Daily coverage · James Nakamura
Earnings, sector rotation and what the index is really pricing.
S&P 500 rose 0.24% to 7,709.91 as a Treasury buyback eased the 30yr yield, but healthcare led while tech and semis lagged. Breadth, not the index, is the signal.
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S&P 500 rose 0.24% to 7,709.91 Wednesday as Treasury's bond buyback move eased yields; healthcare hit a record high while tech and semis lagged.
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Lowe's adjusted EPS topped consensus at $4.40, but a guidance cut to the low end of every range, and a smaller stock pop than Home Depot's, tells the more honest story.
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Target's Q2 FY2026 EPS of $4.11 beat consensus, but a $994 million tariff refund did most of the work. Comparable sales grew 3.8%, guidance was raised, and TGT shares whipsawed in premarket trading.
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell Tuesday as the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.327%, a 19-year high, driven by oil above $90 and fading Iran truce hopes.
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Home Depot reported Q2 FY2026 adjusted EPS of $4.92, clearing the $4.73 consensus by $0.19. Revenue came in at $47.9 billion, beating the $47.0B estimate. Comparable sales rose 1.7%. Here is what the print tells us about housing and the consumer.
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The S&P 500 sits near 7,785 as four retail giants report this week. VIX has ticked up, yields are elevated, and consumer sentiment has collapsed to 51.0. Here is what each print needs to show.
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With 88% of S&P 500 companies reporting, Q2 2026 blended earnings growth stands at 50.4% year-over-year, the highest since Q2 2021. But the headline hides concentration risk, and the sector tape is already rotating ahead of this week's retail catalyst gauntlet.
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Bloom Energy's first $1B quarter confirms AI data center power demand. Monday's rotation into Energy and Utilities while XLK dips is the market pricing Fed risk, not rejecting the AI thesis.
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Anthropic's Q2 2026 revenue hit $11.5 billion, a 14x year-over-year gain. But the sector tape on August 17 tells a more complex story: Energy and Industrials are leading while XLK pulls back. Here is what the rotation, the breadth data, and the Fed risk say about equity positioning.
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Anthropic posted Q2 2026 revenue above $11.5 billion, a 14x year-over-year gain. Markets rotated into Energy and Industrials anyway. Here is what the internals say.
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The S&P 500 hit a record 7,816.70 intraday on August 13 as tech (XLK +1.01%) and communication services (XLC +2.07%) led, backed by ~50% y/y Q2 earnings growth. But VIX at 14.63 and a call-heavy 0.59 put/call ratio leave the market with a thin hedging cushion, and today's Applied Materials report is the next test of the AI-capex thesis behind the rotation.
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