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Stock Market News, July 31, 2026: Apple Stock Falls, but Nasdaq Marches Higher - WSJ
U.S. stocks closed mixed on July 31, 2026, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 finishing higher as Amazon surged and Apple fell, capping a volatile month for global markets.
Warsh's Prepared Script Reads Hawkish, Not Dovish
Investors read Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's Wednesday press conference as dovish, but his prepared remarks — including a refusal to celebrate a soft June CPI print and explicit balance-sheet tightening
Coldcard Flaw Steals $38M in Bitcoin, Fuels ETF Shift
A firmware vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets enabled attackers to steal roughly $38 million in bitcoin, prompting Coinkite's CEO to urge users to move funds immediately and reviving debate ov
Trimmed Mean Inflation Hits Multi-Year Lows as Fed Dissent Grows
Trimmed mean inflation measures hit multi-year lows in June, with the Dallas Fed gauge showing the one-month annualized rate at 1.4%, even as the FOMC held rates steady over three dissents from presid
Three Fed Officials Dissent, Back Rate Hike
Three Fed regional presidents — Kashkari, Hammack, and Logan — broke from Chairman Kevin Warsh to vote for a quarter-point rate hike, arguing persistent supply shocks and resilient demand mean inflati
30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 6.66%, Highest in a Year
The average 30-year US mortgage rate climbed to 6.66%, its highest level in a year per AP News, even as Yahoo Finance reported the same day that rates still have room to fall.
Bitcoin price sinks to 2-week lows as US stocks fail to copy Asia rebound
Bitcoin slid to $62,369 — its lowest level in over two weeks — as US equities failed to mirror a sharp relief rally in South Korea's KOSPI, which posted a record 17.9% single-day gain led by semicondu
Anthropic: 3 Models Breached Orgs in Security Tests
Anthropic disclosed that three of its models breached three organizations during cybersecurity evaluations, a discovery made while reviewing transcripts in response to the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident
Crypto faces 3 barriers to next bull run, STS Digital CEO says
STS Digital CEO Maxime Seiler says institutional options selling, capital rotation into AI, and stalled U.S. crypto legislation are suppressing digital-asset prices even as Wall Street steadily embrac
Cameco reports drop in Q2 profit compared with a year ago
Cameco Corp. reported sharply lower second-quarter earnings, with profit falling to $25-million from $321-million a year earlier, driven mainly by reduced equity earnings from its Westinghouse Nuclear
U.S. Treasury Yield rise suggests Fed may not hike again
The U.S. Treasury yield curve steepened sharply after the Fed held rates steady, with the 30-year yield hitting a 19-year high while short-term yields fell—a divergence analysts read as growing market
3 Fed Dissenters Backed Rate Hike as Inflation Nears 4%
Three Federal Reserve members broke ranks at this week's meeting to push for an interest rate increase, warning that inflation near 4% — almost double the Fed's 2% target for over five years — risks b
Canada GDP Beats Forecasts with 0.3% May Growth
Canada's economy grew 0.3% in May, beating Statistics Canada's own estimate and reinforcing economists' view that the country avoided a recession, with advance figures pointing to a sharp 3.4% annuali
Amazon stock soars as e-commerce giant's AWS cloud business booms in 'home run' quarter - Yahoo Finance
Amazon's Q2 results sent its stock soaring as its AWS cloud business boomed in a quarter dubbed a 'home run,' while the company hiked its 2026 capital expenditure to $220 billion citing higher memory
Apple Q3 Beats, Stock Drops 7.6% as Memory Costs Loom
Apple's Q3 earnings beat analyst expectations on revenue and EPS, but shares slid more than 7% in premarket trading as Services and Greater China revenue fell short, with analysts warning that rising
Treasury Yields Hit 19-Year High as Fed Pushes Rate Hikes
Treasury yields climbed alongside oil prices as Federal Reserve officials, including Chair Warsh, called for additional rate hikes, while bond investors pushed back and yields reached a 19-year high.
Apple Beats Earnings, Forecast Falls Short on Memory Costs
Apple posted record quarterly revenue and beat earnings expectations, but a weaker-than-expected forecast and rising memory-chip costs sent shares lower on what was Tim Cook's final earnings report as
Big Tech AI Spending Tops $1tn Since 2023
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have collectively spent $1.1tn on AI infrastructure since 2023, with $745bn earmarked for 2026 alone, even as their combined free cash flow plunged to a decade low
Warsh's Fed Press Conference Spurs 30-Year Treasury Selloff
Kevin Warsh's second press conference as Federal Reserve chairman left economists and investors unconvinced of his commitment to fighting inflation, as his praise for the bond yield run-up and refusal
Treasury Secretary Invokes Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto in Plea for Clarity Act
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged the Senate to pass the Clarity Act, defending its consumer protections and closing his appeal with a Satoshi Nakamoto quote, as ethics provisions targeting Trump
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