Microsoft shares are set to open at a record high Friday after the group topped second quarter earnings estimates on the surging strength of its cloud computing business.

Global stocks weakened Friday as investors continue to fixate on developments in trade disputes between the U.S. and China and comments from President Donald Trump that could suggest the dollar may by the next weapon in the White House's arsenal in the brewing trade war.

Here's what you need to know now for Thursday, July 19.

Bricks-and-mortar retailers, say thank you to Amazon.

Jim Cramer and our other experts discuss tariffs, Nucor, and stocks and bonds.

In the first earnings report from the leading cloud computing providers, Big Blue holds its ground.

Google Cloud has fallen behind IBM's cloud business, according to TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer.

After interviewing National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer said it's going to be hard to be in a trade war with China, which has a president for life.

TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer weighs in on Thursday's trending market topics from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Comparative advantage is an economic term that describes doing what you do best, and leveraging that against what you don't do so well. World economies depend on the outcome.