Good MorningMarkets head into the week with a cautious but constructive tone as investors weigh rising yields against another major test for AI leadership. NVIDIA’s earnings could determine whether relentless infrastructure spending still looks like a productive investment or an increasingly expensive race for growth.
Long-end Treasury yields remain the main pressure point, reflecting inflation concerns, heavy capital demand, and uncertainty around the Fed path. Higher yields make valuation discipline more important, rewarding companies with strong cash generation and credible margins while leaving richly priced growth names more exposed to disappointment.
NVIDIA matters because strong guidance would reinforce demand across chips, networking, construction, and power. Bloom Energy benefits as data centers seek reliable power outside constrained grids, while AirJoule Technology targets cooling, water, and noise problems that can slow new projects. Oil producers also gain relevance as geopolitical pressure keeps energy costs tied to the inflation outlook. Traders are watching NVIDIA’s guidance for confirmation that AI demand remains strong enough to justify the spending behind it. Featured: Buffett's Final Warning: "The Dollar Is Going to Hell" (Ad) 
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Vanguard has cemented itself as one of the biggest names in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The investment advisory firm and global asset manager briefly surpassed BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) as the largest U.S. ETF provider by assets. In fact, the firm now manages around $4.7 trillion in assets just in it... Read the Full Story |
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Ultra-high dividend yields for individual stocks may appeal to investors seeking additional income—after all, who doesn't want high dividend payments? At the same time, though, a very high yield can sometimes be a giant red flag for investors. If the yield is high because of a value trap in which t... Read the Full Story |
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This summer, Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has been a difficult stock to own. After peaking at $151 in May, the shares were swept up in the brutal rotation that followed the SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) IPO, giving back more than half their value as investors fled the space sector. But that wave of selling n... Read the Full Story |
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SpaceX has filed for its IPO - but there are 7 publicly traded space stocks that may be better plays right now.
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Several industry giants that have seen impressive share price performance in 2026 recently made big-time buyback announcements. Share repurchases can do more than reduce share counts—they can also signal that management sees enough cash-flow strength and balance-sheet flexibility to keep returning ... Read the Full Story |
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Record highs in the S&P 500 may be good news for many, but perhaps not as much for value investors hunting for bargains at a time when valuations are becoming more and more elevated. The result is that some of the biggest winners in the market also have price-to-earnings (P/E) multiples far abo... Read the Full Story |
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Nvidia reports earnings Wednesday, August 26 the last of the seven AI giants to report this cycle. Larry Benedict says up to $22 trillion could move through markets once results land.
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Travel + Leisure (NYSE: TNL) just bought into some hard-to-enter markets and reported strong second-quarter results. Analysts rate the stock a Buy and say it has room to run. But not all its business is surging ahead, and investors’ sharp reaction after disappointing first-quarter results shows th... Read the Full Story |
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The biotech sector just got the kind of catalyst that can define a cycle. On Wednesday, Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) stunned the market when its personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, developed with Merck (NYSE: MRK), became the first such therapy to succeed in a late-stage trial, reducing the risk of melanom... Read the Full Story |
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Markets have been on a wild ride this summer, with the S&P 500 finally making a new all-time high and several left-for-dead stocks showing new life in the second half of the year. But not all rallies are created equally. Three catalyst-driven stocks have bounced more than 30% off their 2026 low... Read the Full Story |
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Despite many warning signs to the contrary, the S&P 500 continues to climb to fresh record high levels. The latest earnings season showed remarkably resilient performance for many standout companies, but not every quality growth name has gotten the message so far. Some firms have indeed been le... Read the Full Story |
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It has been a challenging year for the consumer discretionary sector, which has lagged the broader S&P 500 in 2026. But sectors are not monoliths, and one company operating in that corner of the market hasn’t only outperformed the index in 2026, it recently hit its 52-week high. Darden Restaura... Read the Full Story |
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