INDYNEWS
- European Stocks Stall as Traders Wait on Iran Sanctions Decision
The FTSE 100 slipped alongside a broader tech selloff, while European equities traded sideways ahead of expected sanctions news.
- Three Wall Street Firms Initiate Jersey Mike's Coverage With Bullish Ratings
RBC Capital, UBS and JPMorgan all started coverage of the sandwich chain with buy-equivalent ratings, citing its growth outlook.
- BW Offshore Stock Drops 11% After Opal Project Delay Forces Guidance Cut
The Norwegian floating oil producer trimmed its outlook even as second-quarter EBITDA rose, after its BW Opal project ran into delays.
- Bitcoin holds above $77,000 as Bessent's bond buyback fails to lower yields
Dalio says investors should own 'a bit of Bitcoin' as a hedge against U.S. debt risk, even as he still favors gold as the bigger hedge.
- Tesla joins record China EV recall over door-handle defect, shares fall
Automakers including Tesla began pulling vehicles from Chinese roads after regulators flagged a door-handle safety flaw, triggering a broad selloff in EV shares.
- NAND Price Growth Set to Cool to 10-15% This Quarter After 70% Surge
TrendForce's forecast implies the memory chip boom that lifted Sandisk is decelerating sharply, not reversing.
- Alibaba Shares Slide as Burry Exits Stake and $10.2 Billion Share Sale Lands
Michael Burry's Scion Asset Management dropped Alibaba for JD.com just as Alibaba priced a massive stock placement to fund AI spending.
- SoftBank and Alibaba together seek $16.3 billion in fresh capital to fund AI buildout
SoftBank's planned bond sale would be its largest ever; Alibaba is raising through a share placement rather than debt.
- Six ASX earnings beats, six share price falls — investors are pricing in margin pressure, not revenue
Kogan hit $1 billion in sales and still dropped 15%; Bendigo, Navigator and Aussie Broadband posted growth and fell anyway.
- Memory Chip Rally in Micron, SanDisk, SK Hynix Echoes Past Boom-Bust Cycles
Two separate analyses of the memory sector's run-up reach the same historical conclusion: these cycles have always ended, even as commentators argue this one may be different.
- Diesel Market Stays Tight Even as Oil Slips on New Iran Sanctions
Crude fell about 1% ahead of a fresh round of US sanctions on Iran, but analysts say the diesel shortage driving refiners' margins has causes that will outlast the war.
- Ampol Profit More Than Quadruples on Iran War Refining Boost
The Australian fuel refiner posted a record first-half profit as the Iran conflict widened refining margins, even as Bendigo Bank also swung to a profit in the same reporting window.
- Tilray Posts Record Revenue for Fiscal 2026, but Shares Fail to Rally
Cannabis legalization progress and a record sales year have not translated into a stock rebound for Tilray.
- SK Hynix to Cancel 3.3% of Shares in Buyback Overhaul
The memory chipmaker says shareholder returns are now a floor, not a ceiling, as it retires roughly one share in every 30.
- Vistra Emerges as a Quiet Winner of the Data Center Power Boom
Power generators tied to AI data center demand are drawing investor attention even as the broader AI trade grabs the headlines.
- Bond Market Strain Is Starting to Show Up in Mortgage Rates
JPMorgan has cast doubt on Treasury Secretary Bessent's bond strategy, and critics say a buyback push is backfiring on borrowing costs.
- Fed Holds Over Half of All Bonds Due in 10 to 15 Years, Straining Debt Backdrop
The concentration comes as U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion in August, intensifying scrutiny of Treasury market structure.
- Nvidia's Wednesday Earnings Loom As Test For The Whole AI Trade
With Nvidia due to report and Jackson Hole on the calendar, rates and mega-cap tech risk are both back in focus for a market that has ridden the chip maker's results before.
- Gulf Stocks Climb As Oil Rallies On Fresh Iran Sanctions Threat
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share gained 1.13% at the close as crude prices rose on fears of new US sanctions against Iran, which Tehran says will fail.
- Four Cardinal Health Executives Sold Stock in Quick Succession After Its 58% Run-Up
CEO, CIO, legal chief and pharma chief all filed insider sales this month, though most retained the bulk of their holdings.
- Wall Street Splits On Nvidia's Earnings Reaction Before It Even Reports
Citi says the chipmaker's stock should rise after results, while another Wall Street voice warns it could fall even on a beat.
- Alibaba Seeks Record $10.2 Billion Hong Kong Share Sale to Fund AI Buildout
The e-commerce giant is turning to equity markets for what would be one of the largest share placements in the city's history.
- Keysight Beat Estimates, Yet Its Stock Sank This Week
A strong quarterly report was not enough to stop investors from selling, the Motley Fool notes, pointing to a gap between results and expectations.
- Cardano Drops 10% in a Session Marked by Broad Crypto Selling
The decline was described as occurring in bearish trade, with no single catalyst identified in wire reporting.
- Nebius Borrowed 3.5 Times Its Revenue to Fund AI Buildout
The $5 billion convertible-note raise against a $1.4 billion revenue base lands as investors question whether AI infrastructure spending has outrun demand.
- Hyperliquid Jumps 20% in a Day as Institutions Build Positions
The decentralized crypto exchange's token rallied sharply as institutional investors reportedly moved into Hyperliquid-related strategies, not just the token itself.
- 30-Year Treasury Yield Beats Dividend Stock Payouts by Widest Gap in 19 Years
The long bond now out-yields dividend-paying equities by 2.2 percentage points, a gap not seen in nearly two decades.
- GE Vernova's Order Backlog Hits $176 Billion on Data Center Demand
The power equipment maker's unfilled orders now exceed the annual economic output of many countries, fueled by AI-driven electricity demand.
- Ross Stores Rose, TJX Fell, Despite TJX's Weaker Comp Sales Gain Looking Stronger on Paper
Ross posted 10% comparable sales growth versus TJX's 4%, but investors sent the two off-price retailers' stocks in opposite directions after earnings a day apart.
- Paramount, California Open Talks Over Warner Bros Deal
Preliminary discussions reported by the New York Times suggest California officials could play a role in shaping any Paramount-Warner Bros combination.