Shan Ahmed Khan

Shan Ahmed Khan is a senior markets reporter at TS2.tech, specializing in stocks, technology and macroeconomic trends. A graduate of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), he previously worked in investment research and market analysis. His coverage helps readers understand the key developments influencing global financial markets and emerging industries.

Alibaba gains about $17B after Apple AI clearance, revenue still to come

Alibaba gains about $17B after Apple AI clearance, revenue still to come

Alibaba Group Holding Limited jumped 6.2% in late-morning New York trade after China approved Apple Intelligence for local use and Alibaba said Qwen would get integrated across Apple’s main operating systems in China. Alibaba’s American depositary receipts climbed $6.95, adding about $16.7 billion in equity value, based on its 2.40 billion shares outstanding. The companies didn’t give any launch date or commercial terms.
15 July 2026
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Dave Ramsey pegs $10,000 retirement plan to $16,000 yearly cash-flow move

Dave Ramsey pegs $10,000 retirement plan to $16,000 yearly cash-flow move

Dave Ramsey told a 66-year-old Pittsburgh caller with only $10,000 in a 401 that her retirement plan would hinge on shifting how she uses her money, rather than building up a big nest egg. She and her husband wiped out $80,000 in car debt over five years. If they take that $16,000 a year and put it toward retirement, that’s about 85% of what Ramsey recommended she start saving.
15 July 2026
UiPath (NYSE:PATH) lands Very Group AI contract as $129 million H2 ARR looms

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) lands Very Group AI contract as $129 million H2 ARR looms

UiPath Inc. landed a three-year deal to revamp pricing at The Very Group, the UK online retailer, though the company didn’t disclose financials. For investors, the real question is whether the win helps PATH drive the subscription growth it needs in the second half. The automation software firm’s guidance for fiscal 2027 calls for $124 million to $134 million in net new ARR over Q3 and Q4. That’s right around the $129 million it managed in those periods last year.
15 July 2026
American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) faces outsized fuel-risk test as oil climbs

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) faces outsized fuel-risk test as oil climbs

American Airlines Group Inc. enters Wednesday’s premarket with fuel exposure that looks unusually large beside its equity value. A sustained 10-cent-per-gallon increase in jet fuel would add about $450 million to annual expense, equal to 4.3% of the carrier’s $10.36 billion market capitalization, according to a Reuters calculation based on its latest filing and Tuesday’s market value.
15 July 2026
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Five Stocks to Watch as Earnings Quality Moves Market by 34 Points

Five Stocks to Watch as Earnings Quality Moves Market by 34 Points

International Business Machines Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Citigroup Inc, Wells Fargo & Co, and JPMorgan Chase & Co are on the watchlist for Wednesday, after Tuesday’s results spread out a 34.2-point gap from top to bottom performers. Investors weren’t just chasing earnings beats—they put money behind repeatable revenue and walked away from preliminary numbers or companies with muddy cost outlooks.
15 July 2026
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Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) posts record quarter, trailing P/E drops to 16.8 but book premium grows

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) posts record quarter, trailing P/E drops to 16.8 but book premium grows

Goldman Sachs has taken away a key simple valuation complaint. The stock traded at $1,086 before the open, putting Tuesday’s reported $20.98 in quarterly earnings per share against trailing earnings of $64.79 for a P/E of about 16.8. That’s down from 19.1 at Monday’s close, even after the stock rose 3.8%. The earnings shift outpaced the move in the share price.
14 July 2026
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Peso steady as oil slides almost 14% before U.S. CPI data

Peso steady as oil slides almost 14% before U.S. CPI data

Peso hovered close to 17.50 per dollar in early Tuesday trade after slipping 0.26% on Monday, even while Brent crude surged about 13.6% over two sessions. The currency’s drop was just over a third the 0.71% average fall for eight other emerging-market units, local market data show. Mexico’s yield spread seems to be protecting the peso from wider geopolitical fallout.
14 July 2026
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Salesforce Shares Up 4.8% as Debt Dims Value Pitch

Salesforce Shares Up 4.8% as Debt Dims Value Pitch

Salesforce Inc. rose 4.8% to end Monday at $171.22, topping the S&P 500's 0.8% drop. Investors moved back into the stock as debate about whether acquisitions can push Salesforce’s AI strategy picked up. The bounce came after a positive view of its $3.6 billion deal for Fin, which landed just a few days after KeyBanc cut the stock on worries about Agentforce.
14 July 2026
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NIO Stock Jumps on Goldman Upgrade—The Real Bet Is a 15.2 Billion Yuan Cash-Flow Swing

NIO Stock Jumps on Goldman Upgrade—The Real Bet Is a 15.2 Billion Yuan Cash-Flow Swing

Shares of NIO Inc., traded in New York as American depositary receipts—U.S.-listed certificates representing foreign shares—closed 3.1% higher at $4.93 on Monday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. upgraded the Chinese electric-vehicle maker to Buy with a $7 target. The headline is the rating change; the bigger investor bet sits in Goldman’s cash-flow forecast.
13 July 2026
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Meta’s $50 Billion AI Plan Faces $10 Billion-a-Gigawatt Test in Cloud Push

Meta’s $50 Billion AI Plan Faces $10 Billion-a-Gigawatt Test in Cloud Push

Meta Platforms said Monday it will boost its Hyperion data center in Louisiana to five gigawatts of computing power, and push investment in the project past $50 billion. The announcement puts a figure on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to sell AI computing capacity to others. Meta shares slipped about 1.3% to $661 Monday afternoon. The stock jumped 14.8% last week.
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Stock Market Today

  • Bitcoin Moves Higher Amid Ceasefire Hopes, but Iran Tensions Persist
    July 26, 2026, 1:58 PM EDT. Analysts expected a crypto rebound as optimism over an Iran ceasefire grew, causing Brent crude to fall 10% to $87 and pushing Bitcoin (BTC) up 0.8%. The $65,000 resistance for Bitcoin remains important, with current sentiment holding steady. Still, Iranian negotiations with the US have come to a halt on discussions about reopening the key oil corridor, the Strait of Hormuz, leaving oil prices high and regional tensions unresolved.