Memo to the bulls: Be on the lookout for the return of inflation.
US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) hover around their flatlines — all flirting with negative territory — at the top of Wednesday's trading session. The tech sector attempts to find direction as the Department of Justice seeks to break up Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) search business while Nvidia (NVDA) re-approaches its all-time high. The Morning Brief's Brad Smith and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre focus on trends in the tech-heavy market indexes, examining movements in the ten-year Treasury yield (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) and commodities. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
The charts for nuclear power plays Vistra and Constellation Energy suffered notable setbacks this week, leading the losses on the S&P 500 on Wednesday. Vistra recently leapt past Nvidia, taking the mantle of "new king" as the S&P 500's top gaining stock this year. Vistra and CEG edged lower Thursday during premarket action.