US Markets in Reverse – Trump Cancels Attack at the Last Minute – US Treasury Bonds Heading into the Danger Zone – Alphabet Showcases Agentic AI Era at Google I/O Event – Apple Accelerates Transformation of Its Ecosystem – CAVA Experiences Strong Customer Surge – Microsoft Unveils New Surface Laptops – Keysight Achieves Strongest Quarter in Its History – OpenAI Co-founder Joins Anthropic

The US stock exchanges presented themselves once again weaker on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, continuing to be under the impression of rising bond yields, geopolitical uncertainty, and increasing profit-taking in the technology sector. The Dow Jones lost 0.6% to 49,364 points, the broad-based S&P 500 fell 0.7% to 7,354, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite decreased by 0.8% to 25,871 points. Consequently, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite ended their third trading day in a row in the red, after the yield on ten-year US Treasury bonds briefly...