Crude breached a hundred as wholesale inflation ran hot, though our RDDT quietly surged six percent on user growth
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Morning brief: Yields hit a multi-month high as oil broke triple digits, yet our META rallied six percent into our ORCL earnings
Middle East War Spikes Oil Past $100: Rising US-Iran conflict pushed crude above $100, lifting Treasury yields to 4.86% and weighing on broader stock sentiment. Cloudflare Surges 10.51% on AI Tech: Shares jumped after launching an OpenAI-powered vulnerability remediation tool and benefiting from Meta's new autonomous AI agent traffic demands. Meta Jumps 6.55% on Agent Launch: Investors cheered the release of its Muse AI personal assistant and subscription tiers alongside a favorable youth-safety lawsuit settlement. Vertiv Drops 9.61% on Supply Concerns: Shares sank as investors fretted over high valuation multiples, insider selling, and supply chain timing shifts in delivering major AI projects. Oracle & Adobe Earnings Report Tonight: Watch after-hours reports from Oracle and Adobe alongside PPI inflation data to gauge AI software momentum and enterprise tech spending.
Middle East War Spikes Oil Past $100
Rising US-Iran conflict pushed crude above $100, lifting Treasury yields to 4.86% and weighing on broader stock sentiment.
Cloudflare Surges 10.51% on AI Tech
Shares jumped after launching an OpenAI-powered vulnerability remediation tool and benefiting from Meta's new autonomous AI agent traffic demands.
Meta Jumps 6.55% on Agent Launch
Investors cheered the release of its Muse AI personal assistant and subscription tiers alongside a favorable youth-safety lawsuit settlement.
Vertiv Drops 9.61% on Supply Concerns
Shares sank as investors fretted over high valuation multiples, insider selling, and supply chain timing shifts in delivering major AI projects.
Oracle & Adobe Earnings Report Tonight
Watch after-hours reports from Oracle and Adobe alongside PPI inflation data to gauge AI software momentum and enterprise tech spending.
Posture: With Fear at 39 and Brent surging past $100, we adopt a Defensive posture focused on energy tailwinds and quality secular growers.
Upcoming earnings
Evening brief: Crude breached a hundred as wholesale inflation ran hot, though our RDDT quietly surged six percent on user growth
Sticky PPI & $100 Oil Pressure Stocks: August PPI rose 0.4% M/M as crude topped $100, dragging major indexes lower and pushing Fear & Greed down to 33. SCCO Drops 7.2% as Copper Pulls Back: Southern Copper fell 7.23% alongside Freeport after White House tariff uncertainty sparked profit-taking across record-high metals. AAPL Rallies 3.6% Post iPhone Launch: Apple gained 3.56% as Wall Street applauded $100 price hikes on new Pro models that came in below feared memory cost estimates. RDDT Surges 6.1% on Strong User Data: Reddit jumped 6.08% after Piper Sandler data showed August user growth accelerated 8% month-over-month, its fastest pace of 2026. All Eyes on Tomorrow's CPI Print: Traders are focused on Friday's CPI report to see if consumer inflation mirrors wholesale heat before next week's Fed rate decision.
Sticky PPI & $100 Oil Pressure Stocks
August PPI rose 0.4% M/M as crude topped $100, dragging major indexes lower and pushing Fear & Greed down to 33.
SCCO Drops 7.2% as Copper Pulls Back
Southern Copper fell 7.23% alongside Freeport after White House tariff uncertainty sparked profit-taking across record-high metals.
AAPL Rallies 3.6% Post iPhone Launch
Apple gained 3.56% as Wall Street applauded $100 price hikes on new Pro models that came in below feared memory cost estimates.
RDDT Surges 6.1% on Strong User Data
Reddit jumped 6.08% after Piper Sandler data showed August user growth accelerated 8% month-over-month, its fastest pace of 2026.
All Eyes on Tomorrow's CPI Print
Traders are focused on Friday's CPI report to see if consumer inflation mirrors wholesale heat before next week's Fed rate decision.
Posture: With Fear & Greed at 33, sticky PPI, and $100 oil, we adopt a Defensive stance, prioritizing cash preservation and resilient leaders.
Tickers in focus: RDDT, SPY, AAPL
Upcoming earnings
The day's moves on the ledger
No slate changes were logged this day.
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