U.S. Equity Outlook

• Strong earnings drive outlook: US large-cap growth expected to deliver 28% EPS growth over next 12 months, with results beating estimates and...

Broadcom (AVGO) slid 4.12% while the tech equipment sector fell just 0.28% and peers SanDisk (+5.61%) and Micron (+1.86%) advanced.

• Profit-taking...

Market pricing now sees just a 25% chance of a September Fed hike after soft CPI and PPI prints, yet 10-year yields remain anchored near 4-5% due to...

Reddit jumped 11% premarket on S&P 500 inclusion, yet the last twelve additions tell a cautionary tale: seven finished underwater since joining, with...

Markets have pared bets on any Fed rate hike this year after oil prices retreated and July CPI printed cooler at 0.1% monthly.

• Treasury yields fell...

Tech stocks climbed Thursday as the Nasdaq gained 0.81% on robust AI earnings. CoreWeave and Supermicro each jumped nearly 20% after posting strong...

Meta's paused buybacks for AI capex allow ongoing stock-based compensation to expand share count unchecked, with Q2 free cash flow at just $784...

Benign CPI and PPI prints reinforced the soft-landing narrative by easing September rate-hike odds and lifting equities.

• S&P 500 gained 0.6% to a...

Traders are balancing July retail sales and Michigan consumer data against Middle East escalation risks.

• Futures mixed: S&P 500 +0.01%, Nasdaq 100...

• Earnings growth reached 50.4% YoY for S&P 500, highest since Q2 2021
• Revenue rose 15% YoY, topping any quarter since late 2021
• Energy led with...

Applied Materials posted a clear earnings beat with $9.115 billion revenue and $3.50 adjusted EPS, yet the stock fell 4% as the market had already...

PPI data sets the tone early. Wholesale prices came in cooler than expected, with the headline unchanged month-over-month and core rising just 0.2%....

BofA downgraded Bending Spoons to Underperform, warning that $23 of the current share price assumes $18 billion in future M&A at 35% IRR—far beyond the company's roughly $7 billion debt capacity by end-2027.

AI infrastructure stocks are rebounding after CoreWeave posted 112% year-over-year revenue growth and Nebius surged 450%, easing fears of hyperscaler spending cuts and pointing to strong demand ahead of Nvidia's August 26 Q2 report.

Ackman's latest filings reveal six fresh positions—Netflix, Visa, Mastercard, Alcon, Intercontinental Exchange and S&P Global—signaling targeted bets on consumer and financial equities.

S&P 500 closed at a fresh record 7,798.99 after rising 0.65%, with Nasdaq up 0.81% to 26,803.03, as softer consumer spending data eased rate-hike...

Is Apple's premium justified amid roadmap uncertainty?

After July 30 earnings of $109,417M revenue and $29,789M net income, shares at $302.25 sit...

Republic Services (RSG) is executing an aggressive 2026 M&A strategy, closing $865 million in deals to drive major expansion in waste management.

Teradyne stands out as a pure-play AI beneficiary, with over 60% of revenues now AI-driven through its wafer-to-data-center strategy.

• Robotics...

S&P 500 hit a fresh record near 7,800 on soft July PPI and AI-driven chip gains, with Micron and peers surging over 5%.

• 52-week high concentration:...