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It's Monday. Every department already has context. Nobody prepped anything.

Your CFO opens Slack. There's a weekly Stripe revenue recap in #finance with a churned-accounts flag and a net-new breakdown. She didn't ask for it.

Your head of product opens Slack. There's a GitHub summary in private channel: PRs merged, PRs stale, Linear tickets that moved. He didn't ask for it.

Your marketing lead opens Slack. There's a Google Ads performance comparison in private channel, with a note: "Meta CPA crept up 18% this week. Might be worth pausing the broad match campaign." She didn't ask for it either.

All-hands at 10am. Everyone already knows the numbers. The meeting is about decisions, not catch-up.

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⚡ 5 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW — BEFORE THE BELL

1. 🏠 $HD BEATS Q1 — EPS $3.43 vs $3.42e, Rev $41.8B vs $41.5Be — Home Depot cleared consensus estimates this morning and reaffirmed full-year guidance. The homeowner-shopper remains resilient despite higher gas prices; CFO flagged the Pro segment is outperforming. SSS was a slight miss at +0.6% vs +0.9e, but guidance hold is the headline that matters.

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"The NVDA Earnings Eve Setup — Maximum Energy Before the Catalyst"

NVDA closed at $222.32 Monday, down $10.42 (-4.42%), with the stock rising $4.71 in pre-market trading Tuesday. The earnings report drops Wednesday, May 20, before the bell. Jensen Huang delivered a powerful pre-earnings message: NVDA rallied 20% over seven sessions, hitting a record intraday high of $236.54, before pulling back as traders took profits ahead of earnings. That ATH is the target if the beat is confirmed. Morgan Stanley raised its price target to $285 — a +26% upside from current levels. CNNTradingView

The macro tailwind is undeniable: Trump stated it's "important we win the AI race with China," keeping government demand for AI chips and infrastructure at maximum political priority. NVDA CEO Jensen Huang confirmed Veru CPUs have arrived at AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Oracle. Demand is real, supply is constrained, and the premium for AI chips is expanding. The sympathy play across Marvell (MRVL),Broadcom(MRVL), Broadcom ( MRVL),Broadcom(AVGO), and AMD ($AMD) all offer pre-earnings exposure with lower volatility than NVDA itself. CNBC

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