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Clorox (NYSE:CLX) gains 3.8% in New York, but 5% yield gets tested as payout ratio runs at 89%

The Clorox Company rallied 3.75% Friday to close at $96.56, snapping back sharply to end the week. Still, the stock ended 0.7% under its July 2 price and just 44 cents below FactSet Research Systems’ $97 median analyst target.

11 July 2026

Dividend Investing·NYSE:CLX·Stock Market

Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) Steady After Two Analyst Cuts; Buyback Could Hit 5%

Mattel Inc. closed Friday at $13.33, 1.1% higher, even after two price-target downgrades over two days. The stock ended the week nearly unchanged. It fell to a 52-week low at $12.73 on Thursday, but the S&P 500 added 1.2% for the week. U.S. markets were closed Saturday.

11 July 2026

NASDAQ:MAT·NYSE:C·NYSE:GS·Share Buybacks·Stock Market

Russia diesel export ban leaves market short 583,000 barrels a day with U.S. stocks down

Russia’s diesel and gasoil shipments dropped by 583,000 barrels per day from July 1-10 compared to its 2025 average, down 71%. That drop is about 35% of the most recent weekly U.S. distillate-export rate. Refined fuel flows, not just crude, are now the key focus when trading resumes.

11 July 2026

Energy

U.S. Financial Stocks Pulled in $1 Billion as Gains Stayed Concentrated

U.S. financial-sector funds picked up $1.04 billion in the week to July 8, but trading on Friday closed with big banks leading the sector and regional banks mostly flat. That inflow was just over 4% of the $24.97 billion U.S. equity funds got in total. The money came in before a week stacked with bank earnings.

11 July 2026

NYSE:GS·Stock Market

Microsoft Stock Slips Before Open as $190 Billion AI Bet Faces Wall Street Test

Microsoft Shares Unchanged as New AI Data Arrives

Microsoft closed Friday almost flat, after an environmental report showed total greenhouse-gas emissions rose 25% in fiscal 2025, mainly on new data centers for AI. Shares ended the day up 0.19% at $385.10, moving in a 2.7% band, and finished 1.38% below last week’s close.

11 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Microsoft·NASDAQ:AMZN·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:MSFT·NYSE:ORCL

Polibeli Shares Climb 26%, Market Cap Rises to 24x Sales

Polibeli Group Ltd jumped 26.48% to $8.12 on Friday, climbing $1.70 and boosting its implied equity value by roughly $623 million based on 366.4 million reported ordinary shares. Shares slipped 1.2% to $8.02 in after-hours trade.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:PLBL·Stock Market

Vestis Shares Trade 30% Over the Street Target as $1.08 Billion Debt Looms

Vestis Corporation climbed 1.3% to $14.54 on Friday. The stock closed 3.5% under its 52-week high and traded nearly 30% above where analysts set their average price target. Nearly 785,000 shares traded hands, about half its 65-day average.

10 July 2026

NYSE:VSTS·Stock Market

S&P 500 moves up but split is driving Wall Street signals

U.S. stocks were up modestly around midday Friday, with a clear split showing by market cap. The S&P 500 was up 0.2%, the Dow rose 0.3%, but the Russell 2000 dropped over 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite was little changed.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:META·NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:SKHYV·Stock Market

Rolls-Royce share price jumps in early London trade as buyback ticks on, results loom

Rolls-Royce (LON:RR) stock down as £1.34 billion buyback fails to hold price

Rolls-Royce Holdings fell 0.5% to 1,429 pence in late trade Friday. Jefferies Financial Group bumped its price target up to 1,870p from 1,530p and kept a Buy on the stock. The FTSE 100 was up 0.14%. Shares sit about 6.8% off the 52-week high.

10 July 2026

LSE:RR·Share Buybacks·Stock Market

SMCI Stock’s 7.6% Rebound Looks Strong—Until You Run the Dilution Math

Super Micro Computer closed Thursday at $28.24 after a 7.6% two-session rebound, but the move left the AI-server maker just 2.7% above the $27.50 price of its June common-stock offering. Ahead of Friday’s opening bell, that thin cushion put financing risk back at the center of the trade.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:SMCI·Stock Market

Ondas Stock Price Jumps After Palantir Tie-Up Adds Fuel to Defense Push

Ondas Stock at $7.65 Puts Post-DZYNE Equity Value Near $4.7 Billion

Ondas Inc. closed Thursday at $7.65, rising 4.1% from Tuesday. The number that matters after the DZYNE Technologies deal is about $4.70 billion in equity value, based on 85 million new shares. Nasdaq opens regular trading at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

10 July 2026

NASDAQ:ONDS·Stock Market

Joby Aviation stock falls as heavy volume tests eVTOL rally

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) stock falls 10%, peer data shows loss not tied to legal battle

Joby Aviation heads into Friday down 10.4% from Monday after little movement since dropping 8.97% on Tuesday. The shares closed Thursday at $7.99. Archer Aviation is telling a federal judge to toss out Joby’s latest trade-secret suit.

10 July 2026

NYSE:ACHR·NYSE:EVTL·NYSE:JOBY·Stock Market

Asia Stocks Today: This 11-Point Hong Kong–Korea Gap Shows the AI Trade Is Rotating

Hong Kong and Seoul both rose on Friday, but the week ended with an 11.1-percentage-point gap that told a less bullish story: the Hang Seng gained 3.5%, while South Korea’s KOSPI lost 7.6%. The split was wider inside technology, as the Hang Seng Tech climbed 4.95% while SK Hynix fell 10.1% and Samsung Electronics lost 7.9%.

