Today: 15 May 2026

Khadija Saeed

A dedicated markets reporter, she covers stocks, macroeconomics, and major business developments with a sharp eye for detail and accuracy.

S&P 500’s April Rally Has One Big Catch as Big Tech Earnings Loom

S&P 500’s April Rally Has One Big Catch as Big Tech Earnings Loom

The S&P 500 slipped 0.17% to 7,153.03 late Monday morning as U.S. stocks retreated from record highs ahead of major tech earnings and a Federal Reserve decision. Brent crude rose 2.1% to $107.49 a barrel amid stalled U.S.-Iran talks and shipping disruptions. Nearly half the S&P 500’s market value is set to report earnings this week, including Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.
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VTI’s Tiny Drop Is Hiding a Bigger Test for U.S. Stocks

VTI’s Tiny Drop Is Hiding a Bigger Test for U.S. Stocks

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF edged up 12 cents to $352.17 after an early dip Monday, as investors weighed upcoming mega-cap tech earnings against oil-market risks tied to Iran. The fund remains up 0.59% over the past five days. Oil forecasts rose after Middle East supply concerns, with Goldman Sachs now seeing Brent at $90 a barrel in the fourth quarter. Peer equity ETFs traded mixed in early action.
27 April 2026
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Nasdaq Pullback Deepens As AI Rally Runs Into Big Tech Earnings, Fed Decision And Oil Shock

Nasdaq Pullback Deepens As AI Rally Runs Into Big Tech Earnings, Fed Decision And Oil Shock

The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.4% to 24,738.40 Monday after hitting a record, as investors braced for major Big Tech earnings and tracked new OpenAI-linked AI deals. Brent crude jumped 2.44% to $107.90 following stalled U.S.-Iran talks. Microsoft shares dipped after OpenAI ended its exclusive cloud partnership. Qualcomm rose on reports of OpenAI smartphone chip plans.
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Boeing Stock’s Next Big Test: Q1 Beat, Cash Burn And A 737 Ramp Investors Can’t Ignore

Boeing Stock’s Next Big Test: Q1 Beat, Cash Burn And A 737 Ramp Investors Can’t Ignore

Boeing narrowed its first-quarter net loss to $7 million from $31 million a year earlier and reported $22.2 billion in revenue, up 14%. The company delivered 143 commercial jets, outpacing Airbus for the quarter, but used $1.5 billion in free cash flow. Boeing’s backlog hit a record $695 billion. Shares traded near $231.54 early Monday in New York.
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Walmart Stock Gets a Fresh Jolt as China Growth and One-Hour Delivery Put Amazon, Costco on Notice

Walmart Stock Gets a Fresh Jolt as China Growth and One-Hour Delivery Put Amazon, Costco on Notice

Walmart shares hovered near $129 Monday, keeping its market value above $1 trillion as investors watched growth in China and new Sam’s Club delivery options. Sam’s Club fulfilled nearly 65,000 one-hour Express orders since April 2 across 600 clubs. Walmart China’s Q4 net sales rose 19.3% to $6.1 billion, with e-commerce accounting for over half. New Sam’s Clubs opened in Jiangsu, with more set for Shandong and Liaoning.
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Alphabet Stock Faces $185 Billion AI Test as Earnings Put Google Cloud in Focus

Alphabet Stock Faces $185 Billion AI Test as Earnings Put Google Cloud in Focus

Alphabet will report first-quarter results after markets close Wednesday, with options pricing suggesting a possible 5% stock move by week’s end. Visible Alpha estimates revenue at $106.97 billion, up 19% from a year ago, and earnings per share at $2.73, down 3 cents. Investors are watching if heavy AI and data-center spending is driving growth in Google Cloud and Search.
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Geely’s 6.5 Million-Car Plan Puts China’s BYD Rivalry On A Global Fast Track

Geely’s 6.5 Million-Car Plan Puts China’s BYD Rivalry On A Global Fast Track

Geely sold 709,358 vehicles in Q1 2026, its highest ever for the period, with exports up 126% to 203,024 units. China’s EV exports reached $21 billion in Q1, up from $12 billion a year earlier, after the Iran war disrupted oil flows. Geely aims to sell over 6.5 million vehicles annually by 2030, with three-quarters as new energy vehicles. BYD’s domestic sales have fallen for seven months as rivals gain ground.
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Applied Digital Stock Gets a $7.5 Billion AI Lease. Now Comes the Build-Out Test

