Daily coverage · James Nakamura
Earnings, sector rotation and what the index is really pricing.
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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SPY and QQQ hold near records as AI capex discipline from Microsoft and Meta overrides soft July jobs data, with today's PPI print the next test.
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Tech (XLK +1.49%) and small caps (IWM +0.57%) lead an AI-earnings-driven rally as equities await today's July PPI print, whose consensus estimates conflict across data providers ahead of Applied Materials' earnings.
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S&P 500 fell for a second session as capital rotated into energy and utilities ahead of July CPI, with Kalshi pricing a cooler print than consensus.
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Tuesday marked a second straight down session for tech as capital rotated into energy, utilities, and industrials ahead of today's CPI print.
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Q2 earnings season is splitting the market into two camps: high-multiple growth names facing valuation scrutiny even after beating estimates, and cash-rich, guidance-raising mid-caps getting rewarded with fresh highs. Energy's 4.66% day is the clearest sign that rotation is happening beneath a flat index tape.
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