10 July 2026

KRX:000660·KRX:005930·Stock Market·TPE:2330

AI stocks sidestep Iran oil jolt but charts flash risk

Micron Technology helped push the AI-chip trade higher Thursday, grabbing the lead in a shaky Wall Street bounce as traders piled into semis despite more U.S.-Iran strikes and choppy oil prices.

10 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MU·Oil Prices·Stock Market

Sandisk Gains $34 Billion; August Seen As Key Test for SNDK

Sandisk Corporation jumped 12.4% in Thursday's regular U.S. session, gaining about $33.5 billion in market cap. The flash-storage maker led memory names higher, with traders now looking toward two August events that may show if actual contract earnings can support the rally or if it's just AI momentum. Shares traded at $1,940.86 around 14:49 EDT.

9 July 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:SNDK·Stock Market·Technology

SoFi Rallies Again, ETF Quirk Still in Focus

SoFi Technologies, Inc. rose Thursday after Goldman Sachs bumped its price target to $21 from $17 while sticking to its Neutral rating. The hike brought a tougher question for investors—how much of the SoFi pitch is about lending, and how much could shift to steady fee revenue?

9 July 2026

ETFs·NASDAQ:SOFI·Stock Market

nLIGHT Stock Jumps After $627 Million Laser-Weapons Deal; Wall Street Eyes Contract Size

nLIGHT, Inc. jumped Thursday after landing a U.S. Joint Laser Weapon System deal that tops twice what the company expects in 2025 sales. The laser manufacturer has now turned a defense prototype win into its largest near-term test as it moves away from standard industrial products.

9 July 2026

Defense Industry·NASDAQ:LASR·Stock Market

Micron Technology (MU) Outlook 2026: Record Q1 Earnings, AI Memory Shortage, and the Latest Analyst Forecasts (Dec. 25, 2025)

AI Stocks Face Their Biggest Test Yet as Micron’s $250 Billion Bet Raises the Bar

Micron Technology’s plan to invest more than $250 billion in the United States through 2035 gave Wall Street a fresh marker for the artificial intelligence trade on Thursday: the spending boom is real, and it now has to show returns. Micron said the plan was driven by demand for memory chips in the AI era, while its shares rose about 8% in early trading.

9 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:MU·Stock Market

Walmart (WMT) Cuts Beef Prices as Grocery Battle Grows

Walmart’s summer price cuts on beef, soda and other picnic basics are testing how low the top U.S. grocer can go as Washington tells stores to deliver lower prices at the register.

9 July 2026

NYSE:WMT·Stock Market

Microsoft gets $2 billion lift from Ackman, Monday looms for AI trade

Microsoft Stock Dips Ahead of AI Earnings Test

Microsoft shares were lower before the bell Thursday, as the focus shifted to the company’s earnings due in late July and how much it is spending on AI. The stock traded at $377.67 at 7:42 a.m. EDT, down 1.48%, after closing at $383.34 on Wednesday, Wall Street Journal data showed.

9 July 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·Microsoft·NASDAQ:MSFT·Stock Market

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Cotton Futures Gain as US Crop Progresses; Oil and Dollar Also Advance
July 20, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT. Cotton futures advanced by 9 to 37 points on Monday, while crude oil climbed 65 cents a barrel and the US dollar index added 0.209. US cotton crop progress showed 73% squared-1% ahead of average-and 32% setting bolls, matching the 5-year norm. Cotton condition ratings improved to 45% good/excellent. Key contract closes: Oct 26 at 77.37 (+30), Dec 26 at 78.92 (+29), Mar 27 at 80.29 (+28).

Roman Perkowski

Clorox (NYSE:CLX) gains 3.8% in New York, but 5% yield gets tested as payout ratio runs at 89%

Russia diesel export ban leaves market short 583,000 barrels a day with U.S. stocks down

U.S. Financial Stocks Pulled in $1 Billion as Gains Stayed Concentrated

Microsoft Shares Unchanged as New AI Data Arrives

Polibeli Shares Climb 26%, Market Cap Rises to 24x Sales

Vestis Shares Trade 30% Over the Street Target as $1.08 Billion Debt Looms

S&P 500 moves up but split is driving Wall Street signals

SMCI Stock’s 7.6% Rebound Looks Strong—Until You Run the Dilution Math

Ondas Stock at $7.65 Puts Post-DZYNE Equity Value Near $4.7 Billion

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) stock falls 10%, peer data shows loss not tied to legal battle

Asia Stocks Today: This 11-Point Hong Kong–Korea Gap Shows the AI Trade Is Rotating

AI stocks sidestep Iran oil jolt but charts flash risk

Sandisk Gains $34 Billion; August Seen As Key Test for SNDK

SoFi Rallies Again, ETF Quirk Still in Focus

nLIGHT Stock Jumps After $627 Million Laser-Weapons Deal; Wall Street Eyes Contract Size

AI Stocks Face Their Biggest Test Yet as Micron’s $250 Billion Bet Raises the Bar

Walmart (WMT) Cuts Beef Prices as Grocery Battle Grows

Microsoft Stock Dips Ahead of AI Earnings Test

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