Warsh sent yields skyward, and while tech took a hit, our AI bets like WDAY kept climbing the ladder
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Morning brief: NVDA and CRM crushed their AI numbers, and suddenly enterprise tech is the place to be
Tech Rallies on Enterprise AI Beats: Fear & Greed sits at 58 as blowout earnings from Nvidia and Salesforce silence software slowdown fears and drive broad pre-market buying. Salesforce Surges 22.6% on Earnings: Salesforce jumped 22.58% after crushing Q2 estimates, lifting full-year outlook, and unveiling an AI partnership with Anthropic called Claudeforce. Nvidia Rallies 8.7% on Q3 Guidance: Nvidia surged 8.74% following a Q2 earnings beat and $108B quarterly revenue forecast, confirming AI hardware demand continues to accelerate rapidly. Celsius Drops 6.4% on Wall St Cut: Celsius fell 6.36% after Deutsche Bank downgraded the energy drink maker to Hold, citing persistent weakness and execution delays in its core brand. Watch Broadcom Ahead of Next Catalyst: With enterprise tech rallying, all eyes now turn to Broadcom reporting next week to confirm whether custom AI chip demand stays equally strong.
Tech Rallies on Enterprise AI Beats
Fear & Greed sits at 58 as blowout earnings from Nvidia and Salesforce silence software slowdown fears and drive broad pre-market buying.
Salesforce Surges 22.6% on Earnings
Salesforce jumped 22.58% after crushing Q2 estimates, lifting full-year outlook, and unveiling an AI partnership with Anthropic called Claudeforce.
Nvidia Rallies 8.7% on Q3 Guidance
Nvidia surged 8.74% following a Q2 earnings beat and $108B quarterly revenue forecast, confirming AI hardware demand continues to accelerate rapidly.
Celsius Drops 6.4% on Wall St Cut
Celsius fell 6.36% after Deutsche Bank downgraded the energy drink maker to Hold, citing persistent weakness and execution delays in its core brand.
Watch Broadcom Ahead of Next Catalyst
With enterprise tech rallying, all eyes now turn to Broadcom reporting next week to confirm whether custom AI chip demand stays equally strong.
Posture: With Fear & Greed at 58, we maintain a cautiously optimistic posture, leveraging enterprise AI momentum while preserving downside discipline.
Upcoming earnings
Evening brief: Warsh sent yields skyward, and while tech took a hit, our AI bets like WDAY kept climbing the ladder
Warsh Hawkish Speech Pressures Markets: Hawkish Jackson Hole remarks from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh raised rate hike fears, driving Treasury yields higher and pressuring tech stocks. Marvell Sinks 10.28% Post-Earnings: Despite beating Q2 estimates and raising full-year guidance, MRVL dropped due to valuation concerns and sparse details on its Google deal. IREN Tumbles 12.53% After Q4 Loss: Shares plummeted as a $450M hardware impairment and a wider net loss eclipsed news that AI cloud revenue surpassed Bitcoin mining. Workday Rallies 5.76% on AI Surge: WDAY surged after Q2 earnings beat estimates, fueled by tripling AI annual recurring revenue to $600M and a boosted margin guidance. Watch Broadcom Earnings Next Week: All eyes shift to Broadcom reporting on September 2 for the next key test of custom AI chip demand and enterprise tech spending.
Warsh Hawkish Speech Pressures Markets
Hawkish Jackson Hole remarks from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh raised rate hike fears, driving Treasury yields higher and pressuring tech stocks.
Marvell Sinks 10.28% Post-Earnings
Despite beating Q2 estimates and raising full-year guidance, MRVL dropped due to valuation concerns and sparse details on its Google deal.
IREN Tumbles 12.53% After Q4 Loss
Shares plummeted as a $450M hardware impairment and a wider net loss eclipsed news that AI cloud revenue surpassed Bitcoin mining.
Workday Rallies 5.76% on AI Surge
WDAY surged after Q2 earnings beat estimates, fueled by tripling AI annual recurring revenue to $600M and a boosted margin guidance.
Watch Broadcom Earnings Next Week
All eyes shift to Broadcom reporting on September 2 for the next key test of custom AI chip demand and enterprise tech spending.
Posture: Maintaining a cautious neutral stance as Fed rate hike concerns drive yields higher while market sentiment sits at 54.
Tickers in focus: QQQ, MRVL, WDAY
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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 28, 2026 · PAAS — Sold @ $52.87 +9.9% (cut) · Robot call
Exiting PAAS to reallocate capital into higher-conviction AI semiconductor equipment leader AMAT while keeping slate balanced. - Aug 28, 2026 · AMAT — Stage change — → Buy Zone @ $462 · Robot call
Monopolistic wafer fab equipment positioning catches accelerating HBM and GAA transistor capex waves in prime buy-zone. - Aug 28, 2026 · AMAT — Added to universe @ $462 · Robot call
Monopoly-like position in semiconductor wafer fab equipment puts AMAT directly in the crosshairs of the global AI chip infrastructure expansion. - Aug 28, 2026 · ANET — Dropped @ $195 · Robot call
Target hit as valuation reaches fair value with upside fully tapped out, clearing a bench slot for higher growth.
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