Wednesday, August 5, 2026
General
- S&P 500 and Dow tick higher after record day on Wall Street: Live updates
- Gold scales one-month peak as US-Iran peace hopes ease inflation worries
- Oil prices rebound after Houthis say they attacked Saudi tanker
- Tech Melt-Up Drives $3.5 Trillion Nasdaq 100 Gain in Four Days
- Carry Trade Is Powering On as Investors Sidestep Yen’s Gains
- Trump Fuels Hopes of Hormuz Reopening With Hints a Deal is Near
- Trump says deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as Wednesday
- Gulf shipping traffic steady amid uncertainty of peace talks
- Fed’s Kashkari says ‘now is the time to start slowly moving’ rates up
- Fed's Kashkari: Communicating Fed's reaction function is helpful
- Kansas City Fed's Schmid favors higher rates to bring down inflatio
- Manufacturing survey shows inflation worries ‘worse than pandemic era,’ adding to Fed pressure
- Private companies added just 44,000 workers in July, below expectations, ADP reports
- US Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.81%, Highest Level in a Year
- Defense startups raid auto and fracking sectors for parts to speed weapons output
- Hedge fund Millennium looks to raise record $20 billion in new capital, source says
- Pentagon War Game Exposed a Critical US Aluminum Risk Months Before Iran Attacks
- North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says
- Yemen’s Houthis Say They’ll Target Tankers in Northern Red Sea
- Kevin Warsh Has Some Explaining to Do
- US Signals Steady Debt Sales to 2027, Offers ‘Subtle Change’
- Why Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?
- Some 64% of Young Men Day Trading Stocks Feel Like Failures
- Private Capital Rushes to Fund AI Buildout in Emerging Markets
- China’s Services Gauge Hits Two-Year Low as Firms Turn Cautious
- Record El Niño Threatens Fragile Economies Squeezed by War
- As the Danube Hits Record Lows, Every Centimeter of River Counts
- An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders
- Iran Is Staking Everything on Controlling the Strait of Hormuz
- AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
- The Investing Heavyweights That Backed Situational Awareness Before It Blew Up
- Bankers Are Betting on Supersize Bonuses This Year With Profits Surging
- Donald Trump trapped between escalation and an Iran deal on Tehran’s terms
- China hits back at US with sanctions and tighter drone export rules
- Remember when the US Treasury caused that major yen rally in ‘98?
