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Wednesday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 725 words · By Jason Gewirtz
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 33 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It [SMH] is now 15% from the June 22 high.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “The State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) yields 6.62%.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the yield of the JNK ETF.
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Claim 3: “The iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (SHYG) is yielding 7%.”
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TipRanks explicitly states that the iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (SHYG) currently provides a 7.02% dividend yield, which supports the claim of it yielding 7%.
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web search NEUTRAL — iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETFView HYG.The midpoint is the average of the bid/ask prices at 4:00 PM ET (when NAV is normally determined for most ETFs). The returns shown do not represen…
https://www.ishares.com/us/products/258100/ishares-05-year-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fund Family. High Yield Bond.ANGL VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF. 28.80 -0.03%. EMLC VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF. 25.63 0.00%. SLQD iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corpora…
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SHYG/
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web search NEUTRAL — The iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (SHYG) offers another income-focused option. The fund currently provides a 7.02% dividend yield while charging a 0.30% expense ratio.
https://www.tipranks.com/news/forget-voos-1-yield-these-2-bl…
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Claim 4: “The Fidelity Corporate Bond ETF (FCOR) is yielding 4.68%.”
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While sources confirm the existence of the FCOR ETF, none of the provided evidence mentions its specific yield percentage (4.68%).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is by far the world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackRock
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund that is also an exchange-traded product; i.e., it is bought and sold on stock exchanges. ETFs own financial assets such as stocks, bonds, cur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange-traded_fund
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Strive Asset Management is an American investment management firm founded in 2022. The firm operates mutual funds, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and wealth management services. Headquartered in Col…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strive_Asset_Management
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Claim 5: “The U.S. six-month Treasury bill yield is just under 4%”
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Wolf Street mentions a 3-month bill at 3.83%, but the claim specifically targets the six-month bill. The Straits Times mentions a Singaporean T-bill below 4%. There is no clear, corroborated evidence for the U.S. six-month yield being 'just under 4%' across multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thursday’s auction for Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bills (T-bills) had a cut-off yield of 3.88 per cent, the first time the yield has dipped below 4 per cent since hitting.
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/yields-for-six-month-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — yield, which would be less than six months. The government sold $98 billion of 3-month Treasury bills at an “Investment Rate” of 3.83% at the Treasury auction this week, up from 3.73% at the auction t…
https://wolfstreet.com/2026/07/04/six-month-treasury-yield-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Assess the yield curve chart below to view the daily treasury yield curve compared against historical performance. Click on the individual bonds for more detailed information.
https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/usa-government-bonds
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Claim 6: “The KraneShares Asia Pacific High Income USD Bond ETF (KHYB) has a yield of about 9% Tuesday night.”
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Claim 7: “Germany's 30-year bund yields touched their highest level since 2011.”
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Two independent sources confirm that Germany's 30-year government bond/bund yields reached their highest level since 2011, with specific yields mentioned around 3.74% - 3.75%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its 16 consti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign "states" (German: Länder, sing. Land). Of the 16 states, 13 are so-called "area-states" (Flächenländer); in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Germany
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Claim 8: “Phillips 66 is up 15% in August.”
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Claim 9: “France's 30-year note touched a roughly 18-year high.”
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One source ('Why Bond Yields Are Rising—and Might Keep Heading Higher') mentions French borrowing costs hit a peak last seen in 2008, which aligns with an 'approximately 18-year high' depending on the current date (2026 in the evidence). However, no other independent source corroborates this specific 18-year high for the 30-year note.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French may refer to: Something of, from, or related to France, including: French language, which originated in France French people, individuals identified with France French cuisine, cooking traditi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French of France (French: français de France [fʁɑ̃sɛ də fʁɑ̃s]) is the predominant variety of the French language in France, Andorra and Monaco, in its formal and informal registers. It has, for a lon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_of_France
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Claim 10: “There were new highs on Tuesday for Marathon Petroleum , Phillips 66 , Targa Resources , Valero , and a new 52-week high for Oneok .”
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Claim 11: “Targa Resources is up 10% in August.”
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Claim 12: “On Tuesday night, Target is off 2.5% from last week's high.”
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Claim 13: “Lowe's is down 1% in three months, and the stock is off 26% from the February high.”
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Claim 14: “In two days, the worst two S & P sectors are communication services and information technology. Both are down more than 2% so far this week.”
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Claim 15: “Shares are up 56% so far in 2026.”
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Claim 16: “the one-year T-bill yield passed 4% last week.”
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The provided evidence discusses 2-year, 10-year, and 3-month yields, but does not provide data on the one-year T-bill yield passing 4% last week.
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web search NEUTRAL — The probability that the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries is over 5% in one year is 28% today.Treasury 2-year yields moved to 4.37% this week from 4.34% last week. At 10 years, this week’s yield is 4.…
https://www.kamakuraco.com/sas-weekly-treasury-simulation-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — one-year Treasury rate as of May 6, 2020.
https://www.cnbc.com/markets/us-treasurys/
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web search NEUTRAL — The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note was around 4.92% on Friday, slightly below Thursday’s levels but still close to 2023 highs, as traders weighed lower oil prices against a hotter-than-expected…
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-bond-y…
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Claim 17: “Estee Lauder is up 5% in the last three months.”
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Claim 18: “Gasoline futures are up 17% in the last two weeks.”
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Claim 19: “Oneok is up nearly 7% in August.”
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Claim 20: “Target is up 82% from the November lows.”
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Claim 21: “The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yield hit a 19-year high.”
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Multiple independent sources (Barron's and Benzinga) explicitly state that the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a 19-year high, with one source specifying it reached its highest level since June 2007.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_securit…
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Claim 22: “Teradyne lost almost 9%, while Marvell fell close to 8% and Micron dropped 7% Tuesday.”
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Claim 23: “The ETF [EWC] is up 30% in 12 months, and it is up 7% in three months.”
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Claim 24: “Marathon Petroleum is up almost 16% in August and up 41% in three months.”
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Claim 25: “Micron, AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Caterpillar, ExxonMobil, Lam Research, Johnson & Johnson, GE Vernova and Applied Materials are the biggest holdings in MTUM.”
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Claim 26: “Valero is up almost 12% in August.”
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Claim 27: “The iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) is yielding 5.89%.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the yield of the HYG ETF.
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Claim 28: “The iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM) is down 10% from the June 22 high.”
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Claim 29: “The iShares MSCI Canada ETF (EWC) hit a new high on Monday.”
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Claim 30: “Britain's 30-year gilt approached levels hit in May that were the highest reached since 1998.”
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Multiple sources (BBC, Reuters, and Turner & Townsend alinea) confirm that UK 30-year gilt yields reached their highest levels since 1998, with specific mentions of peaks in May.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1998 British Academy Television Awards were held on 18 May at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. The ceremony was broadcast on ITV, hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and it was the first occasion since…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of riots and civil unres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_Indonesia_riots
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tom Ball (born 1 May 1998) is an English singer who rose to fame after competing in the 2022 series of Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent: All Stars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Ball_(singer)
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Claim 31: “It [Estee Lauder] is 31% from the February high.”
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Claim 32: “U.S. diesel refining margins hit a record high of $102.20 per barrel on Tuesday.”
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Claim 33: “The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) dropped 4.1% today.”
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.