Martin Baccardax

<p><strong>Check back for updates throughout the trading day</strong></p><p>U.S. equity futures bumped higher Wednesday. putting the S&P 500 on pace for its longest winning streak of the year, as investors key on rate cut signals from the Federal Reserve and look to the start of the second quarter earnings season later in the week. </p><p>Stocks ended higher again Tuesday, with the S&P 500 notching its thirty-sixth record closing high of the year to extend its 2024 gain to just under 17%. </p><p…

With small-cap stocks on the rise and bets on a September Fed rate cut cemented, markets are ready to test a fresh set of all-time highs.

Palantir shares have added more than $27 billion in market value so far this year.

What’s next for stocks and Treasury bonds if former President Donald Trump wins the election.

<p>Palantir Technologies shares moved lower in Tuesday trading following a downgrade from a Wall Street analyst heading into the data-analytics group’s second-quarter earnings report next month. </p><p>The data-analysis software provider <span> (<strong><a href=“https://www.thestreet.com/quote/PLTR”>PLTR</a></strong>) </span>, co-founded by the billionaire investor Peter Thiel in 2003, has added more than $27 billion in market value this year as investors continue to bet that the group’s foothol…

Political risks hit markets hard Wednesday, sending chips stocks to their worst single-day decline in more than two years.

Political risks are set to hit markets hard Wednesday, following another set of fresh record highs for the three major indices.

A top Wall Street analyst says markets might have crossed a key threshold this week.

Stocks, already reeling from last week’s pullback, face a huge challenge after Biden’s departure.

<p>The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation held steady in June, data indicated Friday, but softening trends in income and spending will likely cement the case for an autumn rate cut. </p><p>The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ PCE Price Index report showed core prices rose at an annual rate of 2.6% last month, matching last month’s reading but coming in modestly higher than Wall Street’s 2.5% forecast. </p><p> Core pressures, which strip away volatile food and energy prices, were up 0.2…