July 30 is Tim Cook‘s last earnings call as Apple’s CEO. He’s been running the company since 2011, and when he gets off that call, John Ternus takes over. That alone makes this quarter worth paying attention to, beyond the usual revenue-and-margins conversation. Bank of America published its preview note ahead of the July 30
The things that look permanent are usually the ones getting worked on hardest. You just don’t see the scaffolding until it comes down. Think about the objects that haven’t changed in your lifetime. The stop sign. The three-pronged plug. The red can sitting in a cooler at a gas station in a country whose language
Oracle (ORCL) has spent two years telling Wall Street it can build AI infrastructure faster than anyone else. A land commissioner in New Mexico just made that harder. On Monday, Oracle stock fell about 3.5% to a fresh 52-week low, trading near $122 after touching $120.03 earlier in the day. The trigger for the drop
Fort Knox has been a source of fascination for Americans for generations. The vault, built in 1936 adjacent to the U.S. Army post in Fort Knox, Kentucky, currently holds 147.3 million ounces of gold, about 59% of total U.S. gold reserves, according to the U.S. Mint. The rest is stored at the West Point Bullion
Most tech executives selling the AI revolution focus on what it will do for everyone. Better products, more efficiency, higher productivity, broadly shared prosperity. It’s the pitch that keeps the investment flowing and the public sentiment warm. Alex Karp isn’t making that pitch. The Palantir CEO, who is already worth around $15 billion, thanks in
Real yields on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are at their highest levels since before the Covid pandemic, according to Mark Hulbert’s July 2026 MarketWatch analysis. He argues that current levels may compress if inflation expectations fall or the Federal Reserve cuts rates, narrowing the window to lock in a generous payout. A Treasury Inflation-Protected Security, or
To most people, Jamie Dimon represents the epitome of Western capitalism. Dimon is the CEO of JPMorgan, the largest bank in the U.S. with over $4 trillion in consolidated assets, according to the Federal Reserve Board, so his decisions have helped lead the country and the world into the economic condition it now finds itself
Pentair (PNR) was one of the pandemic’s quiet winners, riding America’s backyard pool boom. However, that run ended this week. The company pre-announced weak second-quarter results on July 14, cut its full-year outlook, and revealed its CFO had left four days earlier. Shares dropped about 15% the next day and hit a fresh 52-week low.
I haven’t met many people who were actually able to afford a new car. Sure, plenty buy them, but suffocating monthly loan payments mean the “affording” part isn’t exactly met. For decades, we shrugged off the warning that a new car loses 10% of its value the second it leaves the lot. The counter-argument was
Earlier this month, Tesla investors got some much-needed good news when the electric vehicle maker reported that it delivered more than 480,000 vehicles in the second quarter. The 25% year-over-year increase marked Tesla’s best second-quarter performance, topping the 466,140 deliveries it reported in 2023. Tesla reported declining annual deliveries in 2024 and 2025, so any