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The yen strengthened against the dollar and other currencies in early trade on the prospect that the BOJ may hike rates twice by year-end.
The ban will affect a small subset of industries but could be ruinous for those companies if the trade prohibitions go into effect in three weeks.
The S&P 500 is off to another weak start after Labor Day, down about 0.4% as we write this. Since 1945, the day after Labor Day has averaged a decline of 0.14%, with gains 49% of the time.
Japanese stocks edged higher in early trade due to bargain hunting despite uncertainty over the Middle East conflict.
Through September 8, 2026, six of the nine indexes on our watchlist remain in positive territory. Japan's Nikkei 225 leads the pack with a 30.2% year-to-date gain, followed by Canada's TSX (+13.9%) and the United States's S&P 500 (+12.1%).
Renewed strikes in the Middle East caused oil prices to spike, weighing down equities.
‘The Bottom Line' reports on U.S. Central Command saying it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers after the IRGC targeted a Navy warship with ballistic missiles. Fox News contributor Liz Peek discusses the impact of the war with Iran on energy prices.
Bloomberg Intelligence's Dushyant Shahrawat, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." A blockchain used by several cryptocurrency exchanges to move Bitcoin was hacked for $320 million, the latest in a spate of breaches to shake confidence in digital-asset security.
Plus, the Trump administration wants the Supreme Court's blessing on using a voter verification system, and Meta released a new AI agent for consumers.
Professional men's golf league LIV Golf has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US.
At the July 2026 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, three officials voted against holding interest rates steady, according to Axios. According to U.S.
The S&P 500's recent rally is underpinned by record corporate profits, but stock prices have outpaced underlying earnings growth. Much of Alphabet's and Amazon's net income surge stems from unrealized gains on equity holdings, not core operations, creating a profit-cash flow divergence.
The financial technology company is seeking to establish a federally regulated, uninsured national trust bank called Builders Bank & Trust.
Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday as renewed tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher, while investors turned their attention to inflation data that could influence the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 617 points, or 1.16%, to 52,797.10, while the S&P 500 fell 0.58% to 7,673.94.
Zeta has pivoted from a marketing technology platform to an AI infrastructure company, leveraging its proprietary Data Cloud and conversational AI layer, Athena. Q2 FY26 results showed 43.5% YoY revenue growth, 7 consecutive quarters of super-scaled customer expansion, and positive GAAP operating profitability at a 3.82% margin. Management raised full-year revenue growth guidance to 39% and projects Adjusted EBITDA margin to reach 25.9% in Q4, with free cash flow margin guidance up 400 bps to 63%.
