Good MorningThe rate-cut debate is heating up, but the Fed keeps tamping down September euphoria. Powell's Jackson Hole remarks and the minutes reinforced a proceed carefully, data-dependent stance, even as futures now price a high chance of a September cut and multiple moves by year-end. This week's catalysts—New Home Sales, Durable Goods, GDP revisions, jobless claims, and Friday's PCE (the Fed's preferred gauge)—will set the path from here.
Markets look constructive but headline-sensitive. NVIDIA reports Wednesday after the bell; a strong print and guide could keep risk appetite intact even if cut odds wobble, while a miss would amplify volatility into PCE. At the end of the day, we're taking a cautious, bullish approach heading into mid-week, with a quick exit strategy in place if the macro environment shifts toward hawkishness—keep an eye on the mega-cap leaders, semiconductors, and the VIX for any signs. Featured: Why AMZN, GOOG, MSFT might destroy NVDA (Ad) 
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Markets | | | Retail stocks' earnings season has started, and one theme investors will hear repeatedly is the state of the consumer. The Federal Reserve’s campaign to raise interest rates has widened the gap between low- and middle-income consumers and high-income consumers. That gap is reflected in unev... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Asian shares advanced on Monday, tracking Wall Street's rally after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way. Fed chair Jerome Powell said Friday in a speech to an annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that he's seen risks for the job market. That fo... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Are you a recovering Zillow investor? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. Millions of Americans got hooked on the intuitive real estate app during the COVID-19 pandemic. With interest rates near zero, housing prices soaring, and baseball season postponed, checking your home value became t... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | When Trump returned to office, one of his first moves was to tap PayPal's former COO, David Sacks, as a top advisor on crypto and AI. That alone signaled a shift. But insiders close to D.C. aren't just talking crypto policy—they're quietly buying something most retail investors have missed.
While the crowd chases Bitcoin to $150,000, Weiss Ratings expert Juan Villaverde believes a different coin—already backed by giants like Google, Visa, and PayPal—could soon become crypto's "Third Giant." | | Discover the coin that could define Trump's crypto presidency. |
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Markets | | | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the central bank will proceed cautiously as it continues to evaluate the impact of tariffs and other policies on the economy Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Since it began trading under its new name on August 7, shares of Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ: PSKY) have put on an impressive showing. As of the August 18 close, shares are up 15%. The new company is looking to reinvent the traditional media giant with a tech-centric approach. However, there is ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | New Hampshire just launched a Strategic Crypto Reserve — and James Altucher says it's the first sign that "Trump's Great Gain" has officially begun.
Altucher believes select cryptos could turn $900 into $108,000 over the next 12 months — and he's laying out the full gameplan in a new presentation. | | See Altucher's Trump crypto prediction here |
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Markets | | | With a market capitalization of just under $2 billion, V2X Inc. (NYSE: VVX) is a fraction of the size of larger peers in the defense contractor space like Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) and RTX Corp. (NYSE: RTX). In an environment that is highly favorable to defense firms more broadly, i... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The German economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official data showed Friday, a significantly worse showing than was initially reported as tensions with the U.S. over tariffs simmered.In a preliminary report at the end of July, the Federal Statis... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists say is crucial to the urgent fight against climate change. Danish wind farm developer Orsted says ... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he faces a new challenge: how to do it without seeming to cave to the White House's demands Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Investors have grown used to looking at the market through a single lens, usually the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq-100 index. But those indices are only benchmarks. And like any benchmark, they need to be measured against others to uncover where the real opportunities lie. It’s like saying b... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Tempus AI Inc. is a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence principally in healthcare. The company provides AI-enabled precision medicine solutions to physicians to deliver personalized patient care and in parallel facilitates discovery, development and delivery of optimal therapeutics. Tempus AI Inc. is based in CHICAGO. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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