Oil and CPI caution put the brakes on things, but our nuclear energy plays are building steam for AI.
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Morning brief: Geopolitics drove crude higher, and with CPI tomorrow, we watched some chips get a profit-taking haircut
Strait of Hormuz Standoff Drives Oil Surge: Crude jumped 5% as US-Iran talks stalled over demands, raising inflation fears ahead of Wednesday CPI data. Coherent Drops 14.2% on Pre-Earnings Selloff: Shares pulled back sharply following a multi-session rally as traders took profits and locked in gains before quarterly results. Silicon Motion Slides 10.0% on Debt Offering: The chipmaker fell after announcing an $800 million convertible senior notes offering, raising equity dilution concerns among cautious investors. MP Materials Gains 7.0% Following Q2 Beat: Strong quarterly revenue growth and federal price protection support boosted confidence in the rare earths producer. All Eyes on Wednesday CPI Inflation Report: Investors await key inflation data tomorrow while watching tonight's earnings from Lumentum and CoreWeave for AI market direction.
Strait of Hormuz Standoff Drives Oil Surge
Crude jumped 5% as US-Iran talks stalled over demands, raising inflation fears ahead of Wednesday CPI data.
Coherent Drops 14.2% on Pre-Earnings Selloff
Shares pulled back sharply following a multi-session rally as traders took profits and locked in gains before quarterly results.
Silicon Motion Slides 10.0% on Debt Offering
The chipmaker fell after announcing an $800 million convertible senior notes offering, raising equity dilution concerns among cautious investors.
MP Materials Gains 7.0% Following Q2 Beat
Strong quarterly revenue growth and federal price protection support boosted confidence in the rare earths producer.
All Eyes on Wednesday CPI Inflation Report
Investors await key inflation data tomorrow while watching tonight's earnings from Lumentum and CoreWeave for AI market direction.
Posture: With Fear & Greed at 65 (Greed) and oil surging ahead of CPI data, we maintain a cautious, opportunistic posture.
Tickers in focus: SIMO, SMH
Upcoming earnings
Evening brief: Oil and CPI caution put the brakes on things, but our nuclear energy plays are building steam for AI.
Stocks Slip As Oil and CPI Caution Weigh: Major indexes dipped as volatile oil prices and wait-and-see sentiment ahead of tomorrow's CPI report checked record-high momentum. AppLovin Drops 5.99% Following BofA Cut: Shares fell 5.99% after Bank of America downgraded the stock to Neutral, citing AI compute costs and growth trajectory risks. Vertiv Surges 4.34% On AI Cooling Demand: The stock jumped 4.34% as Wall Street reassessed strong liquid-cooling demand for AI data centers and raised full-year growth estimates. NuScale Jumps 7.73% On Nuclear AI Demand: Shares surged 7.73% as investors bought back into nuclear developers positioning to power next-generation AI data center infrastructure. July CPI and Nuclear After-Hours In Focus: Tomorrow's 8:30 AM CPI print will dictate overall market direction, while NuScale's $750M after-hours stock offering tests nuclear momentum.
Stocks Slip As Oil and CPI Caution Weigh
Major indexes dipped as volatile oil prices and wait-and-see sentiment ahead of tomorrow's CPI report checked record-high momentum.
AppLovin Drops 5.99% Following BofA Cut
Shares fell 5.99% after Bank of America downgraded the stock to Neutral, citing AI compute costs and growth trajectory risks.
Vertiv Surges 4.34% On AI Cooling Demand
The stock jumped 4.34% as Wall Street reassessed strong liquid-cooling demand for AI data centers and raised full-year growth estimates.
NuScale Jumps 7.73% On Nuclear AI Demand
Shares surged 7.73% as investors bought back into nuclear developers positioning to power next-generation AI data center infrastructure.
July CPI and Nuclear After-Hours In Focus
Tomorrow's 8:30 AM CPI print will dictate overall market direction, while NuScale's $750M after-hours stock offering tests nuclear momentum.
Posture: Cautiously Bullish posture as Greed at 61 is tempered by CPI uncertainty and AI nuclear infrastructure momentum.
Tickers in focus: SMR, SPY
Upcoming earnings
The day's moves on the ledger
Every entry below is public and permanent. "Human call" means the desk decided; "Robot call" means the nightly model did.
- Aug 11, 2026 · NFLX — Stage change Hold → Take Profit @ $74.79 · Human call
Five percent from our value — the juice is squeezed. First official Take Profit on the ledger: we book strength, we don't marry it. - Aug 11, 2026 · ORCL — Stage change Hold → Buy Zone @ $145 · Human call
Back in the Buy Zone and staying there while the gap to our $246 value is this wide — a 15% run doesn't close a 69% gap. The $638B backlog is the story, not the tape. - Aug 11, 2026 · ORCL — Stage change Buy Zone → Hold @ $145 · Robot call
Surged 15% from entry on $638B backlog expansion; transition from buy-zone to hold to let gains run.
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