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Traders are watching for AI capacity bottlenecks in Nvidia's report as the Federal Reserve's annual gathering adds a second catalyst to the same session.
S&P 500 futures climbed ahead of the August 25 session as investors positioned for Nvidia's earnings release and the Federal Reserve's symposium, two catalysts landing close together.
Crude fell further despite new sanctions meant to curb Iranian supply, while global bond markets stabilized as investors weighed the sanctions alongside U.S. Treasury buybacks.
Oil prices fell despite new U.S. sanctions on Iran, a divergence that shows traders are not pricing in a near-term supply hit, while bond markets stabilized on the same news.
Options traders spent $2.9 million wagering on a fast move higher, even as some analysts flag the rally as overbought.
Bitcoin traded above $80,000 after a 25%-plus weekly gain, with $2.9 million in options bets targeting a rapid push past $82,000.
Both card networks touched fresh all-time highs even as shoppers grow more selective, while Visa's own CEO sold $2.16 million in stock the same week.
Visa and Mastercard shares hit fresh records as aggregate U.S. consumer spending held up, even as shoppers became more selective about purchases.
Nvidia extended losses on August 24 as investors moved into blue-chip names, while Samsung's record-setting shareholder return failed to stop a sector-wide memory stock decline.
Semiconductor stocks fell broadly on August 24, 2026, with Nvidia extending losses and every major memory stock dropping despite Samsung authorizing its largest-ever shareholder return.
Cash parked in money-market funds now yields about 3.5%, the same rate as inflation, leaving savers with a real return of zero.
A record $8.4 trillion is held in money-market funds paying roughly 3.5%, a yield that just offsets inflation and leaves investors with no real return.
Broadcom's credit risk measures rose and Nebius fell 4% as a $5 billion convertible bond settled, dragging down Datadog and Cloudflare in the same session.
Broadcom's credit risk measures rose alongside a decline in Nebius, Datadog and Cloudflare shares as a $5 billion Nebius convertible bond settlement worked through the market on August 24.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's push on the $1 trillion bond market has not lowered yields, and investors are instead bidding up scarce assets like gold and bitcoin.
Gold and bitcoin gained as Treasury yields failed to fall despite Bessent's efforts, pushing investors toward assets seen as scarce.
Treasury Secretary Bessent's promise of an 'economic D-Day' on Iran and a new Canada tariff hike combined to pull tech shares lower even as oil fell and gold rose on safe-haven demand.
The Nasdaq slid in the August 24 session as investors weighed a threatened U.S. sanctions push on Iran alongside President Trump's new tariff hike on Canada, while oil fell and gold gained on safe-haven buying.
Nucor and Cleveland-Cliffs climbed even though Morgan Stanley says worldwide steel production is edging lower, dragged down by declines in China.
US steelmakers Nucor and Cleveland-Cliffs advanced even as Morgan Stanley flagged a decline in global steel output, with weakness in China offsetting growth elsewhere.
The FTSE 100 slipped alongside a broader tech selloff, while European equities traded sideways ahead of expected sanctions news.
The FTSE 100 and broader European equities moved lower or sideways as investors awaited an Iran sanctions decision alongside a tech-sector selloff.
RBC Capital, UBS and JPMorgan all started coverage of the sandwich chain with buy-equivalent ratings, citing its growth outlook.
RBC Capital, UBS and JPMorgan each initiated coverage of Jersey Mike's stock with positive ratings, pointing to the chain's growth prospects.
Dalio says investors should own 'a bit of Bitcoin' as a hedge against U.S. debt risk, even as he still favors gold as the bigger hedge.
Bitcoin held above $77,000 after a 21% weekly rally, as Treasury Secretary Bessent's $4 billion bond buyback failed to bring yields down.
TrendForce's forecast implies the memory chip boom that lifted Sandisk is decelerating sharply, not reversing.
TrendForce projects NAND flash memory prices will rise 10% to 15% this quarter, a sharp slowdown from the roughly 70% jump Sandisk rode over the prior period.
Crude fell about 1% ahead of a fresh round of US sanctions on Iran, but analysts say the diesel shortage driving refiners' margins has causes that will outlast the war.
Oil dropped roughly 1% ahead of announced US sanctions on Iran, even as reports say the diesel crunch behind refiners' fat margins predates the war and won't end with it.
The concentration comes as U.S. national debt crossed $40 trillion in August, intensifying scrutiny of Treasury market structure.
Academy Securities strategist Peter Tchir noted the Federal Reserve owns more than 50% of all Treasury bonds maturing 10 to 15 years from now, a concentration highlighted as U.S. debt passed the $40 trillion mark.
With Nvidia due to report and Jackson Hole on the calendar, rates and mega-cap tech risk are both back in focus for a market that has ridden the chip maker's results before.
Nvidia reports earnings Wednesday in what MarketWatch calls a test for a broad universe of companies tied to the AI theme, with bond yields also back in focus ahead of Jackson Hole.
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share gained 1.13% at the close as crude prices rose on fears of new US sanctions against Iran, which Tehran says will fail.
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share index closed up 1.13% as oil prices climbed on the prospect of new US sanctions on Iran.
The decline was described as occurring in bearish trade, with no single catalyst identified in wire reporting.
Cardano fell 10% in what Investing.com described as bearish trading conditions.
The long bond now out-yields dividend-paying equities by 2.2 percentage points, a gap not seen in nearly two decades.
The 30-year Treasury bond's yield now exceeds the average dividend stock yield by 2.2 percentage points, the widest such gap in 19 years.