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Good morning investors! This week, the focus will be on Nvidia earnings after the Jackson hole announcement last week that the market welcomed happily.
Today we cover:
What to expect this week
Government buys a stake in Intel
Ether hits a new high
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📊 Economy and News
What to Expect in Markets This Week
Here’s what to keep an eye on this week:
Monday, August 25, 2025
Key Economic Data: New Home Sales (July)
Key Earnings: PDD Holdings (PDD)
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Key Economic Data: Consumer Confidence (August); Durable-Goods Orders (July); S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index (June)
Federal Reserve Activity: Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin Speaks
Key Earnings: Bank of Montreal (BMO); Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS); MongoDB (MDB); Okta (OKTA)
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Key Economic Data: No major economic data releases scheduled
Federal Reserve Activity: Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin Speaks (Again)
Key Earnings: Nvidia (NVDA); Royal Bank of Canada (RY); CrowdStrike (CRWD); Snowflake (SNOW); Veeva Systems (VEEV); Agilent Technologies (A); HP (HPQ)
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Key Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - First Revisions (Q2); Initial Jobless Claims (Week Ending Aug. 23); Pending Home Sales (July)
Key Earnings: Toronto Dominion Bank (TD); Dell Technologies (DELL); Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM); Marvell Technology (MRVL); Autodesk (ADSK); Dollar General (DG)
Friday, August 29, 2025
Key Economic Data: Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index (July); Consumer Sentiment - Final (August); U.S. Trade Balance (July); Retail Inventories (July); Wholesale Inventories (July)
Key Earnings: No major earnings scheduled
Global hits:
Serbia to cap consumer goods profit margins and personal loan rates.
ECB rate cut talk may resume after September pause.
China proposes draft rules on internet platform pricing.
Barclays now sees two Fed cuts this year, says jumbo cuts ’very unlikely’.
Check this: International postal services, including DHL, are suspending shipments to the United States after an exemption on tariff duties for small packages is set to expire.
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📈 Stocks
S&P 500 6,466.91 (+1.52%)
DJIA 45,631.74 (+1.89%)
NASDAQ 21,496.54 (+1.88%)
BRENT CRUDE 67.73 (-0.02%)
* Prices as of Aug 25th, 12:20 AM UTC
U.S. Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel Amid Trump’s Corporate Influence
The U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in Intel, investing $8.9 billion for 433.3 million shares at $20.47 each, a discount to market price. This includes $5.7 billion from CHIPS Act grants and $3.2 billion for secure chip production.
President Trump called it a “great deal,” with Intel’s shares rising 6% Friday. The government may acquire an additional 5% if Intel’s foundry business changes ownership.
Intel, the only U.S. firm making advanced chips domestically, is slowing its Ohio factory plans, now set for 2030. This move reflects Trump’s push for greater control over corporate America, following SoftBank’s recent $2 billion investment in Intel.
Check this: Coca-Cola is exploring a sale of Costa Coffee. Also, Spotify will raise prices as it invests in new features and targets 1 billion users.
Ether hits a new high
Ether surged 15% late Friday, rising as high as $4,885 and surpassing its November 2021 record of $4,866.01. It has retreated since but is still holding strong.
The moves came during Powell’s annual address from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in which he indicated conditions “may warrant” interest rate cuts.
Ether has more than doubled over the past two months, outperforming bitcoin over the period.
💵 Personal Finance
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