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Large crude oil tanker sailing through a narrow Middle Eastern maritime corridor with rugged desert coastlines and distant patrol vessels. — A crude oil tanker moves through a strategic shipping corridor as geopolitical uncertainty raises concerns over energy flows, freight costs, and global oil prices.

Oil Holds Above $90 as Hormuz Risk Reshapes Commodity Markets

Crude’s geopolitical premium is lifting energy shares and inflation risks even as copper and precious metals retreat from

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Couple shopping for paint, plumbing parts, tools, and other small-project supplies inside a large home improvement store. — Shoppers focus on practical repair and maintenance purchases as higher borrowing costs continue to discourage larger home renovation projects.

Home Depot’s Sales Beat Shows Consumers Still Spending, But Cautiously

Home Depot’s stronger-than-expected quarter suggests U.S. homeowners remain willing to spend on maintenance and smaller projects even as

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Industrial port, factories and shipping cranes behind a quiet urban shopping district, illustrating China’s strong manufacturing sector and weak domestic demand. — China’s export-oriented industries remain resilient, while subdued consumer spending and falling investment continue to weigh on the broader economic recovery.

China’s Recovery Loses Momentum as Domestic Demand Weakens

July data showed softer factory output, weak consumer spending and a deepening investment contraction, increasing pressure on Beijing

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Modern AI data center with illuminated server racks, networking equipment and abstract market graphics symbolizing renewed investment in semiconductor and AI infrastructure stocks.

AI Infrastructure Trade Broadens as Chip Stocks Rebound

Investors are pushing back into semiconductors, memory and networking as

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A serious investor studies falling market charts at a desk with coins, a calculator, and trading screens, with a U.S. government building and American flag blurred in the background.

Cooling Inflation Is a Reprieve, Not a Bull-Market Blank Check

Softer U.S. price data gives the Federal Reserve room to

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A market analyst studies falling stock charts on multiple monitors as an oil pumpjack, refinery, and crude oil barrel appear in the background at sunset.

Markets Brace for CPI as Oil Keeps Inflation Risk Alive

U.S. equities are entering Wednesday’s session cautiously as investors await

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Large crude oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz at sunset amid renewed concerns over Gulf energy supplies.

Oil Surges as Hormuz Uncertainty Rebuilds the Geopolitical Premium

Crude prices climbed sharply as renewed U.S.-Iran friction clouded hopes

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Oil Surges as Hormuz Uncertainty Rebuilds the Geopolitical Premium

Crude prices climbed sharply as renewed U.S.-Iran friction clouded hopes for normalized Gulf exports, reviving inflation risks across global commodity markets. Oil markets are

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Berkshire’s Cash Pile Starts Moving Under Greg Abel

Berkshire Hathaway’s new chief is putting more of the conglomerate’s enormous financial reserves to work, offering investors an early look at how capital allocation

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U.S. Yen Intervention Tests Global Currency Coordination

Washington’s decision to sell euros while helping Japan defend the yen signals a more assertive approach to exchange rates and raises questions about cooperation

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AI Storage Stocks Sink as Strong Earnings Fail Wall Street’s New Test

Sandisk and Western Digital delivered booming results, but restrained outlooks showed how little room remains for disappointment across the AI infrastructure trade. Technology investors

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COMMODITIES

Commodities

Oil Holds Above $90 as Hormuz Risk Reshapes Commodity Markets

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Commodities

Oil Surges as Hormuz Uncertainty Rebuilds the Geopolitical Premium

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Oil tanker passing a refinery-lined shipping channel with a falling red market arrow and diplomats shaking hands in the background.

Commodities

Oil Tumbles as Iran Diplomacy Deflates Supply-Risk Premium

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TECHNOLOGY

AI Infrastructure Trade Broadens as Chip Stocks Rebound

Investors are pushing back into semiconductors, memory and networking as artificial intelligence spending accelerates, but the market is demanding clearer evidence that record infrastructure investment can generate durable returns. The artificial intelligence

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