Small investors piled into Kohl's Tuesday and sent shares flying upwards as the department store retailer became the latest business caught up in a stock market frenzy.

Retail investors are largely behind the stock market reaching new records, buying $50 billion in stocks in the last month alone, Barclays estimated.

Trump’s tariffs continue to affect markets and corporate earnings. Follow along for live updates on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

Palantir Technologies ( PLTR -1.73%) stock had rocketed more than 100% year to date, as of July 17, reaching a new record high of $154 per share. That brought its total return to 1,680% since the November 2022 launch of ChatGPT, the application widely credited with popularizing generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: Earnings season is kicking into high gear this week, with about one in five S&P 500-listed companies expected to report. Domino's Pizza gets the earnings party started before the bell on Monday,

High Valuation Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) has solidified its status as a stock market juggernaut, claiming the title of the top-performing stock on the S&P 500 for two years running.  Its meteoric rise is fueled by its cutting-edge data analytics and AI platforms,

The yield on the 10-year hit a 52-week high of 4.896% on January 13, a week before Trump's second inauguration, and traded as low as 3.860% on April 4 before spiking to 4.607% on May 21, then settling at 4.431% on July 18.

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