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Sticky Inflation, Slowing Growth, and Moonshot AI's US Cloud Deals
Economy

Sticky Inflation, Slowing Growth, and Moonshot AI's US Cloud Deals

July PCE rose to 3.7% as growth slowed to 1.5%, while Meta settled for $17B and Moonshot AI courted MSFT, AMZN, and GOOGL.

Crypto's Rebound and the Clarity Act's Uncertain Path Through the Senate
Economy

Crypto's Rebound and the Clarity Act's Uncertain Path Through the Senate

Bitcoin's 23% weekly jump traces to Treasury moves, while the Clarity Act faces a tight Senate window with only a 22% chance of passage.

NVIDIA's Earnings Beat: Why Guidance and Margins Matter More Than the Numbers
Business

NVIDIA's Earnings Beat: Why Guidance and Margins Matter More Than the Numbers

NVIDIA (NVDA) beat earnings again but the stock slipped; the real test lies in guidance, margins, and proof that AI demand keeps growing.

Nvidia Beats on Sales and Earnings but Stock Slips as Guidance Falls Short of Bull Case
Business

Nvidia Beats on Sales and Earnings but Stock Slips as Guidance Falls Short of Bull Case

Nvidia beat revenue and EPS estimates and raised guidance, but a lower margin outlook and hyperscaler-driven beat left the stock down.

Gold QE: How Washington May Revalue Its Reserves to Escape the Debt Trap
Economy

Gold QE: How Washington May Revalue Its Reserves to Escape the Debt Trap

Why gold could be repriced to $20,000 as a quiet debt escape, and how gold settlement is shifting from West to East.

Nvidia's Six-Layer AI Cake: Chips, Data Centers, and Chip-Backed Financing
Technology

Nvidia's Six-Layer AI Cake: Chips, Data Centers, and Chip-Backed Financing

Nvidia's earnings, backlog, six-layer AI strategy, chip-backed financing, and why demand outruns supply by 10x.

September Pullback Sets Up a Buyable Dip, With Micron and Marvell in Focus
Business

September Pullback Sets Up a Buyable Dip, With Micron and Marvell in Focus

A 5-7% September pullback is likely and buyable, with strong outlooks for Micron, Marvell, gold, healthcare, and financials into year-end.

Nvidia's Real Test Beyond Huge Earnings: Building the Next AI Economy
Business

Nvidia's Real Test Beyond Huge Earnings: Building the Next AI Economy

Nvidia's earnings will double, but the real question is whether AI demand is real or propped up by Nvidia's own financing.

NVDA Faces a Sky-High Earnings Bar: Bull vs. Bear Setups on the $5 Trillion Chip Giant
Business

NVDA Faces a Sky-High Earnings Bar: Bull vs. Bear Setups on the $5 Trillion Chip Giant

NVDA's earnings must clear a high bar on margins, guidance, and data center growth; two options trades set up bullish and bearish views.

Chinese EVs Go Global as Tesla, Waymo and BYD Reshape the Auto Race
Business

Chinese EVs Go Global as Tesla, Waymo and BYD Reshape the Auto Race

XPeng's slowing growth, Chinese EVs pushing overseas, and a forecast that Tesla, Waymo and BYD will be the most valuable automakers.

Three Bearish Put Spread Trades: Coke, Adobe, and Tesla
Business

Three Bearish Put Spread Trades: Coke, Adobe, and Tesla

Three bearish put spread trades on KO, ADBE, and TSLA, with entry prices, expirations, and the technical setups behind each.

Fear of Large Numbers: The Bull Case for NVDA, MSFT, and GOOGL
Business

Fear of Large Numbers: The Bull Case for NVDA, MSFT, and GOOGL

Why a 10-15% market pullback looks likely, why NVDA may finally rise on earnings, and the bull case for NVDA, MSFT, and GOOGL.

Sticky Inflation and NVDA Questions Leave Wall Street Waiting
Economy

Sticky Inflation and NVDA Questions Leave Wall Street Waiting

Sticky inflation, resilient growth, and open questions about Nvidia and AI data center buildout keep markets flat and set up pullback risk into mid-October.

Intuit's Mixed Quarter: Strong Results, Weak Guidance Trigger Downgrades
Business

Intuit's Mixed Quarter: Strong Results, Weak Guidance Trigger Downgrades

Intuit (INTU) beat on its quarter but weak full-year guidance tied to AI pricing pressure sparked multiple analyst downgrades and price target cuts.

Wednesday Earnings Movers: Kohl's, Zoom, and Williams-Sonoma All Fall
Business

Wednesday Earnings Movers: Kohl's, Zoom, and Williams-Sonoma All Fall

Kohl's, Zoom, and Williams-Sonoma each beat earnings estimates but their stocks dropped on weak sales, soft guidance, and tariff pressure.

Reading the NVDA Chart Into Earnings: Tight S&P Correlation and a Call Butterfly Trade
Business

Reading the NVDA Chart Into Earnings: Tight S&P Correlation and a Call Butterfly Trade

Nvidia's chart heading into earnings, its near-perfect S&P correlation, key price levels, and a December call butterfly trade example.

Meta Settles Child-Safety Case, Core PCE Firms, Nvidia Earnings Loom
Economy

Meta Settles Child-Safety Case, Core PCE Firms, Nvidia Earnings Loom

Core PCE stays firm at 3.3%, Meta pays up to $16.68B to settle child-safety claims, and Nvidia reports earnings after the bell.

Markets Wait on PCE Data, Nvidia Earnings, and Iran Oil Headlines
Economy

Markets Wait on PCE Data, Nvidia Earnings, and Iran Oil Headlines

Stocks coast ahead of PCE data and Nvidia earnings while Iran-Oman shipping talks push crude oil lower and Intuit sinks on weak guidance.

Anthropic's IPO and the Coming Open-Source AI Boom
Technology

Anthropic's IPO and the Coming Open-Source AI Boom

Anthropic's late-2026 IPO could top SpaceX, but the bigger opportunity sits in open-source AI and the application layer built on top of it.

Waymo Enters Europe, Apple Pushes Local AI, and Nvidia Earnings Loom
Business

Waymo Enters Europe, Apple Pushes Local AI, and Nvidia Earnings Loom

Waymo starts Munich testing, Apple debuts M6 and M5 chips for local AI, and markets brace for Nvidia earnings amid weak consumer data.

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