TODAY WAS ABSOLUTELY INSANE IN THE STOCK MARKET.
Here’s everything you need to know:
1. Stocks closed higher and snapped a three day losing streak as oil pulled back on US-Iran deal hopes.
2. Reports said Tehran floated a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks.
3. $MSFT jumped about 3.7% after rolling out a beefed up Copilot with coding tools and an AI agent that is always working.
4. $AKAM ripped after landing an $11.6 billion, seven-year cloud deal with Anthropic.
5. $QCOM gained about 4% and $DELL rose about 5% as AI hardware stayed bid.
6. The 10-year yield backed off after tagging a multi-year high, and the 30-year settled around 5.5%.
7. Trump said he discussed Iran with Xi and claimed "I think we’re going to do great," without details.
8. August new home sales hit an eight-month high as builders cut prices and piled on incentives despite 7% mortgages.
9. For the week the S&P 500 finished +1.2%, Dow +0.3%, Nasdaq +2.1%.
10. For the day the S&P 500 rose 0.5%, the Dow climbed 0.9%, and the Nasdaq gained 0.5%.
And that’s just ONE trading day.
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