Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) — the world’s largest contract chipmaker — reports Q2 2026 earnings on Thursday, July 16, 2026. For most companies, an earnings report is a quarterly check-in. For TSMC, it’s closer to a check-up on the entire artificial intelligence boom. That’s because nearly every advanced AI chip on the market … Read more
Short Answer: Probably Not — But the Market Has Entered a New Phase In early July 2026, semiconductor stocks suffered one of the sharpest selloffs of the year. Micron fell as much as 13% in a single session, wiping out roughly $138 billion in market value. Intel and Applied Materials each dropped about 10%. AMD … Read more
On July 30, 2026, Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE: RR.) will report its first-half 2026 results, and expectations could hardly be higher. Under CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç, the once-struggling engine maker has turned into one of the FTSE 100’s biggest turnaround stories, with profit, cash flow, and the share price all climbing sharply over the past three years. … Read more
For most of the last decade, asking “who leads the electric vehicle market” had one obvious answer: Tesla. That is no longer true. In 2026, the title of world’s biggest EV maker has changed hands more than once — and the Tesla vs. BYD race has become the single most important story in the auto … Read more
If you checked your crypto portfolio in late June, you probably didn’t like what you saw. Bitcoin just finished its worst month since June 2022, tumbling more than 20% and dragging the rest of the market down with it. But something changed in the first few days of July: Bitcoin bounced hard, climbing from a … Read more
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in June, but it also nudged its year-end forecast toward one more rate hike — right before a much weaker-than-expected jobs report landed on July 2. That contradiction is unresolved, and it makes Wednesday’s release of the Fed’s June meeting notes (the “FOMC minutes”) the single most important … Read more
If you glanced at Asian markets on Thursday, July 2, 2026, you would have seen one of the sharpest single-day selloffs of the year: South Korea’s KOSPI fell nearly 8%, Samsung Electronics dropped 9.1%, and SK Hynix tumbled almost 15%, wiping out roughly $290 billion in combined market value in a matter of hours. Japan’s … Read more
If you check the FTSE 100 this week and see it sitting near an all-time high, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a quiet week for UK stocks. It isn’t. On Thursday, July 9, 2026, nominations formally open for a new leader of the Labour Party — and, by extension, a new Prime Minister — … Read more
The U.S. stock market just closed out its best quarter since 2020. Then, in the final two trading days before the July 4th holiday, semiconductor stocks took their sharpest tumble in over a year. Now, right in the middle of that turbulence, SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker, is pressing ahead with a Nasdaq … Read more
Asian Markets Are at a Turning Point — and These 10 Stocks Are Right in the Middle of It If you have been watching Asian markets lately, you already know the tension. AI chip demand is surging. Central bank decisions are shifting. China’s manufacturing data is about to land. And a handful of stocks across … Read more