Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Evening
- Stock futures are flat after the S&P 500 posts another record; traders eye developments in Iran: Live updates
- Iran reviewing US proposal to end war, though key demands remain unaddressed
- Trump optimistic as U.S. awaits Iran's response to peace framework
- Global debt hits record of near $353 trillion, with signs of move away from US
- AI creates a mess for private equity
- Trump Tariff Refunds Start Hitting Importers’ Bank Accounts
- Blue Owl BDCs Buy Back $85 Million of Shares as Loan Values Sink
- Apollo Private Credit Fund Reports Loss on Portfolio Weakness
- Pentagon’s Botched Blacklist Highlights Frail Trump-Xi Truce
- Attack on French Cargo Ship Highlights Continued Risks in Strait of Hormuz
- America’s Army of Supercommuters Is Reeling Over High Gas Prices
- The Iran War Is Crushing Whirlpool’s Profit—and Higher Prices Are Coming
- The leverage layer cake behind HSBC’s private credit losses
- US fuel exports hit record in boon for oil companies and threat to Trump
Afternoon
- Dow surges 600 points, S&P 500 posts first close above 7,300 as traders hope for Iran deal: Live updates
- Oil prices sink and stocks leap worldwide on hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
- US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war
- Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz
- Iran war threatens jet fuel shortage that could disrupt summer travel in Asia and Europe
- Apollo CEO Rowan warns of market correction, slams ‘egregious’ practices at rival insurers
- Fed’s Goolsbee Sounds Warning on Inflation, Consumer Behavior
- Gundlach Warns Investors Will Lose Money on Private Credit
- Foreign Demand for Treasury Debt Is Stalling, Trade Group Says
- Tariff Refunds Have Started Being Paid by Trump Administration
- Biggest US Grid Needs Redesign to Cope With AI Boom, CEO Says
- Higher Gas Prices Are Hitting Lower-Income Americans the Hardest
- Blinder: A Tricky Handoff at the Federal Reserve
General
- Dow surges 400 points as oil dives on Iran deal progress, AMD jumps: Live updates
- Oil and Gas Plunge on Report US and Iran Nearing Deal to End War
- Gold and Silver Surge on Iran War Optimism, Weaker Dollar
- Global stocks surge and oil slides on Iran peace deal report
- Exclusive: U.S. and Iran closing in on one-page memo to end war, officials say
- Trump threatens Iran with bombing if it doesn’t reopen Strait of Hormuz
- Trump suspends Hormuz operation, claims progress on Iran deal
- Private payrolls rose by 109,000 in April, topping expectations, ADP says
- China hosts Iran’s top diplomat just days ahead of Trump’s high-stakes visit
- The war with Iran is ‘over’ but the jet fuel crisis is about to begin
- Andrew Bailey raises alarm over ‘shadow bank’ risk
- US to Adopt 25% Car Levy ‘Soon’ Unless EU Clears Trade Deal
- Apollo Sees Assets Top $1 Trillion for the First Time Ever
- Companies Rush to Sell Bonds in Europe’s Market at Record Pace
- US Punts on Debt Auctions, Signaling No Changes Into 2027
- Powell Is Right to Demand Clarity on Fed Independence
- The AI Boom’s Chipmaker Moment Ignores History
- Gulf States Fear an Emboldened Iran Is Taking Advantage of a Hesitant U.S.
- China Is Still Supplying Drone Factories in Iran, Russia Despite U.S. Sanctions
- South Korea Inflation Hits 21-Month High in April
- On Eve of Proposed Cease-Fire, Russia Launches Huge Attack on Ukraine
- FSB raises alarm over private credit vulnerabilities
- Global oil reserves plunge at record pace as Middle East war strains supplies