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⚡ 5 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW — BEFORE THE BELL

1. 🤖 NVDA reports after the close TODAY — the single biggest catalyst of the quarter. Analysts want ~$92.2B revenue (+97.4% YoY) and $2.09 EPS. Options are pricing a ~6% post-earnings swing. Every desk in the market is positioned around this print.

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🌍 MACRO BACKDROP — THE BIG PICTURE

Tuesday was another grind-higher session with real substance behind it. The S&P 500 gained 0.32% to close at 7,677.28, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.66% to 26,151.30, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 160.24 points, or 0.3%, to close at 53,577.40 — its third straight winning session. Under the surface, chip stocks led the charge as traders positioned into NVDA earnings, and bond yields slid, with the 10-year Treasury note yield falling more than 7 basis points to 4.625%. That's the market pricing in dovish comfort ahead of two of the biggest data points of the month — this morning's PCE print and tonight's NVDA report. CNBCCNBC

Overnight, the tape flipped defensive. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures were 0.2% lower as traders held back from taking risk ahead of Nvidia's earnings, a bellwether for the entire AI trade. This is textbook pre-earnings de-risking — nobody wants to be max long or max short into a 6%-implied-move print. Adding to the caution, Treasuries retreated across the curve ahead of the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, even as oil extended its third straight decline. benzingabenzinga

The oil collapse is the other half of today's story. Diplomatic movement between Iran and Oman on Hormuz shipping routes has knocked crude down hard three sessions running — a genuine geopolitical de-escalation trade that's bleeding into energy equities and, on the flip side, quietly supporting consumer discretionary and transport names that benefit from cheaper fuel costs.

This is a HEADLINE-DEPENDENT, EARNINGS-DEPENDENT session. PCE hits at 8:30 AM ET, the cash open trades on that data, and then the entire afternoon becomes a positioning exercise for NVDA's 4:20 PM print. Do not overtrade the chop between those two events — save your powder.

🗓️ TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR

🏦 SECTOR PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOT

🟢 ADVANCING (Tuesday close / overnight strength)

🤖 STOCK MARKET NEWS — SECTOR BY SECTOR

🔥 HOT SECTOR #1: SEMICONDUCTORS / AI INFRASTRUCTURE

The Whole Market Is Holding Its Breath for One Print

This is the single most important earnings report of the year for the AI trade. Nvidia will release its fiscal 2027 second-quarter earnings report after the stock market closes on Wednesday, August 26, with the call following shortly after. Wall Street wants revenue of roughly $92.2 billion (+97.4% YoY) and EPS near $2.09. Options traders are pricing in a sizable post-earnings move — well beyond a typical single-digit swing — which means both the bull and bear cases are fully loaded into this print. History is genuinely mixed here: Nvidia has topped Wall Street's consensus for 10 of the last 11 quarters, yet the stock has fallen after some of those beats because whisper numbers and guidance commentary matter more than the headline beat itself. Watch data center revenue growth, gross margin trajectory (guided near 75%), and any commentary on the reported 15%+ price increases hitting AI-server components. Prediction: Nvidia Stock Will Go Parabolic After Aug. 26. Here Are 2.3 Trillion Reasons Why | The Motley Fool +2

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