday, leaving it an 11.9% drop away from a price floor that could reduce what Iridium Communications Inc. investors receive in the planned takeover. Iridium was down 2.9% at $48.62.

13 July 2026

Aerospace·NASDAQ:IRDM·NASDAQ:RKLB·Rocket Lab·Stock Market

Dow Jones Today After the Bell: 136-Point Loss Masks a Nasdaq Slide More Than Five Times as Deep

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 136.25 points, or 0.26%, at 52,500.76 on Monday after renewed U.S.-Iran fighting pushed oil higher and revived inflation concerns. The S&P 500 fell 0.68% to 7,523.79, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.41% to 25,911.51 as technology and memory-chip shares led the retreat.

13 July 2026

Nasdaq·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NYSE:VZ·Stock Market

NYC MTA Bus Cameras Expand to 67 Routes as Curb Fines Climb

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York started a 60-day warning period on Monday for four more bus lines, pushing its bus camera enforcement to 67 routes and over 1,900 buses. The newly added routes are Brooklyn’s B38 and B103, along with the Bronx’s Bx11 and Bx17.

13 July 2026

Stock Market

IREN stock recovers 6% with CEO’s $749 million award decision up next

IREN Limited gained 6.0% for the week through Friday, but that jump came with some big swings—three sessions in a row saw moves of 8% or more. The stock closed Friday at $41.14, off 1.4% for the day and 10.0% below where it stood on June 30.

12 July 2026

NASDAQ:IREN·Stock Market

Microsoft Stock Forecast: Three Target Cuts Slice 10% Off — Yet Still Point to 33% Upside

Microsoft heads into Monday after Argus Research cut its price target on Friday to $510 from $620, the sharpest of three reductions issued last week. Together with cuts from BMO Capital and Wolfe Research, the new targets average $511.67 — about 10% below their prior average, yet still 32.9% above Microsoft’s $385.10 Friday close. All three firms kept positive ratings.

12 July 2026

Microsoft·NASDAQ:MSFT·Stock Market

QXO Stock Hits $102 TopBuild Gap, 312.5 Million New Shares Trade in Focus

QXO, Inc. jumped 2.8% to $14.99 in Friday’s session, but the late gain left most of the week’s earlier losses in place after four days of declines.

12 July 2026

NYSE:QXO·Stock Market

Ford (NYSE:F) climbs 4.8% for the week; Canada labor deal now in focus

Ford Motor Company has a smaller Canadian labor risk going into Monday after it landed a tentative three-year deal with Unifor for over 5,000 employees. The sides struck the agreement over the weekend, beating the September 20 contract expiration by more than two months. The pact needs union members to sign off.

12 July 2026

NYSE:F·Stock Market

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Shares Flat But Weekly Volume Near Float

UiPath Inc. settled at $11.68 on Friday, slipping 0.3% from the July 2 close. Trading volume hit 378.0 million shares over five days, averaging 75.6 million a session. The automation-software maker dropped three cents for the week.

12 July 2026

Stock Market

Whirlpool Shares Rise 7.6% as Investors Weigh $154M Debt Position

Whirlpool Corporation gained about $171 million in market cap Friday, with shares up 7.6% to $40.72. That’s just ahead of the $153.75 million in annual coupon payments tied to $2 billion in secured notes issued in June. The bond coupon is the fixed yearly interest rate. The comparison just shows the difference in size — it doesn’t suggest a new cost, since the notes mostly replaced lower-coupon 2026-27 bonds and revolving debt.

11 July 2026

NYSE:SN·NYSE:WHR·Stock Market

JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) to Leave Manchester After 17 Months; Investors Eye Capacity Numbers

JetBlue Airways left Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Wednesday, wrapping up operations only 17 months after starting service there. The airline cut flights on weaker routes and moved planes to busier airports. The last flight out of MHT flew on July 8.

11 July 2026

Airlines·NASDAQ:JBLU·Stock Market

SK Hynix’s $30 Billion Debut Draws Lines in Semiconductor Sector

SK hynix kicked off a nearly $30 billion U.S. listing on Friday as traders leaned into the AI memory story, but chipmakers and chip designers moved in separate directions. The sale brought in $26.5 billion from 177.9 million American depositary receipts at $149 apiece. Shares finished at $168.01, putting the U.S. debut’s value around $29.9 billion.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:SKHY·Semiconductors

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Iwona Majkowska

Nasdaq futures jump on soft U.S. CPI, but energy math clouds the relief

US Stock Futures Today: Soft CPI Lifts Nasdaq as Dow Lags on Concentrated Drag

SK hynix Inc. (KRX:000660; NASDAQ:SKHY) bounce props up KOSPI but U.S. premium points to $246 bln gap

BP (LON:BP), Shell (LON:SHEL) offset wider FTSE 100 slide as UK stocks drop

VIX Stays Quiet While S&P 500 Signal Flashes 47% Risk Warning

Oil up 13% as AI stocks, Fed and CPI all in play

NuScale’s 85% Selloff Leaves $2.9 Billion TVA Gamble in Doubt

AI stocks signal memory premium starting to fade

Rocket Lab Stock’s Slide Exposes the $67.50 Trigger in Its $8 Billion Iridium Deal

Dow Jones Today After the Bell: 136-Point Loss Masks a Nasdaq Slide More Than Five Times as Deep

NYC MTA Bus Cameras Expand to 67 Routes as Curb Fines Climb

IREN stock recovers 6% with CEO’s $749 million award decision up next

Microsoft Stock Forecast: Three Target Cuts Slice 10% Off — Yet Still Point to 33% Upside

QXO Stock Hits $102 TopBuild Gap, 312.5 Million New Shares Trade in Focus

Ford (NYSE:F) climbs 4.8% for the week; Canada labor deal now in focus

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) Shares Flat But Weekly Volume Near Float

Whirlpool Shares Rise 7.6% as Investors Weigh $154M Debt Position

JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) to Leave Manchester After 17 Months; Investors Eye Capacity Numbers

SK Hynix’s $30 Billion Debut Draws Lines in Semiconductor Sector

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