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U.S. Short-Term Debt Strategy Takes Off — Record $100 Billion 4-Week Bill Auction Just the Start
TradingKey - On Tuesday, August 5, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it will auction $100 billion in 4-week Treasury bills on Thursday — the largest single issuance ever for this maturity. The move aligns with the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” debt ceiling increase and aTradingKey
Wed, Aug 6
Super Micro's Guidance Cut Sparks 16% After-Hours Collapse: Is the AI Valuation Bubble Bursting?
TradingKey - Super Micro Computer (SMCI) reported lackluster core metrics in its fiscal Q4 earnings release on Tuesday, coupled with a significantly lowered revenue outlook for fiscal 2026, intensifying investor concerns. Shares plunged over 16% in after-hours trading.
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Wed, Aug 6
Q2 Earnings Show AMD’s Strength Beyond the Blemishes — Sales to China Could Be a Game-Changer
TradingKey - AMD, the world’s second-largest AI chipmaker after NVIDIA, delivered a record-breaking second-quarter performance on August 5, with revenue and guidance exceeding expectations. However, investors reacted negatively to uncertainty around the resumption of chip exports to China, sending
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Wed, Aug 6
OpenAI eyes $500 billion valuation in potential employee share sale, source says
$500 billion valuation would be huge jump from current $300 billionTech giants competing intensely to recruit and retain AI talentBolstered by ChatGPT, OpenAI has made big gains in revenue and usersBy Krystal Hu and Shivani Tanna Aug 5 (Reuters) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in early-stage discussion...Reuters
Wed, Aug 6
Asian shares track Wall Street lower, dollar rangebound
SYDNEY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Asian shares slipped along with Wall Street on Wednesday, after weak U.S. data highlighted the damage tariffs were having on economic activity and earnings, while the dollar struggled with the drag from lower bond yields.Reuters
Wed, Aug 6
Australian gold stocks hit 2-week high as bullion shines
Australian gold stocks .AXGD rise as much as 3.7% to hit their highest level since July 23** ASX All Ordinaries Gold Index set to log third straight day of gains, if current trend holds** Gold prices rise on the back of prospects of lower U.S. interest rates, while investors look forward to U.S. ...Reuters
Wed, Aug 6
Wall Street ends lower as investors consider tariff impact on results, economy
NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday as investors weighed the impact of tariffs after Yum Brands YUM.N and other companies cited trade duties in their results or outlooks.The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in June on a sharp drop in consumer goods imports, and the trade gap...Reuters
Wed, Aug 6
Super Micro's quarterly results underwhelm, shares tumble
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Super Micro SMCI.O missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Tuesday, as the company battles larger server makers for high-performance computers used to train artificial-intelligence models.Reuters
Wed, Aug 6
Nvidia Says Its AI Chips Don’t Have A "Kill Switch" After Chinese Accusation
Nvidia on Tuesday rejected Chinese accusations that its data center GPUs for artificial intelligence include a hardware function that could remotely deactivate the chips, which is commonly called a “kill switch.”“NVIDIA GPUs do not and should not have kill switches and backdoors,”Tiger News
Wed, Aug 6
AMD expects Q3 revenue of around $8.7 billion, beating Wall Street forecasts
Advanced Micro Devices said on Tuesday it expects third-quarter revenue to exceed Wall Street forecasts, as businesses rush to beef up their artificial intelligence chip infrastructure. In after-hours trading, shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company fell about 4%Cryptopolitan
Wed, Aug 6
Trump set to fill Fed board vacancy by week's end, has narrowed chair search to four
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors by the end of the week, and had separately narrowed the possible replacements for Fed Chair Jerome Powell to a short list of fourReuters
Wed, Aug 6
CORRECTED-Boeing expected to fly 777-9 for first time in nearly five years, Air Current editor says
Aug 4 (Reuters) - Boeing BA.N is expected to conduct the first flight of a new 777-9 jet in about five years as early as August 5, Air Current editor Jon Ostrower said on Monday in a post on X, citing two people familiar with the matter.Reuters could not independently verify the report.Reuters
Tue, Aug 5
ADM Q2 profit falls to 5-year low amid trade turmoil
Trade turmoil and biofuel policy uncertainty impact ADM profitsADM braces for impact from US tariffs and trade retaliationADM's 2025 earnings forecast lowered to $4.00 per shareADM says corn sweetener orders not impacted by sugar-based CokeBy Karl Plume and Katha Kalia Aug 5 (Reuters) - Arch...Reuters
Tue, Aug 5
Pfizer raises 2025 profit forecast as cost-cutting program gains traction
Quarterly sales, profit come in above Wall Street estimatesNew profit forecast includes one-time deal charge, some tariff costsSales of COVID products surpass analysts' expectationsBy Bhanvi Satija and Michael Erman Aug 5 (Reuters) - Pfizer PFE.N said its full-year profit should benefit from ...Reuters
Tue, Aug 5
Caterpillar warns of $1.5 billion hit as tariffs to hurt profit more in second half
Flags tariff hit of $400 million to $500 million in Q3Quarterly N.American, Asia-Pacific sales fall 2% from year agoSees FY sales, revenue slightly higher vs. prior expectations By Nathan Gomes Aug 5 (Reuters) - Caterpillar CAT.N warned on Tuesday U.S. tariffs would pose significant challenges in...Reuters
Tue, Aug 5
Taco Bell parent Yum Brands misses estimates as spending slows, costs rise
Yum Brands' global same-store sales up 2%, below 2.37% growth estimateTaco Bell's US sales growth slows to 4% from 5% a year agoShares fall 4% after second-quarter missBy Anuja Bharat Mistry Aug 5 (Reuters) - Yum Brands YUM.N missed analysts' estimates for the second quarter on Tuesda...Reuters
Tue, Aug 5
Can U.S. Stocks Keep Rising? Wall Street Voices Growing Divergence
TradingKey - After the S&P 500 Index hit a record high of 6,329, several major Wall Street banks have issued stark warnings. Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, and Evercore ISI all cautioned this week that market valuations have entered overheated territoryTradingKey
Tue, Aug 5
Trump says he will meet China's Xi if a trade deal is struck
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. was close to a trade deal with China and that he would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before the end of the year if an agreement is struck. "He asked for a meeting, and I'll end up having a meeting before ...Reuters
Tue, Aug 5
