US Stocks Eye Longest Stretch of Weekly Gains Since 2023 | Bloomberg Brief 5/22/2026

The Pentagon weighs scrapping a conditional loan offer to rare-earths refiner ReElement Technologies amid an agreement that was meant to help break China's dominance on critical minerals. Shares of Spanish retail group Puig Brands drag as merger talks with Estee Lauder falls through. Priya Misra of JPMorgan Asset Management discussed the economic implications of a prolonged conflict in the Middle East. (Source: Bloomberg)