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Fed holds the funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4% on a 9–3 vote; July minutes published 08-19-2026.
The 07-29-2026 decision left the target range unchanged. The 08-19-2026 minutes are the record of that meeting, not a new vote.
Published 08-21-2026
CoStar completed the acquisition of Bora (Zonda) for $800 million in cash
CoStar Group furnished an 8-K on August 21, 2026 under Item 7.01. The accompanying press release is furnished, not filed.
Published 08-21-2026CSGP
Walmart raised its outlook as ecommerce and advertising grew, but tariff refunds lifted the quarter.
Digital businesses expanded faster than company sales; the reported margin and guidance still carry a temporary refund benefit.
Published 08-20-2026WMT
Deere’s quarterly net income rose 7% as management called 2026 the bottom of the equipment cycle.
Reported sales and earnings improved, while the cycle claim remains a management outlook to test against orders and inventories.
Published 08-20-2026DE
Treasury 10-year yield stood at 4.69% on 08-20-2026
The 2-year was 4.19% on the same official par-curve row. The 0.50-point gap is subtraction, not a traded note.
Published 08-20-2026
Treasury raises the long-end liquidity-support buyback maximum to at least $4 billion per operation
The current maximum is $2 billion. The larger operations apply to 10-year to 20-year and 20-year to 30-year nominal coupons, effective September 9 through November 4, 2026.
Published 08-19-2026
Target’s $4.11 quarterly EPS included a $1.65 tariff-refund benefit.
Sales and comparable sales improved, but more than two-fifths of reported EPS came from a refund the company does not include beyond the quarter.
Published 08-19-2026TGT
Home Depot’s total sales rose 5.7%, while comparable sales increased 1.7%.
Acquisition and store growth helped the top line; the same-store measure shows a more restrained demand picture.
Published 08-18-2026HD
Cisco’s quarterly product revenue rose 24% as AI infrastructure orders reached $4 billion.
Networking led reported growth while services revenue was flat; management expects a larger AI revenue contribution in fiscal 2027.
Published 08-12-2026CSCO
AMD’s data-center business became the majority of revenue as quarterly sales rose 50%.
Data Center supplied 58% of company revenue, but an unusually weak prior-year profit comparison requires care.
Published 08-04-2026AMD
Apple’s fiscal third-quarter sales rose 16%; tariff refunds lifted the margin comparison.
The filed quarter shows broad growth led by iPhone and Mac, while a roughly two-point tariff-refund benefit means the 50.1% gross margin needs context.
Published 07-31-2026AAPL
Amazon’s second-quarter sales reached $200.6 billion; AWS supplied most segment operating income.
The operating business expanded, while a $53.4 billion non-operating gain—primarily tied to Anthropic investments—drove the much larger net-income jump.
Published 07-30-2026AMZN
First look: U.S. economy grew 1.5% in Q2 2026
BEA’s advance estimate is the first reading of the quarter. Later vintages can revise it.
Published 07-30-2026
June PCE prices fell 0.1% from May; they were 3.7% above a year earlier
This is a monthly accounts release, not the quarterly GDP price line.
Published 07-30-2026
Microsoft closed fiscal 2026 with $90.0 billion in quarterly revenue as Azure growth reached 43%.
Cloud and AI demand drove the quarter, but investment gains and restructuring items complicate a simple EPS comparison.
Published 07-29-2026MSFT
Tesla’s second-quarter revenue rose 26%, while operating margin narrowed to 1.4%.
Vehicle deliveries and services lifted sales, but higher AI and research spending left operating income below the year-earlier quarter.
Published 07-22-2026TSLA
Alphabet’s Cloud revenue rose 82% as the company lifted its 2026 capital-spending range.
Cloud operating income more than tripled, but the capacity build pushed quarterly free cash flow below zero.
Published 07-22-2026GOOGL