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May 7, 2026
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Whirlpool cut its earnings guidance in half and called it recession-level.The dollar erased all its wartime gains. Iran still hasn't responded. The S&P hit a new intraday high.
Advanced Micro Devices posted a blowout quarter and the whole semiconductor sector followed it higher. Then Arm reported after the bell, beat on every line, and dropped. The difference was guidance. That split tells you everything about what this market is willing to pay for right now.
May 6, 2026
AMD raised its CPU market forecast. Disney and Uber said consumers are still spending. Nvidia invested in Corning for optical fiber. WTI fell on a deal report and recovered when Trump hedged it.
AMD's data center business just posted its biggest quarter ever and guided Q2 well above the Street. That's not a beat. That's the market learning it missed how fast the next wave of AI spending would land.
May 5, 2026
The IMF said its quick-war assumption is gone. Palantir posted record revenue. US fuel demand is down year over year. The Nasdaq hit a record.
Iran fired on the UAE for the first time since the ceasefire. The U.S. sank six Iranian boats in the Strait. Norwegian beat Q1 and slashed its full-year outlook by a third. The ceasefire is a fiction. The earnings damage is not.