Applied Digital Stock Gets a $7.5 Billion AI Lease. Now Comes the Build-Out Test

Applied Digital Corp. signed a $7.5 billion, 15-year lease with an unnamed U.S. hyperscaler for 300 megawatts at its Delta Forge 1 campus, pushing total contracted lease revenue above $23 billion. The campus is set to begin operations in mid-2027. Shares rose over 12% after the announcement. The company ended its fiscal third quarter with $2.1 billion in cash and $2.7 billion in debt.
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SoundHound AI Stock Faces A $500 Million LivePerson Test As Wedbush Stays Bullish

SoundHound AI Stock Faces A $500 Million LivePerson Test As Wedbush Stays Bullish

SoundHound AI shares fell 1.4% to $8.08 in early Nasdaq trading Monday after announcing an all-stock deal to buy LivePerson for about $43 million in equity value. The acquisition, expected to close in the second half of 2026, would combine SoundHound’s voice AI with LivePerson’s messaging platform, pending regulatory approval.
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Verizon Stock Jumps After Subscriber Surprise: Why Q1 Earnings Changed the 2026 Story

Verizon Stock Jumps After Subscriber Surprise: Why Q1 Earnings Changed the 2026 Story

Verizon shares rose 3% after the company reported a surprise gain of 55,000 postpaid phone customers in Q1, beating analyst expectations of a loss. Adjusted EPS climbed 7.6% to $1.28, and revenue rose 2.9% to $34.4 billion. Verizon raised its 2026 profit outlook but missed Wall Street revenue estimates. Customer credits from a January outage reduced wireless service revenue growth.
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Meta Stock Faces $125 Billion AI Test as Bulls Float $1,000-Plus Targets

Meta Stock Faces $125 Billion AI Test as Bulls Float $1,000-Plus Targets

Meta shares rose to $675.03 ahead of first-quarter earnings due April 29, valuing the company at $1.74 trillion. Meta has guided for Q1 revenue of $53.5–$56.5 billion and 2026 capital expenditures of up to $135 billion. Analysts project share prices could top $1,000 in coming years, but warn of regulatory and spending risks. Meta recently announced expanded use of Amazon Web Services for AI infrastructure.
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Bitcoin Supply Shock? Saylor’s Latest Buy Puts Strategy Ahead Of BlackRock

Bitcoin Supply Shock? Saylor’s Latest Buy Puts Strategy Ahead Of BlackRock

Strategy Inc. bought 3,273 bitcoin for $255 million last week, raising its total holdings to 818,334 BTC and keeping it ahead of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz warned that Strategy’s pace could strain supply. Bitcoin traded near $77,660 after nine days of U.S. spot ETF inflows. Strategy funded the purchase by selling 1.45 million shares through an at-the-market program.
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Samsara Stock Gets a 531,310-Share Signal From Nippon Life

Samsara Stock Gets a 531,310-Share Signal From Nippon Life

Nippon Life Global Investors Americas disclosed a new 531,310-share stake in Samsara Inc, valued at about $18.8 million, according to MarketBeat. Samsara shares traded at $29.96 premarket, with institutional ownership at 96.02%. Teachers Retirement System of Kentucky also raised its stake by 22.9%. Samsara reported Q4 revenue of $444.3 million, up 28% year-over-year.
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Marvell Stock Rally Faces a $170 Wall as AI Chip Bets Run Hot

Marvell Stock Rally Faces a $170 Wall as AI Chip Bets Run Hot

Marvell Technology shares closed at $164.31 on April 24, above B. Riley’s new $156 price target and well above the analyst average of $120.28. The stock surged over 125% in eight weeks, fueled by AI chip and optical networking deals with Nvidia and others. Some analysts raised targets to $170, while others warned the rally may be overextended. Marvell traded at $160.88 premarket Monday.
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Joby Aviation Stock Gets NYC Air Taxi Catalyst as Archer Rivalry Heats Up

Joby Aviation Stock Gets NYC Air Taxi Catalyst as Archer Rivalry Heats Up

Joby Aviation completed New York City’s first electric air taxi flights between JFK Airport and Manhattan heliports, demonstrating a seven-minute route. The flights follow Joby’s 2025 acquisition of Blade Air Mobility’s passenger business. CEO JoeBen Bevirt called the flights a preview of operations under the federal eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. Joby expects 2026 to be a commercial inflection year, with first passenger flights in Dubai planned for 2024.
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Oracle Stock Bulls Just Got a $16 Billion AI Test. Dan Ives Says Wall Street Is Getting It Wrong

