Wall Street Rallies as Fed’s Waller Hints at September Rate Hold: Stock Market Today
Stocks rallied and Treasury yields retreated from three-year highs after Fed Governor Waller signaled he could back a rate hold, sending bitcoin above $80,000.
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Meta stock edged up premarket as investors evaluated its $18B youth-safety settlement, which adds teen usage restrictions alongside strong Buy ratings from analysts.
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Stocks rallied and Treasury yields retreated from three-year highs after Fed Governor Waller signaled he could back a rate hold, sending bitcoin above $80,000.
Meta hits an $18B youth safety settlement. Discover how analysts view its AI product pipeline, cap-ex risks, and stock price targets.
Nvidia surges 4.7%, while Credo, MongoDB and Palo Alto all cratered Wednesday despite quarterly beats, as costs surged.
JPMorgan reiterates an Overweight rating on Salesforce (CRM) as AI-powered Agentforce drives consumption, upsells, and monetization.
The State Street SPDR S&P Software & Services ETF (XSW) is a smart beta ETF launched in 2011 that tracks the S&P Software & Services Select Industry Index. With $491.1 million in assets and a low expense ratio of 0.35%, it offers broad exposure to the software sector with 133 holdings. The fund has gained 7.91% year-to-date and 7% over the past year, but carries higher risk with a beta of 1.17 and standard deviation of 26.90%. Investors seeking lower-risk alternatives may consider traditional market cap-weighted ETFs.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's single use of the word 'visibility' during earnings signals the company's unprecedented insight into AI infrastructure demand across land, power, and supply chains. With top hyperscalers expected to spend $800 billion on capex in 2026 and $1.3 trillion in 2027, Nvidia's 70% revenue growth guidance and strategic equity stakes in networking and optical companies position it as the architect of AI factories rather than just a chip vendor, suggesting secular demand rather than a bubble.