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Nvidia’s latest earnings kept the AI spending boom intact, but the stock’s muted reaction said something more important: the market is no longer paying up just for obvious exposure. From here, the better trade looks like selective owners of AI bottlenecks and monetization layers, not simply adding to the biggest GPU winner.
Estée Lauder's failed Puig talks look like a positive, not a setback. With M&A noise gone, the market can focus on a turnaround that is finally showing up in margins, China trends, and repeated earnings beats.
Workday's latest quarter gave software bulls exactly what they needed: proof that AI is showing up in product usage and margin expansion at the same time. The stock still has work to do after a brutal YTD drawdown, but this report made the disruption narrative a lot harder to sell.
Walmart is still a very good business, but the stock was priced like a flawless one. Once softer EPS guidance and fresh margin pressure showed up, that premium had nowhere to hide.
Intuit’s post-earnings selloff looks earned, not emotional. The problem is simple: a beat-and-raise quarter still wasn’t enough to offset weaker TurboTax growth and a fresh reminder that AI is pressuring the franchise investors care about most.
Rising Treasury yields have stopped being background noise for the market’s most crowded growth names. With the 10-year at 4.631%, the 30-year above 5%, and AI leaders still priced for near-perfect execution, duration risk is starting to bite where positioning is most crowded.
AI demand is still real, but this week’s tape says the market is starting to care less about who sells the chips and more about who can power, cool, and house them. After Nvidia’s strong-but-muted print, the sharper signal came from infrastructure deals tied to electricity, grid capacity, and data-center buildout.
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