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Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow Jones Futures Fall As Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' If Iran Negotiations Collapse—Marvell, Alphabet In Focus

Rishabh Mishra — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:09:27 +0000

U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday, after a record close on Monday, starting the month of June on a positive note.

President Donald Trump appeared unfazed by the possibility of negotiations collapsing with Iran. “I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less,” Trump told CNBC when asked about reports suggesting Iran may halt talks with Washington.

He also predicted that crude would soon be “dropping like a rock” and gasoline would plummet to $1.85 a gallon once the crisis resolves.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.43%, and the two-year bond was at 4.02%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 98.4% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index	Performance (+/-)
Dow Jones	-0.28%
S&P 500	-0.09%
Nasdaq 100	-0.01%
Russell 2000	-0.01%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were lower in premarket on Tuesday. The SPY was down 0.083% at $757.91, while the QQQ declined by 0.026% to $742.55.

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Stocks In Focus

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE:HPE) surged 26.60% in premarket on Tuesday after it reported higher-than-expected second-quarter results after market close. The company’s EPS came in at $0.79, ahead of the consensus of $0.53 on revenue of $10.68 billion, beating the estimate of $9.79 billion.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that HPE maintains a strong price trend in the long, short, and medium terms, with a poor growth rank.

Alphabet

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) was 2.48% lower as the Google parent announced plans to sell stock worth $80 billion, including a $10 billion investment by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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As Trump Predicts Gas Prices Will 'Drop Like A Rock,' Moody's Chief Economist Estimates $100 Billion Iran War Cost To Americans

Rishabh Mishra — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:02:26 +0000

The U.S. war with Iran has dealt a staggering $100 billion setback to American consumers, according to estimates by Moody’s chief economist, erasing the financial cushion previously provided by recent tax refunds.

Massive Economic Blow

According to Economist Mark Zandi, the cumulative toll of the war has reached nearly $750 per U.S. household. Zandi warned that the situation represents a massive “economic blow,” driven by soaring military expenditures and spiked fuel prices.

Data indicates that additional energy spending surged to $59.7 billion by late May, outpacing tax refunds by $9 billion. Zandi noted that “financial pressure” is now “mounting” rapidly on lower-income families, forcing severe spending cutbacks that will further weigh down a “sagging economy.”

Warren Blames ‘Big Oil’

Washington Democrats are viewing the economic data to launch criticisms against the administration. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) claimed the conflict inflicts $800 million daily in “excess costs” at the pump.

Warren accused ...

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Andrew Left Of Citron Research Guilty Of Securities Fraud: Famed Short Seller Says 'Not End Of The Road' After Court Verdict

radhikanadig@benzinga.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:39:02 +0000

Citron Research founder Andrew Left was convicted of securities fraud on Monday after a federal jury found he misled investors through stock recommendations while allegedly trading against his public positions.

After two days of deliberations, jurors convicted Left on the lead securities fraud charge and 12 of 16 additional counts tied to specific trades, while acquitting him on four counts.

‘Jury got it wrong’

The closely watched case has drawn attention across Wall Street, with prosecutors alleging that the Citron founder manipulated markets and misled retail investors and earned him more than $20 million, raising questions about the legal boundaries of activist short selling.

“I think the jury got it wrong and it’s not the end of the road,” Left told reporters after the verdict, according to a Business Insider report.

Left, the 55-year-old Citron Research founder, financial commentator and frequent television guest who took the unusual step of testifying in his own ...

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AI Meets Crypto Income: GraniteShares Launches Super Micro Computer, MARA ETFs

Chandrima Sanyal — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:37:06 +0000

GraniteShares expanded its lineup of single-stock autocallable ETFs with the launch of two new funds that provide exposure to structured income strategies tied to two closely-watched companies—Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) and MARA Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARA).

The funds — GraniteShares Autocallable SMCI ETF (NASDAQ:SCA) and the GraniteShares Autocallable MARA ETF (NASDAQ:MRA) — mark the seventh and eighth funds in GraniteShares’ autocallable ETF platform, which debuted in February. At the time, GraniteShares presented the first U.S.-listed single-stock autocallable ETFs linked to Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA).

