Crude oil erased its early morning gains on Thursday as optimism surrounding a potential peace deal with Iran sent prices lower.

Stocks are modestly lower around midday as rising bond yields and oil prices shift foster cautious investor sentiment.

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The two main features today come after lunch starting with Fed minutes and concluding with Nvidia's post-close results. High yields have stocks down three straight sessions.

Stocks are shaky following Friday's sell-off in reaction to rising yields and oil. Treasuries might continue calling the shots in a week dominated by retail earnings and Nvidia.

As Kevin Warsh takes over as Federal Reserve chair with his own goals, he may face challenges even beyond rate policy, from inflation to independence to a bulbous balance sheet.

Inflation remains elevated, keeping the Fed on hold and pushing rate cuts out of view, while energy prices and geopolitical tensions complicate the outlook.

Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit fresh all-time highs this week as money continued to flow into the tech space. However, today's spike in Treasury yields is triggering some profit taking.

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