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What a lot of market watchers are wondering today is: What’s next for the AI boom? Nvidia’s results don’t move the market like they used to, And over the last four quarters, Nvidia’s share price has averaged a 2.8% loss the day after earnings. Stay tuned for deep coverage of Nvidia’s earnings report when it releases this afternoon.

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data reinforced bets on another quarter-point Federal Reserve rate hike this year, as

Stocks were wobbling after another hot inflation report, but the real event for markets on Wednesday is yet to come. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.2%. Nvidia is set to report results after the close.

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Ahead of the bell US stock futures went nowhere on Wednesday morning, which tells you plenty about how much is riding on the next 12 hours. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 sat close to flat, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 slipped 0.2% after Tuesday's...
US equity futures were mostly flat pre-bell Wednesday as traders awaited a key inflation report and

Intel Corp stock climbed nearly 4% in Tuesday premarket trading as improving risk sentiment lifted semiconductor stocks. Nasdaq futures rose 1.01%, while S&P 500 futures gained 0.50%.The chipmaker announced on Monday that it is expanding its AI lineup with new...
Wall Street futures pointed modestly lower pre-bell Wednesday as traders weighed easing oil prices a

Stock futures were little changed Wednesday as investors awaited July inflation figures and results from the world's most valuable company

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AI stocks could be setting the market up for trouble.

Stock futures were heading for a negative open early Wednesday ahead of crunch earnings from chip maker Nvidia that will give a steer on artificial intelligence spending—a major headache for markets. Nvidia will report after trading closes today.

Oil prices slid in early European trade on fresh Middle East optimism, while Nasdaq futures fell as investors anticipate Nvidia’s narrative-setting earnings and U.S. inflation data.

Soaring long-duration Treasury bond yields can't be swept under the rug any longer.
Nvidia is slated to report its Q2 results after hours on Wednesday; it is seen as a bellwether for the broader market as the largest-weighted stock in the S&P 500 index.

Treasury yields declined, as the benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield dropped by over 7 basis points to reach 4.63%.

Stocks ended broadly higher on Tuesday, though most of that was thanks to semiconductor stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both gained 0.3% while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.7%. The moves came a day before Nvidia’s earnings report (more on that below).

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 each adding nearly a third of a percent, and the Nasdaq climbing two-thirds of a percent.</p><p>The gains could ease investor concerns sparked by a recent bond market rout that lifted yields and pressured equities. </p><p>Keith Buchanan is senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments.</p><p>"The market, as we see it from our firm, is just grappling with, what does this newer framework of higher yields, particularly along the Treasury curve, really means for risk assets across the board? We're coming to, you know, a lot of our work is honed in on this, this one metric and this one price, if you will, across risk assets for some time. Seems like the market is finally starting to grapple with, what does that mean as far as discounted cash flows and how you price the risk of the risk landscape? And that process can be churning and frankly could introduce downside volatility. And that's one concern we have is how that really filters through, how folks like myself that sit in our seats look at the world and how we price risk going forward."</p><p>Longer-dated Treasury yields fell on Tuesday as oil prices dropped to a one-week low and traders continued to weigh the implications of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's decision to expand Treasury buybacks.</p><p>:: Nvidia</p><p>Meanwhile, investors are looking ahead to Nvidia's results on Wednesday as the next test for the earnings-driven rally. Shares of the AI chip giant closed more than 2% higher.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Dick's Sporting Goods plunged 30% after the retailer cut its annual forecasts. </p><p>And shares of Target fell almost 4% after the retailer apologized for and pulled a Halloween costume criticized for evoking blackface, renewing concerns about brand missteps just as its financial turnaround effort had begun to gain traction.</p><p>On the economic data front, Wednesday brings updated inflation figures for July, just one day ahead of the start of the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole symposium.</p></body>

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In the latest trading session, SLB (SLB) closed at $53.29, marking a -1.31% move from the previous day.

In the latest trading session, KB Home (KBH) closed at $57.11, marking a +2.64% move from the previous day.




