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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.
Fintech broker Clear Street offers investors pre-IPO access to $188 billion AI giant Databricks
Clear Street is launching a platform letting accredited investors buy pre-IPO stakes in private tech companies starting with Databricks — but the AI startup says it has no relationship with the broker
Wise: Short-Term Treasurys Top Pick as Fed Holds Rates
Allspring's Noah Wise is steering investors toward short-term Treasurys over long-duration bonds, citing yields above 4% as markets price in further Fed hikes even after this week's decision to hold r
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
Apple stock slides 10% after guidance miss
Apple stock plunged nearly 10% after a guidance miss, with CEO Tim Cook warning of a "100-year flood" in memory chip pricing on what was his final earnings call.
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
Palantir Q2 Earnings Loom Amid Valuation Skepticism
Palantir's Q2 earnings report is imminent, and coverage ahead of the print is split — some outlets predict a post-earnings stock plunge while others model the expected price move.
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
Tesla weighs China carve-out for SpaceX merger
Tesla is reportedly weighing a spinoff, sale, or closure of its China operations to clear the regulatory path for a merger with SpaceX, a defense contractor bound by strict national security rules.
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
OCC, FDIC Bar CRA Credit for Bank Donations to Activists
The OCC and FDIC proposed a joint rewrite of Community Reinvestment Act rules that would stop banks from earning regulatory credit through donations to progressive activist nonprofits, requiring direc
Palantir Aims For 12th Straight Revenue Acceleration, But U.S. Growth Is Key - Investor's Business Daily
Palantir heads into its Aug. 4 earnings report targeting a 12th straight quarter of revenue acceleration, with U.S. commercial growth flagged as the critical metric. Other outlets frame the setup far
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.
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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