More popular than tesla and spy? micro cap t3 defense (dfns) soars in interest on benzinga

Quick spark: s&p 500's best four-day rally since trump’s tariffs relief

White house plans to keep ai framework under wraps' - axios

White house set to extend jones act waiver as trump hunts for cheaper gasoline' - reuters exclusive

Major indices are trading higher as strong recent corporate earnings and further declines in oil prices lift sentiment, with optimism growing that the strait of hormuz could be reopened. palantir and caterpillar results helped drive gains, with strength in technology and industrial stocks supporting the broader market advance.

Trump administration preparing to set price floor, tariffs on imports of polysilicon and derivative products used in chips and solar panels

Iran says it weighs allowing europe to clear mines in strait of hormuz

New jersey ag files antitrust lawsuit against amazon' - reuters

USA durables excluding defense (mom) for june  0.5% vs 0.3% est

USA factory orders (mom) for june -0.3% vs 0.2% est

USA jolts job openings for june 7.359m vs 7.440m est

Trump gets the factory boom he wanted, but no thanks to tariffs

Fed's paulson says uncertainty of current environment makes it hard to provide forward guidance

Redbook retail sales index for july 2026 vs july 2025

Redbook retail sales index up 8.7% yoy for week ended 8/1/26

Fed's paulson says if progress not made on inflation, fed will need to act; it's complicated time for monetary policy; inflation is too high; we need mildly restrictive monetary policy and fed likely has that now; have an 'open mind' where rate policy is going; it was not a close call to keep rates steady; it's right to look through supply shocks

USA trade balance for june -73.30b vs -73.00b est.

Polymarket seeks more than $20 billion valuation in funding round' - bloomberg

Qatar signals progress toward short-term deal between us, iran' - bloomberg

U.S. treasury secretary, on cnbc, says core inflation away from segments affected by energy have been very quiet

U.S. treasury secretary, on cnbc, says warsh will help fed balance between growth mandate, inflation mandate; fed will balance between growth, inflation mandates; there are a lot of short-term indicators; underlying inflation numbers are very tame

U.S. treasury secretary bessent, on cnbc, says we may have iran deal tomorrow to open hormuz

U.S. treasury secretary bessent says regarding jpy intervention, we assured europeans it was just reallocation of reserves; japan government putting policies in place to change undervaluation; don't think carry trade is going to go away entirely; if jpy weakens other currencies would follow; we have seen excess volatility in korean won

U.S. treasury secretary bessent says japan moving toward a budget that will have a primary surplus; stable yen is important for U.S. and region; intervention no different than a swap line; fed should consider upsizing it; was set up for occasions just like

U.S. treasury secretary scott bessent, on yen intervention, says they are making serious efforts to stem devluation in currency

Qatar foreign ministry says efforts ongoing to seek diplomatic resolution to U.S.-iran war

Us has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during iran war, sources say' - reuters exclusive

Trump administration drafting ban on chinese data center devices, sources say' - reuters exclusive

Reuters reported outbound hormuz shipping would route between iran and oman, with oman clearing exits after notifying tehran

Reuters reported iran, oman discussed temporary hormuz plan giving tehran full control over inbound shipping and visibility over outbound traffic

Stock market today: s&p 500, dow and nasdaq futures rise after strong monday gains— mcdonald's, amd, palantir in focus

Stock market: will s&p 500 open up or down today?

25 U.S. states file lawsuit challenging trump's latest tariffs; new york attorney general says trump's new tariffs are impermissibly broad, bypass country-specific investigations required by law; trump's latest tariffs merely replace duties that were shot down by U.S. supreme court

Major indices are trading higher as energy prices and yields slide in response to president trump's social media post, raising hopes of regional de-escalation. conflict resolution may help stave off inflation and related rate hike concerns.

President trump says wants to give iran every last chance before decapitation

No new negotiations planned despite trump comments, U.S. officials tell cbs news' - cbs news

Yen intervention and falling oil help stocks, but selling in korea throws a monkey wrench

Trump expected to attend a roundtable of mining executives on friday at U.S. state department' - reuters news

Dr. copper is flashing an economic boom

Trump warns oil executives: 'get your retail prices down, now!'

S&p 500 fell in june and july — history says the worst may be yet to come

Pakistani foreign minister ishaq dar invites iranian counterpart abbas araghchi to pakistan to discuss, regional, global developments

White house to host ai companies on tuesday to review ai framework' - the information

Ism manufacturing prices for july 71.1 vs 70.0 est.

USA construction spending (mom) for june -0.1% vs 0.2% est.

Ism manufacturing pmi for july 55.6 vs 54.0 est.

Ism manufacturing employment for july 52.8 vs 49.7 prior

President trump on truth social says that goes for other oil companies as well…and get your consumer (retail!) oil prices down, now!

USA s&p global manufacturing pmi for july 53.9 vs 53.8 est

Live on cnbc, director of the national economic council of the united states kevin hassett says that recent inflation figures have been excellent