Silver's Worst Month Since 2011: Why Wall Street's Favorite Trade Unraveled June is on track to be silver’s worst month in nearly 15 years. Benzinga · Jul 1
Caterpillar Is Trading Richer Than Nvidia—And It's Selling Bulldozers Wall Street’s AI boom has produced some eye-popping winners over the past two years, but one of its most surprising may not be a chipmaker at all. It is Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). Known for its bulldozers, excavators and heavy construction equipment, Caterpillar now trades at a richer earnings valuation than… Benzinga · Jul 1
Germany Seeks US Collaboration to Build Tomahawk, Patriot Missiles at Home in Major Defense Push: Report Germany has reportedly requested that the U.S. allow an increase in the production of American weapons on German soil. Benzinga · Jul 1
Mortgage Demand Barely Budges As Homebuyers Turn Away From Riskier Adjustable-Rate Loans Amid Affordability Crunch U.S. mortgage demand was largely unchanged last week as borrowers pulled back from adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, while elevated housing costs continued to weigh on buying activity, according to weekly data released Wednesday by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Benzinga · Jul 1
Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq, S&P 500 Futures Fall As Iran Rules Out Direct Talks With US— Nike, Constellation Brands, Bloom Energy In Focus (UPDATED) (Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the headline were updated in the story.) Benzinga · Jul 1
Paramount Skydance Scrambles to Clear EU Hurdle in $110 Billion Warner Bros Discovery Mega-Deal As Review Deadline Gets Extended Paramount Skydance Corp (NASDAQ:PSKY) has reportedly put forth solutions to address the European Union’s competition concerns over its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD). Benzinga · Jul 1
JD Vance's Financial Disclosure Just Dropped— And He's Holding Up to $500K in Bitcoin Vice President J.D. Vance’s newly released 2026 annual financial disclosure report reveals a significant stake in the cryptocurrency market, officially detailing a “Coinbase Account” holding Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) valued between “$250,001-$500,000.” Benzinga · Jul 1
Apollo's Top Economist Issues Grim Warning As AI Boom Risks a 'Painful Repricing' If Returns Don't Arrive Fast Enough Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) chief economist Torsten Sløk warned Tuesday that the stock market could face a painful repricing if returns from massive artificial intelligence investment fail to materialize as quickly as investors expect. Benzinga · Jul 1
Why Is Palantir Stock Surging On Wednesday? Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock is trading at slightly elevated levels on Wednesday. Benzinga · Jul 1
Trump Declares Power Emergency Over Heat Wave—Robert Reich Says OSHA Rollbacks Leave Workers in Delivery Trucks Without AC at Risk The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday declared a power emergency as a heat wave that could affect millions of people looms over the U.S., but Economist Robert Reich points to blue-collar workers bearing the worst of the effects. Benzinga · Jul 1
Energy Secretary Chris Wright Says Data Center Fears Are 'Overblown' U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright pushed back against growing criticism of data center expansion, calling environmental and job-loss concerns “overblown.” Benzinga · Jul 1
Jim Cramer Says Wall Street Is Rewarding AI Makers While 'Punishing' Their Biggest Customers Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Wall Street is increasingly rewarding companies supplying artificial intelligence infrastructure while punishing the technology giants spending heavily to build it. Benzinga · Jul 1
EU Drops Tariffs on US Industrial Imports, Ursula von der Leyen Hails Transatlantic Ties as 'Most Valuable' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union’s decision to eliminate tariffs on U.S. industrial imports will strengthen trade ties and improve conditions for businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic. Benzinga · Jul 1
JD Vance Reveals the 'Persian Negotiating Tactic' He Says Makes US-Iran Talks Both 'Fascinating And Frustrating'— 'That Is The Way...' Vice President JD Vance offered his perspective on the unique negotiation tactics employed by Iran and their approach towards the peace talks with the U.S. Benzinga · Jul 1
Benzinga · Jul 1 Stock Market: Will S&P 500 Open Up Or Down Today? The S&P 500 ended June on a strong note, capping off its best quarter since 2020, but Polymarket traders are betting the benchmark index could start the second half of the year on a weaker footing.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Trump Wants Lower Gas Prices, but Refineries Face Heat Waves, Iran War and a Russia-Ukraine 'Wild Card,' Analyst Says While President Donald Trump has warned the oil companies to reduce gas prices at the pump to reflect the drop in crude oil costs, GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan says reducing fuel costs might be more complicated than it seems.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Kennedy Center Warns Court-Ordered Removal of Trump's Name Could Cost 'Hundreds Of Millions' That 'Will Never Be Recovered' The Kennedy Center has warned of a possible massive financial setback, potentially in the “hundreds of millions,” following a court order to erase President Donald Trump‘s name from its foundation.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Wall Street’s Biggest Fear Is Back: Treasury Yields Surge, Gold Signals Fed Fight Is Far From Over Ahead of Key Jobs Report Treasury yields are jumpy heading into the second half of 2026, and Wall Street has good reason to be nervous.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Elizabeth Warren Demands Tougher Laws to Block Trump's Crypto Profiteering After Billion-Dollar Disclosure (UPDATED) Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a comment from a White House spokesperson.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Chuck Schumer Says Supreme Court Reaffirmed Birthright Citizenship: 'If You Are Born in America, You Belong in America' Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Supreme Court has reinforced the constitutional principle of birthright citizenship, arguing that anyone born on U.S. soil is an American citizen despite renewed political debate over immigration policy.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Trump Suffers Fresh Court Setback As Federal Judges Block Student Loan Forgiveness Overhaul Ahead of Rollout Federal judges in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness, or PSLF, program, ruling in favor of nonprofit groups and state attorneys general just one day before the new rules were set to take effect.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Trump Rolls Out $500 Million Lifeline for Smaller Meatpackers as Beeflation Spirals Out of Control — But Tyson Foods and Other Industry Giants Are Left Out The Trump administration is offering financial support to smaller meatpackers struggling with escalating beef prices due to a shortage of cattle supplies and the reemergence of New World Screwworm.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Nike CEO Elliott Hill Delivers Q4 Reality Check: 'Nothing Normal' as Turnaround Drags On Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) faced a stark financial reality check during its fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call, as flat revenue and an embattled lifestyle division prompted CEO Elliott Hill to declare that there has been “nothing normal” about the retail landscape while the brand’s multi-year corporate turnaround drags on.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Hillary Clinton Escalates Trump Criticism, Cites Reports Linking Stock Purchases to Federal ICE Contract Decisions: 'Unprecedented Corruption' Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton escalated her criticism of President Donald Trump on social media, citing news reports that raise questions about potential conflicts of interest tied to stock trades and government contracts.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Thomas Massie, Bernie Sanders and Others Slams Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling, Warning 'Billionaires Buying Elections is Not Democracy' A new Supreme Court campaign finance ruling has sparked criticism from lawmakers across the political spectrum, with opponents warning it could increase party control, expand billionaire influence and weaken voter representation in U.S. elections.