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Micron Reports After the Bell: Can the AI Memory Boom Keep Beating a Very High Bar?

Wall Street is heading into the close on Wednesday with two things on its mind: the Fed's favorite inflation gauge and Micron Technology. According to Bloomberg, US stocks paused ahead of both, with the inflation data key for interest rates and Micron's report key for the AI trade. Micron reports fiscal fourth-quarter results after the closing bell, and a big move in either direction could ripple into Asian chip stocks when markets open in the morning. The Numbers, Verified Across Sources What Micron guided (SEC filing): For the quarter ending in August, Micron told investors to expect revenue of $50 billion, give or take $1 billion, non-GAAP earnings of $31 per share, give or take $1, and a gross margin of about 86%. What analysts expect (Alphastreet, 33 analysts): Consensus sits at $31.56 per share on $51.20 billion in revenue, slightly above the top half of Micron's own guidance range. Estimates are wide, running from $28.04 to $37.44 per share for earnings and from...
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Global Markets Are Falling for a Second Straight Day — Here's Why

Wall Street closed lower on Monday, and futures pointed to more losses on Tuesday. This time, it isn't just a U.S. story. Markets across Asia fell right alongside it, tied together by the same culprit that's driven most of this month's volatility: Treasury yields. The Numbers, Verified Across Sources   Monday's close (confirmed by CNBC and Yahoo Finance): The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 0.7% to 51,481.51. The S&P 500 dropped roughly 0.8% to 7,683.69. The Nasdaq Composite lost about 0.9%, closing at 26,820.38. Tuesday's early picture (CNBC): Dow futures were down 0.23%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.2%, and Nasdaq-100 futures declined 0.42% ahead of the open, as investors tried to recover from Monday's session. Treasury yields (confirmed by Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance): The 10-year yield climbed to roughly 5.26-5.27%, a fresh 19-year high. The 30-year yield pushed to around 5.55%, according to Bloomberg. Index Region Move Dow Jones U...
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30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 19-Year High: What It Means for You

While most of the financial world had its eyes on Thursday's Trump-Xi summit, a quieter but arguably bigger story was unfolding in the bond market. The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield spiked to its highest level since 2007 this week, and 10-year yields aren't far behind. If that sounds like something only Wall Street traders need to care about, it isn't this single number quietly touches mortgages, loans, FDs, and even how attractive stocks look right now, whether you're sitting in New York or Mumbai. What Actually Happened Treasury yields essentially the interest rate the U.S. government pays to borrow money have been climbing steadily for weeks, but this week's move pushed the 30-year yield past levels last seen almost two decades ago. A few forces converged at once: a weak government debt auction (meaning investors demanded higher returns to keep buying U.S. debt), rising oil prices reigniting inflation worries, and at least one Federal Reserve official openly push...
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Markets Are Holding Their Breath for the Trump-Xi Summit This Week — Here's Why It Matters

Wall Street ended last week in a strange mood cautious, a little jittery, but not panicked. The S&P 500 and Dow both closed out a losing week following the Fed's surprise rate hike, while the Nasdaq actually posted gains, propped up by resilient tech stocks. Underneath all of it sits one major event everyone's watching: a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, scheduled for this Thursday, expected to touch on trade and AI. Here's why a single meeting between two world leaders can move markets more than most quarterly earnings reports combined. Why This Summit Carries So Much Weight U.S.-China trade relations have been a recurring source of market volatility for years now tariff threats, export restrictions, tech-sector tensions. What makes this particular summit notable is the timing: it's landing right after a Fed rate hike that already has investors nervous about a "higher-for-longer" rate environment, and right as...
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