U.S. stocks interrupted a series of declines this week: after the opening of main trading on Friday, the broad market index S&amp;P 500 rose 0.3%, and the index of "blue chips" - by 0.6%. Investors are waiting for Fed chief Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Forum, which could prompt further rate rhetoric from the regulator.

U.S. stocks halt losses as Fed chief's speech awaited

The main Wall Street indices opened trading on Thursday with a decline. Investors' appetite for risk is decreasing due to the approaching symposium of the Federal Reserve System in Jackson Hole - the head of the regulator Jerome Powell will speak at it on Friday. The improvement in sentiment was not helped by quarterly results of the largest retailer Walmart, whose profit was below expectations, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/snapshot-wall-st-opens-lower-investors-brace-fed-meet-walmart-slides-2025-08-21/">writes</a> Reuters.

U.S. stocks are falling for the fifth day. Investors are cautious ahead of Powell's speech

Constellation Brands, Inc.

Lennar Corporation

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

The three stocks Berkshire Hathaway bought last quarter still look attractive, Morningstar believes

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Tesla, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

In mid-August, it became known that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman intends to <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04484164-724e-4fc2-92a2-e2c13ea639bd">back</a> Merge Labs, a company that is developing a brain-computer interface - a class of technology that allows people to control computers using neural signals from the brain, i.e., actually by the power of thought. This further intensifies competition with his former partner and now rival Elon Musk, who launched a similar startup, Neuralink, in 2016. So far, the technology is being used with the noble goal of helping completely paralyzed people to communicate with the world around them again by controlling computer interfaces. However, both billionaires believe that in the long run, this technology will literally save humanity from extinction.

The great merger: why billionaires are getting in our heads

NVIDIA Corporation

Intel Corporation

"Technology" index Nasdaq Composite was down 1.8% after the opening of major U.S. trading, while the broad market index S&amp;P 500 was losing about 0.9%. The VIX index, known as the "Wall Street Fear Index," rose more than 7%. Investors sold off technology stocks for the second day in a row in anticipation of the minutes of the Fed's July meeting and because of general concern about the hype surrounding artificial intelligence.

Nasdaq down 1.8%, "fear index" rises: traders sell IT stocks for the second day

BlackRock, Inc.

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

KKR & Co. Inc.

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc.

Blackstone Inc.

The current head of the U.S. has decided that future American retirees can invest their savings in digital assets

Trump's pension reform: who will make money on cryptocurrency investments?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited


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Howard Marks, who predicted the collapse of the dot-com bubble in 2000, believes: due to inflated valuations and investor optimism, the market situation is becoming alarming

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Events around the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been developing at a rapid pace over the past few days, and a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible in the next two weeks. Askar Akhmedov, Investment Director at ATLAS Capital, wrote for Oninvest how investors should react to everything that is happening.

Markets are watching the negotiations on Ukraine. What could be the reaction of investors? 

Netflix, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

The Walt Disney Company

Streaming service Netflix plans to open two theme parks - in Philadelphia and Texas - by the end of the year, and another in Las Vegas in 2027. The company is investing heavily in gaming and sports streaming and calls the TV show market "an obvious growth point." The all-around expansion in entertainment is making the online movie theater more and more like Disney. Journalist Roman Mighty broke down for Onivest whether this strategy can bring the company growth to its planned trillion-dollar capitalization.

Luna Park, games and bloggers: how Netflix is expanding its business beyond online movie theater

Morgan Stanley

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The U.S. dollar in 2025 is noticeably losing ground against other key currencies: the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which reflects the value of the dollar against a basket of ten leading world currencies, has slipped by almost 11% in the first six months. This was the <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/dollar-faces-competition-as-trump-redefines-trade-order">worst result</a> for the first half of the year since 1973.

EU banks and emerging market equities: How can investors play the sagging dollar?

Nebius Group N.V.

Investment firm Wedbush has added the Yandex co-founder's startup to its list of potential AI leaders  

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