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Thierry Wizman highlights that all key inflation measures—core and headline CPI and PCE—remain above the Fed's 2% target, keeping the labor market a decisive factor for policy. He points to AI-driven corporate earnings growth as a sign of economic strength, even as oil prices and geopolitical risks cloud the inflation outlook. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trad...

Nvidia (NVDA) recently announced its second-largest acquisition ever: Hugging Face. Yael Ossowski explains why Nvidia is willing to pay such a premium for a company that serves as the central hub for local AI models. He shares how this acquisition positions Nvidia for continued dominance in the AI market as more companies move toward sovereign AI. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every...

David Doyle details the strong labor market indicators—including significant payroll growth and a resilient household survey—that pushed him to forecast a September rate hike instead of December. He also expects the ten-year Treasury yield to rise to 5% by year-end before a curve flattening into early 2027. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Su...

Charles Schwab's Kevin Horner notes the S&P 500's (SPX) resilience after validating a key support level, then examines Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and its year-to-date gains despite a recent pullback. He also highlights Caterpillar (CAT), which sits at a strong confluence of support, potentially offering long-term investors an attractive entry point in the industrial sector. ========...

Alphabet (GOOGL) is an all-weather stock built for the long term. Geoff Nielsen, Chief Digital Officer of Info-Tech Research Group, details how the company’s diversified portfolio positions it for continued growth and resilience. He explains how Alphabet's strategic investments in AI are poised to enhance its core offerings. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader...

Frances Stacy of Tuttle Capital Management outlines prevailing market themes for the fourth quarter, focusing on the bond market, interest rates, and the Fed's actions. She then dissects the Porter & Company Porter Portfolio Index (PCPP), highlighting its allocation to short-term bonds, Bitcoin, gold, and "Lindy stocks" like PepsiCo (PEP). ======== Schwab Network ======== Empower...

Melissa Otto of Visible Alpha Research and Bryan Gildenberg of S&P Global Market Intelligence break down Lululemon's (LULU) latest earnings, highlighting underperformance in the U.S. and China. They explore why the brand's product has lost consumer resonance and the hurdles ahead for incoming CEO Heidi O'Neill. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader,...

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is positioning itself as a broad enterprise security platform as AI creates new cybersecurity risks across networks, cloud infrastructure, identities and endpoints. In this Tech Corner, George Tsilis breaks down the company's latest earnings and how its "platformization" strategy is driving deeper customer adoption. George also examines the risks facing inve...

Stephen Olenick highlights the exponential growth and scarcity value in college sports as money transforms the system. He emphasizes the need for standardization to balance monetization with the student-athlete experience, as football programs in the Big Ten and SEC attract private capital and take on professional-style valuations. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and tra...

"Nvidia (NVDA) is not the only player in town" for AI chipmakers, says Andy Swan with LikeFolio. The company continues to gain momentum in consumer interest and demand, though competitors like AMD Inc. (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), and even Intel (INTC) are catching up to the Mag 7 giant. Andy explains where he sees Nvidia in the greater AI buildout as LikeFolio projects data center spending t...

Blake Grayson, CFO of Docusign (DOCU), talks about the company's quarterly earnings beat and the aspects to its software suite that backed momentum. He says the company raised ARR projections due to strengthening existing partnerships adding long-term value. Blake says AI is serving more as an "enabler" to software opportunities as opposed to being a technology that's disrupting...

Amy Glaser and Noah Yosif unpack a jobs report that beat expectations, noting the struggle to staff skilled trades and the impact of wage growth outpaced by inflation on consumer spending. Yosif flags the concentration of gains in a few sectors as a key risk if any falter. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsle...

A lot of attention will be on Apple (AAPL) next week as the Mag 7 giant holds its "Surprise and Shine" event on Wednesday, September 9. StocksToTrade's Tim Bohen calls the Mag 7 giant a "sleeper AI" hit that will use its new technology suite to amplify software capabilities. He continues to see Nvidia (NVDA) earnings and tech acceleration as "very exciting" and ex...

Max Wasserman analyzes the latest jobs report and its implications for the Fed's monetary policy. He also warns that rising oil prices, driven by structural underpinnings, could keep inflation persistent and complicate the Fed's path forward. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabne...

Brandon Clark discusses the rise, fall, and rise again, fall again in defense stocks like Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and RTX Corp. (RTX). He explains how the U.S.-Iran war plays a role in the wavering price action despite no clear dropoff in tensions. Tom White offers an example options trade for RTX. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every...

Lululemon (LULU) shares slid below $100 for the first time since 2018 after the company showed no "bright spots" in its report, according to Marley Kayden. The company cutting its outlook yet again does no favors for forward momentum as comp. sales continue to fall. Marley takes investors through the underwhelming earnings, lasting leadership woes, and lingering questions on its turnarou...

Charles Schwab's Rachel Dashiell discusses why she uses "log scale" analysis of stocks and how it applies to the market's recent volatility. She uses this analysis for the S&P 500 (SPX) and makes the case that the index's recent uptrend will sustain pending any significant macro pullbacks. A reversion in the U.S. dollar is another factor Rachel sees benefitting equities....

KPMG's Ken Kim breaks down August's stronger-than-expected non-farm payroll report and the implications of negative real wages on consumer purchasing power. He also discusses the Fed's potential response and offers a short to medium-term outlook, including GDP projections and AI's anticipated impact on productivity. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and tra...

Crude oil prices remain elevated around $90 and AAA says national average diesel prices are at record highs. Paul Gooden says only "part of the pain" from the Strait of Hormuz volatility is actually being seen in oil prices and instead affecting refinery factors more. Either way, Paul says consumers pay the price. That said, he sees the U.S.'s new oil deal with Venezuela as a relief...

ZScaler (ZS) couldn't muscle an earnings rally for cybersecurity like CrowdStrike (CRWD) did last week. Diane King Hall points to slowing growth as the culprit dragging shares down. Planet Labs (PL) shares flew higher after the space-based company raised its full-year guidance, while UiPath (PATH) fell despite a revenue beat. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trade...

Virtus Investment Partners' Seamus Smyth highlights broad-based hiring, led by leisure and hospitality, as a sign of a robust economy with unemployment down to 4.1%. He cautions that strong wage growth could tip the Fed toward a rate hike even as inflation shows improvement. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute...

The labor market is doing "extremely well" based off the August jobs report, says Kevin Hincks. The bad news for those expecting a hold on interest rates in September? The chances for a hike just increased. Kevin takes investors through the key metrics in August's numbers and the revisions made to July's report. While crude oil prices cooled from $93 to $90, the national average...

Adobe (ADBE) reports earnings next Thursday and will do so as a new CEO readies to take the helm in December. Rick Ducat takes investors through the key support and resistance levels to watch in the software giant into its earnings. He offers an example options trade for Adobe. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Options involve risks and are no...

Lululemon (LULU) reported one of its "worst quarters ever," according to Sucharita Kodali. She says the new CEO "has a huge, huge" job ahead of her, though the leader's prior experience at Nike (NKE) offers room for a turnaround story to shape up. Sucharita then turns to a larger question: is the age of athleisure over? ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every inve...

David Fetherstonhaugh believes investors in the AI trade have become more selective. Corners of the market he makes bull cases for: AI memory and cybersecurity. David sees supply constraints not being as large as perceived for the former, while the latter's demand continues to accelerate. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the...