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Daily digest · 08-24-2026

Monday, Aug 24, 2026, then tomorrow

The S&P 500 slid 0.28% to 763.46 and the Nasdaq (NDAQ) 100 dropped 0.99% to 706.38, driven by a broad semiconductor selloff. The explicit catalyst was dilution pressure: Alibaba (BABA) plunged 10% on a $10.2 billion share placement, Intel (INTC) fell on its $20 billion stock offering, and Nebius (NBIS) dropped 4% after upsizing a convertible note offering to $5 billion. Nvidia (NVDA) fell despite positive headlines on Groq rack deployment and SpaceX AI infrastructure wins, suggesting the sector sold news into supply. The Dow 30 gained 0.27% to 533.61, lifted by Consumer Staples (+1.69%), Financials (+1.23%), and Utilities (+1.06%), a classic rotation into defensives. The semis/dilution overhang and the defensive bid carry directly into tomorrow.

Market postureConstructiveBroad uptrend. Normal signal cadence to our subscribers.
Breadth
8 of 11 sectors higher
Volatility
VIX 15.85 (+0.72)
20-day range 14.2 to 17.1 · as of 08-24-2026
S&P 500
-0.28%
763.46
Nasdaq 100
-0.99%
706.38
Dow 30
+0.27%
533.61
Russell 2000
-0.66%
297.97
Sector tape

Today's rotation

One-day total return of the 11 SPDR sector ETFs.

 Consumer Staples
+1.69%
 Financials
+1.23%
 Utilities
+1.06%
 Communication Svcs
+0.84%
 Real Estate
+0.64%
 Consumer Discretionary
+0.26%
 Materials
+0.10%
 Health Care
+0.04%
 Industrials
-0.68%
 Energy
-0.77%
 Technology
-1.79%
Catalysts

What drove it (and may carry over)

Curated from the day's market wire.

▲SpaceX's SpaceXAI unit will deploy Nvidia Vera CPUs to power its Grok agentic AI infrastructure and plans to launch Nvidia-powered AI satellites into orbit next year.
NVDASPCX
▲Nvidia said its Groq chip racks, acquired for $20 billion, will be online this year to support growing AI inference demand.
NVDA
·AI companies including Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia and Palantir have issued $220 billion in debt this year even as Treasury yields surged.
AMZNGOOGLNVDAPLTR
▲Gold topped $4,700 an ounce and is up 14.69% in August, on pace for its best month since September 1999.
GLD
▲Amazon shares rose after Citizens reiterated an Outperform rating with a $315 price target, citing AWS gains from OpenAI and Anthropic demand.
AMZN
▲JPMorgan named Marvell Technology a top semiconductor pick ahead of its Q2 earnings, citing strong AI chip and data center demand.
MRVL
▲Mastercard and Visa shares rose after disclosures showed President Trump's investment accounts bought millions of dollars in both stocks in June.
MAV
Tomorrow

Tuesday, Aug 25, 2026

What is scheduled, with ET times. Not a forecast of how it lands.

Housing Starts prints at 8:30 AM, a medium-impact release that front-loads volatility into the open. The larger structural anchor is Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, which headlines flagged as pending but gave no scheduled ET time, so treat it as an unanchored intraday risk. Intuit (INTU) reports after the close (~4:05 PM ET), adding a late-session tech-earnings catalyst. Further out, GDP and PCE inflation both print Wednesday at 8:30 AM, making multi-day holds that cross Wednesday carry meaningful macro risk. Watch whether the tech-sector bid recovers or the defensive rotation extends.

8:30 AM ET Housing startsWhat to watch ›
after close INTU earningsOur thesis ›
On our radar

Reporting tomorrow, and we have a view

What in the report would support or undermine our published research.

  • INTUMulti-month rating on holdTue 08-25-2026 · after the close

    Confirms: AI-assisted tax and QuickBooks attach-rate gains, operating margin holding above 40%, and forward revenue growth guidance above 10% would support the durability case.

    Breaks: Guidance implying revenue growth below 10% or any operating margin compression toward 40% would undermine the franchise quality argument.

On deck later this week
08-26-2026 GDP8:30 AM ET
08-26-2026 PCE inflation8:30 AM ET
By timeframe

Session structure

How the calendar shapes each holding period. Descriptive only: not advice, and not a recommendation to trade anything.

⚡ ScalpHousing Starts at 8:30 AM creates a concentrated volatility point at the open. The Jackson Hole speech by Fed Chair Warsh has no confirmed ET time in today's reporting, meaning an additional headline-driven volatility event could arrive at any point in the session.
☀️ Day tradeThe session has a defined early catalyst at 8:30 AM and a late catalyst with Intuit (INTU) earnings after the close (~4:05 PM ET). The semiconductor sector was the session's primary laggard today, and Communication Services and Financials were among the day's stronger areas.
🌊 SwingA multi-day position initiated here carries GDP and PCE inflation prints both scheduled for Wednesday August 26 at 8:30 AM. VIX closed at 15.85, up from 15.13. The Technology sector ETF XLK closed at 180.04 versus a recent level of 190.27, reflecting a sustained softening in what has been a leadership group.
🌲 Long termThe Wednesday August 26 PCE inflation print at 8:30 AM is the next scheduled data release that directly informs the Federal Reserve's policy backdrop. Today's headlines documented $220 billion in AI-company debt issuance this year and gold trading above $4,700 per ounce, up 14.69% in August, context relevant to the macro and rate environment at a longer horizon.
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