Since then, the suite has expanded to include products tied to Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ:

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AI Was Supposed To Kill Software Stocks: ServiceNOW Just Staged Its Best Rally On Record

Piero Cingari — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:10:09 +0000

Enterprise software stocks began the year with a brutal selloff, suffering their worst quarter since the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008. The sector — as tracked by the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (CBOE: IGV) — was down almost 25%, and ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE:NOW) had slumped 32%.

The losses deepened into April, with both IGV and ServiceNow hitting 2026 lows in the second week. The consensus was settled: AI would disrupt software and grind down the sector's earnings for years.

Less than two months later, the story has reversed.

IGV is now up 3.3% year-to-date, erasing the entire drawdown. The sector has climbed 15% in three days, its best three-day run on record. And ServiceNow has posted a rally of nearly 40% in four sessions — the strongest in the stock's history.

The disruption thesis didn't just stall. It inverted.

Why Did Wall Street's Least-Loved Corner Become The Market Leader?

Enterprise software is the plumbing companies run their operations on — the systems that route IT tickets, track sales, manage employees and move data between applications.

The fear of 2026 was that AI agents ...

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AI Infrastructure Investing Goes Deeper: New Leveraged Semiconductor ETFs Tied To Microchip, NXP, ON Semi Hits The Market

Chandrima Sanyal — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:58:04 +0000

Tradr ETFs last week launched three new leveraged single-stock ETFs focused on semiconductor companies that are increasingly viewed as critical beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom. The new funds — linked to Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP), NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI), and ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ON)— seek to deliver 200% of the daily performance of their respective underlying stocks.

The launch comes as investor interest in semiconductor-related ETFs remains elevated following a strong May 2026 earnings season for chipmakers and AI infrastructure suppliers. While much of the market’s attention has centered on AI leaders such as Nvidia and hyperscaler spending, investors have increasingly broadened their focus to companies supplying automotive chips, industrial semiconductors, power management solutions, and edge-computing technologies.

Tradr says the three companies represent essential “picks-and-shovels” beneficiaries of the ongoing U.S. AI infrastructure buildout.

Key Features of the New ETFs

–Tradr 2X Long MCHP Daily ETF

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The ETF Kingmaker: How VOO Turned Low Fees Into An (Almost) $1 Trillion Empire

Chandrima Sanyal — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:54:56 +0000

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:VOO) is on the verge of becoming the first ETF in history to surpass $1 trillion in assets under management, marking a defining moment not only for Vanguard but for the broader ETF industry.

With approximately $994 billion in assets as of May 29, per Morningstar data, and daily inflows averaging more than $1 billion, the fund could cross the trillion-dollar threshold within days. The milestone reflects investors’ growing preference for low-cost, broad-market exposure at a time when passive investing continues to outpace active management.

The fund’s rapid growth has been fueled by strong performance in the S&P 500, particularly from mega-cap technology and artificial intelligence leaders such as Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple, Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Alphabet, Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Broadcom, Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO). Information technology now accounts for roughly 35% of the portfolio, making VOO one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI-driven market rally.

How VOO Overtook SPY

For decades, the SPDR S&P 500 ...
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EXCLUSIVE: 'The US Grid Is 40 Years Old': Tema ETFs CIO Says AI Is Accelerating Historic Infrastructure Upgrade Cycle

Chandrima Sanyal — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:56:07 +0000

The surge in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electricity demand is transforming what was once considered a niche infrastructure story into one of the market’s most compelling long-term investment themes, according to Yuri Khodjamirian, CIO of Tema ETFs.

• Tema Electrification ETF stock is trending lower. Why is VOLT stock trading lower?

In an interview with Benzinga, Khodjamirian said the U.S. is entering a prolonged cycle of investment across power generation, grid infrastructure and electrical equipment after decades of underinvestment, creating opportunities for companies positioned across the electrification value chain.

“What we identified was really a situation where you had three decades of underinvestment in electricity infrastructure in the United States,” Khodjamirian said. “And suddenly, you were getting this inflection where AI demand from power centers, data centers, electric vehicles, digital assets, but also this reshoring boom that was happening in the U.S.”

