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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed up +0.42%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.33%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.43%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +0.35%. Stock indexes settled higher on Friday, with the S&P 500 posting a 5-week high.  Stocks turned higher on Friday after crude prices whipsawed lower when President Trump said US officials told Iran that the ceasefire is “over,” but the US would continue peace talks with Iran.  Easing geopolitical tensions also boosted stocks, following an American official who said talks…

Bridget McGregor has been appointed as CFO of Boston Financial. McGregor will be responsible for leading financial strategy, accounting, and reporting operations. McGregor has served as Deputy CFO at the firm since 2023. Prior to joining Boston Financial, she served as chief accounting officer at GID Investment Advisers.  Kevin Shields, chairman and co-chief executive of Griffin Capital Company, has been named the 2026 Spirit of Life Honoree by City of Hope’s Los Angeles Real Estate and Construction Industries group. The honor recognizes leaders who have made significant contributions to City of Hope’s cancer research and patient care mission. The Los Angeles real estate and construction industries have partnered with City of…

The Schwab Trading Activity Index rose to a multi-year high of 59.12 in June, up 7.33% from 55.08 in May, as retail investors on the Schwab platform used mid-month market pullbacks as buying opportunities. Net buys outpaced net sells by more than two to one, with the heaviest buying concentrated during the market retreats in the weeks ended June 12 and June 19. Information Technology led net buying at the sector level, followed by Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary. The top five purchased names were all components of those three sectors. All other eight sectors were net sold, with Financials,…

Live cattle futures resumed some selling into the Friday close, with contracts $2 to $2.30 in the red and October down $6 this week. Cash activity narrowed in at $240 across the country down $2 from last week. Feeder cattle futures closed out Friday falling $4.82 to $7.25 lower in the front months, as September was down $9.42 this week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down 40 cents at $363.08 on September 11. Managed money was busy adding a slight 561 contracts to their large net long position in live cattle futures and options of 131,003 contracts as of Tuesday. Feeder…

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, today announced a landmark operational milestone: surpassing $1.1 billion in cumulative trading volume during its initial period of operation. This rapid ascent is supported by over 8.6 million total trades, positioning AFX as one of the fastest-growing decentralized derivatives platforms in the 2026 Web3 landscape. The most distinctive feature of AFX’s growth is its superior capital efficiency. While many decentralized protocols rely on massive Total Value Locked (TVL) to attract volume, AFX has achieved its $1.1 billion milestone with a lean TVL…

New York, USA, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire TrueDAO announced today the completion of a $10 million strategic funding round. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from Zee Prime Capital and Jump Capital. The proceeds will primarily fund core AI protocol development, AI-driven risk control, security audits, global compliance efforts, and the expansion of ecosystem partnerships. The journey to this milestone began a year ago when the TrueDAO team set out to build a decentralized financial infrastructure driven by smart contracts, on-chain reserves, dynamic adjustment mechanisms, and community governance. The initiative aimed to address challenges in the…

Victoria, Seychelles, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of its VVIP Futures Loss Coverage Program 2.0 from July 10 to July 30, 2026 (UTC), an upgraded initiative offering enhanced trading protection and a 1,000,000 USDT prize pool for futures users to share. The Loss Coverage Program 2.0 introduces three key enhancements. Losses Covered Instantly gives eligible VVIP users same-day compensation on qualifying losing trades, with coverage chances and limits tiered according to VVIP level. Elite VVIP users with a credit score of 800 or above enjoy real-time compensation upon triggering loss…

The Federal Reserve has unveiled the leadership and objectives of five newly formed task forces designed to sharpen how it conducts monetary policy at a time of heightened economic and technological change. The groups will focus on communications, balance sheet policy, data, productivity and jobs, and inflation frameworks, and are co-led by a mix of academic economists, business leaders and former central bankers. Supported by Fed staff but operating independently, each task force has been asked to follow the evidence, provide candid feedback and deliver rigorous findings to the Federal Open Market Committee. The aim is to test whether the…

In trading on Thursday, shares of Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Inc. (Symbol: MLP) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $16.55, changing hands as low as $16.27 per share. Maui Land & Pineapple Co., Inc. shares are currently trading down about 4.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of MLP shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Looking at the chart above, MLP’s low point in its 52 week range is $13.8393 per share, with $20.34 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $16.27. Click here…

New York, USA, July 9th, 2026, Chainwire New VIP Trading Badges give high-volume traders access to CEX-style fee discounts, card rewards and expanded spending power—without surrendering custody of their assets Tria, the leading self-custodial neofinance platform, today became the first platform to bring VIP trading to self-custody, giving high-volume traders access to institutional-style trading rewards without giving up ownership of their digital assets. For years, active traders have faced a tradeoff. The deepest fee discounts and richest rewards were available only on centralized exchanges, where users had to relinquish custody of their assets. Self-custody offered control, but not comparable VIP…