Circle Stock Ends Up 3% for Week After Recovering From a 12% Dip Ahead of Fed Decision
Circle Internet Group ended Friday trading at $62.36, marking a 3.1% rise for the week. However, the shares declined 12.3% since Tuesday’s close.
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) Outlook Moves From Trading Surge to Fed Rate Impact
Charles Schwab finished Friday at $101.97, up 0.4% from the previous Friday. The price stayed 0.6% lower than Monday’s close ahead of results, even after posting record quarterly revenue and adjusted earnings.
Nasdaq Options Carry 53% Volatility Premium Before Fed and Big Tech Earnings
Options markets ended the week pricing a technology shock, not broad panic. The Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index, or VXN, closed Friday at 28.39. The VIX ended at 18.58. That leaves Nasdaq implied volatility 53% higher.
Wall Street Drops for Second Week as Investors React to AI Earnings Beats; Fed Decision in Focus
Wall Street ended last week with investors selling on positive news. The S&P 500 lost 0.6% to finish at 7,411.98. The Nasdaq Composite shed 2.1% to close at 24,975.82. Both benchmarks recorded a second straight weekly decline. U.S. markets are closed for the weekend. Yakima HeraldYahoo Finance
Dow Jones Ends Up 235 Points; Oil Slumps as Investors Eye Fed and Big Tech
NEW YORK, July 24, 2026, 4:07 p.m. EDT – The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 235 points as oil prices dropped, with markets focused on upcoming Federal Reserve decisions and major technology earnings.
Interactive Brokers sees margin-loan growth counter rate cuts as Fed risk draws attention
Interactive Brokers Group reported a 23% increase in quarterly net interest income, even as lending spreads tightened. Average margin loans rose by 59%.
Gold Approaches $3,950 Mark Amid Oil Spike, Fed-Hike Fears Rekindled
Gold climbed above $4,000 on Friday, though the metal was still headed for its largest weekly decline in six weeks. Spot bullion increased 0.8% to $4,002.39 by 0624 GMT. U.S. August futures were up 0.4% at $4,006.10. Bullion trading in London remained open.
Oil Jumps 11%, Raising Fresh Questions for Fed After Softer U.S. Inflation Data
A sharp recovery in oil prices is emerging as the primary hurdle for an extended pause by the Federal Reserve. Brent ended Thursday at $84.23 per barrel, and WTI finished at $78.95, with both benchmarks slipping roughly 1% in the session. Nonetheless, prices hovered close to their highest levels in a month.
September Fed hike odds remain as headline retail sales fail to spur S&P 500 at open
NEW YORK, July 16, 2026, 15:28 EDT — U.S. cash markets opened with the S&P 500 declining after tepid headline retail sales figures, as expectations for a possible Federal Reserve rate hike in September persisted.
US mortgage rates can fall without a Fed cut, but bond math shows the limits
U.S. mortgage rates can fall without a Federal Reserve cut, but the bond-market route now open would need to deliver more than a routine quarter-point move to reverse the latest drop in homebuying demand. The Mortgage Bankers Association’s average 30-year contract rate reached 6.65% in the week ended July 10, the highest since August 2025, while purchase applications fell 7.3% to their lowest since February.
Soft CPI data trims Fed rate hike bets, high real yields weigh on stocks
Treasury yields fell back on Tuesday after June inflation came in softer than expected, cutting odds for a near-term Fed hike. But investors got a mixed message. Most of the recent move up in long-term yields was tied to higher real rates, not rising long-term inflation bets. The market bounced, but only for now.
U.S. CPI’s housing slowdown, not gasoline slide, is June’s key Fed signal
U.S. consumer prices posted their largest monthly fall since April 2020 in June, but the more durable signal for investors came from housing: shelter costs rose just 0.1%, their weakest increase in more than five years. Because housing makes up more than one-third of the index, its slowdown does more to ease underlying inflation pressure than the headline decline alone. Housing is the stickier signal.
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.
Gold slips under $4,000 as Iran oil hit rattles haven play and shifts focus to Fed
Gold slipped back under $4,000 an ounce Monday, losing 3.09% to $3,992.20 as tracked by Kitco’s live bid. The drop came with oil climbing above $80 after new U.S.-Iran clashes, and Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller flagged the chance of a rate hike if inflation prints hot again. Brent crude gained over 5%.
Fed’s Bowman Calls for Flexible Global Rules, Says U.S. Banks May Hold $320 Billion Extra
Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman told the Financial Stability Board on Monday that global rules should be flexible and based on risk, not hard standards. She warned in London that a one-size-fits-all system “erodes the FSB’s effectiveness.” The FSB, which handles coordination of financial regulation for big economies, plans to put out draft modernization principles for consultation this fall before sending a report to the Group of 20.
US Stock Market Week Ahead: CPI, Bank Earnings and the Fed Converge in a 90-Minute Tuesday Test
Wall Street heads into Monday with the VIX, an options-based gauge of expected S&P 500 swings, at 15.03 — only about 12% above its 52-week low — even though Tuesday will pack five major-bank reports, June inflation and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s testimony into one morning. From the consumer price index at 8:30 a.m. ET to Warsh’s appearance at 10, investors get 90 minutes to reprice rates and earnings after the bank results land before the opening bell. U.S. cash equity markets were closed Sunday.
Bitcoin Price Today: The Fed Signal Traders Can’t Ignore as BTC Tests $63,000
Bitcoin rose on Thursday, clawing back part of this week’s slide as traders weighed a tentative return of buyers against a more awkward U.S. rates backdrop.
Silver up as traders buy on Fed risk worries
Spot silver climbed Thursday, getting closer to $59 an ounce as a weaker dollar lifted precious metals after Wednesday’s drop. Kitco’s live quote showed spot silver at $58.82 a troy ounce, up $0.68. The session traded between $57.47 and $59.60.
Gold Jumps Past $4,100 Again as Fed, Iran Fears Hit Market
Gold bounced above $4,100 an ounce on Thursday, lifted by a weaker dollar after the metal hit its lowest point since July 1. Ongoing U.S.-Iran clashes kept traders focused on inflation and rate risks. Spot gold was up 0.8% at $4,106.82 an ounce as of 0901 GMT. U.S. August futures were also up 0.8% at $4,116.40. “Gold is trying to form a bottom today as dollar strength eases,” said Nikos Tzabouras, senior market analyst at Jefferies-owned Tradu.com.
Nasdaq futures weaker vs. Dow as chip shares slip ahead of Fed minutes
U.S. stock futures were mixed early Tuesday, with Nasdaq contracts falling and the Dow and Russell futures higher. Around 5:50 a.m. EDT, Dow Jones E-minis gained 122 points, or 0.23%. S&P 500 E-minis slipped 10.75 points, or 0.14%, while Nasdaq 100 E-minis lost 311.25 points, or 1.04%. Russell 2000 futures added 4.6 points, or 0.15%.
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