Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Evening
- S&P 500 futures are little changed after massive rally lifts index to fresh record: Live updates
- Oil Holds Two-Day Drop on Signs of Progress Toward Hormuz Deal
- US stocks hit records as profits keep piling up for Palantir and others, while oil prices ease
- Iran and Oman are working on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments
- US job openings slip to 7.4 million, but labor market remains resilient in face of fighting in Iran
- OpenAI Says Models Breached Boundaries During Outside Testing
- Scott Bessent Draws on Hedge Fund Instincts to Help Rescue Yen
- Fed’s Schmid Says Tighter Policy Needed to Reduce Inflation
- Whale Rock Sank 22% as AI Selloff Crippled Hedge Fund Returns
- Warsh Wanted ‘Regime Change.’ A Reset Might Need to Come First.
- Trump administration refunds $100bn in ‘liberation day’ tariffs
General
- S&P 500 hits record, Dow surges after Bessent says Hormuz deal is near: Live updates
- Oil prices drop 4% after Qatar, Bessent raise hopes of a US-Iran deal
- Asia stocks move higher on Wall Street lead, oil steady
- Qatar Signals Progress Toward Short-Term Deal Between US, Iran
- Trump Tells Iran He Wants a Deal on Hormuz Agreed Imminently
- Iran demands inbound control of Hormuz and outbound oversight, source says
- Hormuz Traffic at a Trickle as Ship Attacks Heighten Concerns
- Status of US-Iran talks uncertain as ship struck in Hormuz
- How Iran is widening its pressure campaign to force US concessions
- Iran Sees US as Weak After Trump Backs Off Strikes, CSIS Says
- US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
- US Treasury's Bessent: Reasonable for Fed to consider upsizing FIMA
- US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Will do whatever it takes to support Japan
- Asia Hedge Funds Suffer Widespread Losses in July Market Rout
- Ray Dalio on the AI bubble nearing 1929, 2000 levels and the lesson people always forget: ‘wealth is not the same as money’
- Bessent Suggests US-Iran Hormuz Deal Possible in Coming Days
- After Historic Intervention, 155 Emerges as Yen’s Next Big Test
- China Is Getting More Anxious About Mythos Before Trump Meets Xi
- Japan Defense Report Warns On China, Russia, NK Military Links
- An Emerging Deal Could Cement Iran’s Control of Strait of Hormuz
- A Currency Trader at Heart, Bessent Bets on Japan’s Yen
- Why Bessent Is Leaning on the Fed to Help Prop Up Japan’s Currency
- Only the Bank of Japan Can Arrest the Yen’s Decline
- Five Charts That Show Why the U.S. and Japan Teamed Up to Buy Yen
- The AI Boom Is Transforming the American Economy Beyond Recognition
- The AI Economy Welcomes Its Latest $3 Trillion Club Member
- Scott Bessent’s yen intervention signals new era of US ‘currency activism’
- Trump claims Iran talks under way despite denial from Tehran
- Apollo misses out on big asset sales that have boosted rivals