Oracle Stock Bulls Just Got a $16 Billion AI Test. Dan Ives Says Wall Street Is Getting It Wrong

A $16 billion Michigan data-center financing tied to Oracle and OpenAI closed Friday, as Wedbush’s Dan Ives issued a buy call on Oracle despite investor concerns over AI spending. Oracle shares traded at $173.28 premarket Monday, down 1.7%. Fiscal Q3 revenue rose 22% to $17.2 billion; cloud infrastructure revenue climbed 84%. Oracle projects $67 billion in fiscal 2026 revenue and $50 billion in capital expenditures.
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POET Technologies Stock Jumps 108% as Marvell AI Order Puts Optics Firm in Play

POET Technologies Stock Jumps 108% as Marvell AI Order Puts Optics Firm in Play

POET Technologies shares rose to $16.40 in premarket trading Monday after more than doubling last week, following management’s confirmation of orders from Marvell Technology. The company reported a $5 million production order for its Infinity optical engines and expects some deliveries next quarter. POET posted a $42.7 million net loss for the fourth quarter. Marvell acquired Celestial AI, a POET customer, in February.
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Nike’s Biggest China Problem Now Has a Name: Anta Is Coming West

Nike’s Biggest China Problem Now Has a Name: Anta Is Coming West

Anta Sports reported 2025 revenue up 13.3% to RMB80.22 billion and agreed to buy a 29.06% stake in Puma for 1.5 billion euros. The company opened a U.S. flagship and now controls brands including Fila China, Descente, and Amer Sports. Nike’s latest quarter showed flat revenue and declining sales in China. Anta’s overseas push follows rapid expansion from its origins in Jinjiang, Fujian.
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Stock Market Today

  • Legal & General Shares Hit 10-Year Low Despite High Dividend Yield
    May 15, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT. Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) shares sit at levels last seen a decade ago, reflecting a lost decade with minimal growth. Despite this, the insurer and asset manager offers a trail dividend yield of 8.8%, the highest in the FTSE 100. Over five years, its share price fell 11%, underperforming the FTSE 100's 45% rise. The company pays dividends twice yearly, causing sharp share price drops each time. In contrast, rival Aviva's shares have grown 55% in five years while yielding 6.4%, underpinned by rising operating profits. Legal & General's CEO António Simões aims to boost growth through asset management unification, expansion abroad, and a £1.2 billion buyback, targeting a shareholder return of over £5 billion by 2027. Dividend growth is expected to slow to 2%. The outlook hinges on execution of this turnaround plan.

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LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: May 15, 2026, 12:00 AM EDTUpdated: May 15, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT Legal & General Shares Hit 10-Year Low Despite High Dividend Yield May 15, 2026, 3:00 AM EDT. Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) shares sit at levels last seen a decade ago, reflecting a lost decade with minimal growth. Despite this, the insurer and asset manager offers a trail dividend yield of 8.8%, the highest in the FTSE 100. Over five years, its share price fell 11%, underperforming the FTSE 100's 45% rise. The company pays dividends twice yearly, causing sharp share price drops each time.
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US Stock Market Today After Hours: Why the Dow Reclaimed 50,000 as AI Stocks Drove Wall Street Higher

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Xanadu Quantum Technologies Stock Gets Its First Public Earnings Test—and Losses Still Rule

Xanadu Quantum Technologies Stock Gets Its First Public Earnings Test—and Losses Still Rule

15 May 2026
Xanadu Quantum Technologies reported first-quarter revenue of $2.8 million, up from $0.7 million a year earlier, but net loss widened to $20.6 million. Shares rose 1.9% to $15.13 in late U.S. trading before falling over 3% after hours. The company ended March with $272.5 million in cash and plans a $300 million at-the-market facility. Xanadu began trading on Nasdaq and TSX under XNDU on March 27.
Sidus Space Stock Jumps After Q1 Revenue Rises 51%, But Losses Still Loom

Sidus Space Stock Jumps After Q1 Revenue Rises 51%, But Losses Still Loom

15 May 2026
Sidus Space reported first-quarter revenue of $359,000, up 51% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $5.2 million, narrowing from $6.4 million. Shares rose about 12% after results. Cash stood at $27.3 million at March 31, down from $43.2 million at year-end. The company raised $58.5 million in a direct share offering after the quarter closed.
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