Tag: market analysis

Market Pulse • August 30, 2026

The Week Nvidia Delivered the Receipts and the Fed Raised the Difficulty

Last week, the market demanded receipts. This week, it got them. Nvidia delivered another absurd quarter, Bitcoin pushed through $80,000, CrowdStrike reminded Wall Street that AI can create software revenue as well as GPU bills, and the major US indices managed to finish higher. For about five minutes, everything looked beautifully simple. Then Kevin Warsh […]

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Market Pulse • August 24, 2026

The Week the Market Stopped Buying the Story

Last week, the market did not collapse. It did something more interesting. It began separating stories from evidence. The major US indices ended the week lower as rising long-term bond yields reminded investors that capital still has a price. The S&P 500 lost around 2%, the Dow fell roughly 3% and the Nasdaq declined about […]

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AI Industry • August 5, 2026

Palantir Just Broke Wall Street’s AI Playbook Again

The market loves surprises and punishes disappointment. But in the AI trade, those words no longer mean what they used to. Palantir proved it after publishing second-quarter results that sent its shares up roughly 29% in a single session. The company did not simply clear Wall Street’s forecasts. It delivered growth strong enough to make […]

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AI Industry • July 27, 2026

The Magnificent Seven’s New Final Boss Is Capex

Alphabet, Tesla and Intel all gave investors something to celebrate during the latest earnings cycle. Each company beat at least one major Wall Street expectation. Each also watched its market value fall. That sounds irrational until you look at the statistic Wall Street has promoted above almost everything else: AI capex. Alphabet reported stronger-than-expected revenue, […]

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AI Industry • July 24, 2026

Intel’s Plot Twist Proves the AI Story Isn’t Finished

Intel has spent the past few years playing the role nobody expected: the fallen giant trying to climb back into a race it once dominated. While much of the AI conversation has revolved around Nvidia’s seemingly unstoppable momentum, Intel quietly delivered one of the biggest surprises of earnings season. The market’s reaction wasn’t simply about […]

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Big Tech • July 20, 2026

Magnificent Seven Earnings Have Entered the Perfection Trap

Netflix delivered the kind of quarterly report that once would have kept the market calm. Earnings per share came in ahead of expectations, revenue continued to grow, and the streaming giant remained highly profitable. Then the stock dropped by more than 10%. The problem was not the quarter Netflix had just completed. Wall Street was […]

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