• Escalation fears mount as US hits bridges and Iran strikes desalination plant | 2026-07-17
  DUBAI, July 17 (Reuters) - The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday, provoking Tehran to respond by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure. At sea, where the renewed conflict has again cut off energy supplies from the Gulf, U.
• Rubio to visit Southeast Asia in bid to reaffirm partnerships | 2026-07-17
  
• 10 U.S. metro areas where builders are slashing prices on new homes | 2026-07-17
  Existing-home prices just hit a new record high — but there are plenty of newly built homes selling at a discount, as desperate builders cut prices.
• US consumer sentiment improves in July; renewed Middle East conflict poses downside risk | 2026-07-17
  U.S. consumer sentiment increased to a five-month high in July, but the improvement is likely temporary ​as renewed conflict in the Middle East raises ‌gasoline prices.
• T. Rowe Price Launches Multi-Crypto ETF Including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP | 2026-07-17
  T. Rowe Price spent 89 years avoiding anything that looks like a gamble, then built a crypto fund where five managers hand-pick the coins instead of following any index. Their opening bets reveal a sharp disagreement with what the broader market currently says these assets are worth.
• Inflation Broke Lower, The AI Trade Broke with It: The Week on Wall Street | 2026-07-17
  Technology stocks fell 5.9% this week and IBM posted its worst day on record, even as June inflation cooled to 3.5%. Here is what drove the AI selloff.
• Quantum Stock Meltdown Sends These ETFs Soaring Up to 108% | 2026-07-17
  Quantum stock losses lifted inverse ETFs, with IONZ, QBTZ and RGTZ posting significant gains as IonQ, D-Wave and Rigetti extended their selloff.
• QUICK SPARK: Micron, SanDisk Now Among Cheapest Nasdaq 100 Stocks | 2026-07-17
  Micron trades at 6.2x forward earnings and SanDisk at 8.1x after brutal July selloffs. Is the memory trade cheap or pricing a peak?
• This Wall Street Firm Just Placed a $725 Price Target on AMD Stock. Here's Why It's Wrong. | 2026-07-17
  The chipmaker's stock has gotten way too overheated.
• Jim Cramer May Like Applied Digital, But Stock Still Plummets 6% on Friday | 2026-07-17
  Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) stock plummets more than 6% on Friday during a broader growth-tech cooldown, following caution from TV analysts regarding the company's net losses.
• Is Netflix Losing Its Defensive Growth Status? These ETFs Have the Most at Stake | 2026-07-17
  Netflix's post-earnings plunge is weighing on ETFs with heavy exposure to the streaming giant.
• Here are the Compelling Reasons to Own Extreme Networks (EXTR) | 2026-07-17
  Madison Small Cap Fund, managed by Madison Funds, released its Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded fhere. The small-cap market showed exceptional strength in Q2, largely due to anticipated peace in the Middle East. The Russell 2000 Index began to rally, propelled by Information Technology, Health Care, and Industrials. The […]
• Why Is Robinhood Stock Falling on Friday? | 2026-07-17
  Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock fell Friday following reports of a $400 million credit card asset-backed bond sale and broad market pressures.
• Does Acquisition Drive Value to Belden (BDC)? | 2026-07-17
  Madison Small Cap Fund, managed by Madison Funds, released its Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The small-cap market showed exceptional strength in Q2, largely due to anticipated peace in the Middle East. The Russell 2000 Index began to rally, propelled by Information Technology, Health Care, and Industrials. The […]
• What Makes Indie Semiconductor (INDI) a Compelling Bet? | 2026-07-17
  Madison Small Cap Fund, managed by Madison Funds, released its Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The small-cap market showed exceptional strength in Q2, largely due to anticipated peace in the Middle East. The Russell 2000 Index began to rally, propelled by Information Technology, Health Care, and Industrials. The […]
• The tech crown switches hands: Apple dethrones Nvidia as $4T trillion dollar king | 2026-07-17
  Apple briefly reclaimed the title of the world’s most valuable company, unseating AI darling Nvidia in a major market shakeup this Friday. As investors begin to look beyond the pure hardware plays of the artificial intelligence boom, Apple’s valuation hit a staggering $4.88 trillion.
• Did China steal 2020 US election data, as Trump claims? | 2026-07-17
  Trump revived long-debunked theories regarding the 2020 elections in a primetime speech.
• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with top Chinese official | 2026-07-17
  The meeting comes after Xi visited Kim, promising closer diplomatic, law enforcement and military cooperation.
• Commentary: Hormuz is no longer one front in US-Iran war - it is becoming a test | 2026-07-17
  The strategic waterway is becoming the clearest test of whether any state can use force to rewrite the rules governing freedom of navigation, says defence professor and navy veteran Jennifer Parker.
• Pakistan and Kuwait discuss expanded defence pact | 2026-07-17
  Pakistan has been negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according ​to five sources with knowledge of the talks.

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