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AI Is Accelerating An Existing Trend

While electrification was initially associated with electric vehicles and the energy transition, Khodjamirian believes the rapid buildout of AI infrastructure has significantly expanded the investment opportunity.

“The reality is, those are good growth drivers, but they’re just part of the puzzle,” he said. “It was really when AI data centres started to get built, that people realised that AI training, and ...
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Leading And Lagging Sectors For June 1, 2026

Benzinga Insights — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:10:12 +0000

Gainers

Symbol Name Price Change ($) Change (%) Volume

(NYSE:XLK) State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF 192.8500 1.83 0.95 93.8K

(NYSE:XLE) State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF 56.5601 0.27 0.47 312.7K

Losers

Symbol Name Price Change ($) Change (%) Volume

(NYSE:XLU) State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF 44.16 -0.26 -0.59 141.3K

(NYSE:XLY) State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 120.25 -0.62 -0.52 10.7K

(NYSE:XLF) State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF 51.35 -0.23 -0.45 103.9K

(NYSE:XLI) State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF 172.40 -0.73 -0.43 4.4K

(NYSE:XLRE) State Street Real Estate ...
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Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Futures Rise As US Undertakes 'Self-Defense' Strikes Against Iran— HPE, NVDA, UBER In Focus (UPDATED)

Rishabh Mishra — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:52:20 +0000

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story.

U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, after a higher close on Friday, ending the month of May at a record high.

The U.S. has undertaken "self-defense" strikes in Iran on Sunday as President Donald Trump says Iran wants a deal and urges critics to stop second-guessing his negotiation strategy.

According to an update on X by the Central Command, the U.S. carried out strikes in Iran over the weekend, hitting Iranian radar and command and control sites. The strikes were in response to "aggressive Iranian actions," including the shooting down of a US MQ-1 drone operating over international waters.

Investors will keep an eye on the May jobs report this week, slated for a Friday release, and earnings from tech heavyweights like Palo Alto Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW), CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD), and Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO).

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.46%, and the two-year bond was at 4.03%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 99.4% likelihood of the Federal Reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged during June’s meeting.

Index Performance (+/-)

Dow Jones 0.15%

S&P 500 0.15%

Nasdaq 100 0.18%

Russell 2000 -0.10%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Monday. The SPY was up 0.22% at $758.04, while the QQQ was higher by 0.21% to $739.86.

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Stocks In Focus

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE:HPE) jumped 6.06% in premarket on Friday as it is set to report its second-quarter results after market close. Analysts expect the company to report a 28.7% year-on-year rise in revenue to $9.82 billion, with a 42.11% year-on-year increase in EPS to $0.54. It also announced a new HPE ProLiant Compute DL394 Gen12 with the latest NVDA Vera CPU at the Computex 2026 in Taipei.

Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that HPE maintains a strong price trend in the long, short, and medium terms, with a poor growth rank.

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S&P 500 Bull Market Now 8th Longest Since WWII: Ryan Detrick Hints It Might Only Be 'Halfway Over'

Rishabh Mishra — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:16:34 +0000

The ongoing S&P 500 bull market has surpassed a major 1960s milestone, signaling that equities may still have plenty of room to run.

Historic Milestone Reached

The current S&P 500 bull market, which began at the bear market bottom in October 2022, has officially become the eighth-longest rally since World War II.

According to new data from Carson Investment Research and FactSet, the run hit the 3.630-year mark, officially overtaking the historic 3.627-year bull market of 1962–1966. Over this span, the index has surged by 111.9%.

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JEPI ETF Inflows Are Surging In 2026: Is the 9.78% Yield Worth It?

crispusnyaga@benzinga.com — Sun, 31 May 2026 19:51:35 +0000

The JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSE:JEPI) stock continues to attract billions of dollars from investors this year despite its ongoing underperformance. These inflows continued as income investors chased its high dividend yield.

JEPI ETF Has Added $4 Billion This Year

JEPI, the biggest covered call ETF in the world, has added over $4 billion in assets this year, bringing its assets under management to over $44.5 billion. JPMorgan NASDAQ Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSE:JEPQ), its sister fund, has added $5.1 billion in the same period.

