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American dodged a crisis: Discover Dr. Weiss’s 3 critical steps to safeguard your future before sweeping changes hit »
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BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑51.61% for Wk of August 22 2024

Market Wrap:

• Stock futures slightly down: S&P and Nasdaq off 0.1%, Dow -16 points.

• Last week’s gains fueled by Powell hinting at rate cuts.

• Equities rebounded; S&P now within 1% of record high.

• Rate cut timing/size uncertain, but Sept. cut expected.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

• Tuesday: Nordstrom (JWN)

• Wednesday: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Five Below (FIVE), Kohl's (KSS)

  • Nvidia (NVDA) - earnings of $.57 per share (lower than Q1 due to the 10-for-1 stock split) on $25.6B revenue, nearly double the $13.5B it reported in the year-ago period.

  • Salesforce (CRM) - earnings of $2.36 per share (+11.5% YoY) on $9.2B revenue (-3.8% YoY)

• Thursday: American Eagle (AEO), Dollar General (DG), Gap (GAP), Lululemon (LULU)

  •  Ulta Beauty (ULTA) - earnings of $5.52 per share (-8.3% YoY) on $2.6B revenue (+4% YoY)

Full earnings calendar here.

HEADLINES

Fed Chair Powell Says ‘The Time Has Come’ to Cut Rates

Sales Set to Double for Nvidia as AI Frenzy Persists

• Powell’s pivot leaves traders debating rate cut size (more)

• 2 big tests ahead determine if last week's excitement was warranted (more)

• US job market may be near tipping point (more)

• Gold holds near record after Powell affirms rate cuts (more)

• Oil climbs on Mideast escalation fears, rate cut expectations (more)

• Asian stocks eye Fed bounce after Powell speech (more)

• Bank of China President Liu Jin resigns (more)

• China slams US for adding firms to export control list, vows action (more)

• NASA snubs Boeing Starliner for SpaceX (more)

• Restaurants fight back against the FTC crackdown on ‘junk fees’ (more)

• UBS activism bankers depart for roles at BofA, Wells Fargo (more)

• Telegram app CEO arrested in France (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Bronfman's Paramount plans include partnerships with Amazon or Apple (more)

• CVC, DSV submit dueling €14B bids for DB Schenker (more)

• Meritage explores $2 bln sale of Columbia Distributing (more)

• China Mobile buys stake in Huawei smartphone-spinoff Honor (more)

• Takeover battle for Taiwan Bank heats up with CTBC offer (more)

• Cloudbreak Health, video remote interpretation services for the healthcare industry, acquired Voyce, a tech-enabled language services provider (more)

• Husqvarna Group, a manufacturer of products and solutions for managing forests, parks, and gardens, acquired InCeres, a digital platform in the professional light agriculture segment (more)

• Forge Health, an outpatient mental health and substance use care provider, received a strategic investment from MFO Ventures (more)

• YA Group, an int’l professional services organization providing consulting, received an investment from THL Partners (more)

VC

• TickPick, an event ticket marketplace, raised $250M from Brighton Park Capital (more)

• Openwater, a provider of a healthcare platform, raised $100M in total funding (more)

• Sorella Labs, a crypto startup advancing tools to identify MEV activities and process Ethereum blocks, raised $7.5M in funding (more)

• Deep Fission, a nuclear energy company, raised $4M in funding (more)

CRYPTO

• Shiba Inu & Avalanche face uncertainty; Rollblock captures crypto whales’ attention (more)

• Trump announces new crypto project (more)

• Crypto is dominating corporate election spending (more)

BULLISH BITES

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🛻 Futurism: Cybertrucks are about to get full self-driving.

🐝 Good Company: “Layoff influencers” take the sting of shame out of losing a job.

💎 See It: Second-largest diamond ever found is discovered in Botswana.

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