Monday, August 17, 2026

Wall Street

A rising market graph glows across a Wall Street office overlooking data-center servers, an oil refinery and gathering storm clouds.
August 5, 2026

Record Highs Are Concealing a More Fragile Market

Wall Street’s resilience reflects strong earnings and artificial-intelligence optimism, but investors are underpricing the risks posed by expensive valuations, heavy capital spending and renewed energy inflation. The stock market’s latest record-setting advance