The ongoing inflows have jumped as investors continue to chase their high dividends. Data shows that it has a dividend yield of 9.78%, higher than the Vanguard S&P 500's (NYSE:VOO) 1.02%. Invesco (NASDAQ:QQQ) has a yield of less than 1%.

The fund offers a higher annual return than government bonds. The ten-year yield stands at 4.43%, down from the year-to-date high of 4.68%. Similarly, the two-year yield has a 4% yield.

JEPI's promise is to provide investors with ...
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S&P 500 At A Crossroads: 3 Catalysts Set To Move VOO And SPY This Week

crispusnyaga@benzinga.com — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:50:13 +0000

The S&P 500 Index continued its strong rally and ended the month at a fresh all-time high. It has officially entered the bull market after soaring by over 20% from its lowest point in March this year. Here are the top catalysts that will drive the index and its top ETFs, like Vanguard's (NYSE:VOO) and State Street's (NYSE:SPY).

S&P 500 Index to React to Key Corporate Earnings

One reason why the S&P 500 Index has jumped to a record high this year is the booming corporate earnings. A report by FactSet (NYSE:FDS) shows that the earnings growth in the first quarter was a whopping 28%, the fastest growth rate since the fourth quarter of 2021. Analysts were expecting the earnings growth to be 13% before the earnings season started.

Most companies published strong results, with NVIDIA being one of the best performers. Its revenue jumped by 85% in the first quarter, with the management hinting that it will make $91 billion this quarter.

Some notable S&P 500 constituents will publish their results this week. The most ...
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SCHD's 3.25% yield Vs. High Treasury Rates: Is The Dividend ETF Still Worth It?

crispusnyaga@benzinga.com — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:21:42 +0000

The popular Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSE:SCHD) is firing on all cylinders this year. It recently surged to a record high, is beating the blue-chip S&P 500 Index, and is experiencing billions of dollars in inflows. So, is SCHD still a good investment in an era where government bonds are paying over 4%?

SCHD ETF Stock is Soaring, and Inflows are Jumping

Data shows that the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF has added over $9.8 billion in assets this year. It has experienced just one week of outflows this year, even as US government bond yields remain at elevated levels.

The two-year Treasury yield stood at 4%, while the ten-year yield was 4.437%. Both figures are higher than SCHD's dividend yield of 3.25%. As such, if things remain the same, investing in US bonds should offer a higher return than SCHD.

Still, the SCHD ETF stock has continued doing well this year. Its total return so far this year stands at nearly 20%, while the S&P 500 Index has jumped by over 11.25%. Its performance is nearly the same as that of the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index, which has jumped by 20%.

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NASA And UFO ETFs Are Surging Ahead Of SpaceX IPO But Key Risks Remain

crispusnyaga@benzinga.com — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:13:57 +0000

The Procure Space ETF (NASDAQ:UFO) and Tema Space Innovators (NYSE:NASA) are performing strongly amid the ongoing SpaceX IPO frenzy, with both funds reaching record highs of $68 and $43, respectively, as assets under management continue to climb. Still, these funds face some major risks as the IPO nears.

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UFO and NASA ETFs Have Soared Ahead of the SpaceX IPO

Top space ETFs have done well this year, driven by the ongoing surge in top companies in the industry. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) has soared by over 436% in the last 12 months, while Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) jumped by 766%.

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Symbol	Name	Price	Change ($)	Change (%)	Volume
(NYSE:XLK)	State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF	192.8500	1.83	0.95	93.8K
(NYSE:XLE)	State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF	56.5601	0.27	0.47	312.7K

Symbol	Name	Price	Change ($)	Change (%)	Volume
(NYSE:XLU)	State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF	44.16	-0.26	-0.59	141.3K
(NYSE:XLY)	State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF	120.25	-0.62	-0.52	10.7K
(NYSE:XLF)	State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF	51.35	-0.23	-0.45	103.9K
(NYSE:XLI)	State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF	172.40	-0.73	-0.43	4.4K
(NYSE:XLRE)	State Street Real Estate ...