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The Daily Brief
One edition every market day since May 20, 2026:
what moved, why it moved, and what it means going into the next session.
92 editions so far.
2026-08-21COIN up 8.2% on Clarity Act; FCX hits all-time high; TSLA clears Nevada
Coinbase gained 8.2% on Senate Clarity Act expectations, copper set a record, an
2026-08-20WMT -9.2% on Q2 earnings despite profit gain and raised outlook
Walmart posted its worst session in four years despite Q2 profit up 28.8%, with
2026-08-19MRK +12.6% on cancer vaccine push; Treasury buybacks cut yields to 4.71%
Merck jumped 12.6% on cancer vaccine positioning while Treasury's long-bond buyb
2026-08-18INTC -6.6% on 10-year yield at 4.72% as tech retreats broadly
Tuesday's 4.72% 10-year yield drove a broad tech retreat while Home Depot beat q
2026-08-17Tech retreats as META's $1.4 trillion trial opens; AI infrastructure holds
Meta shed billions on day one of a California child-privacy trial, while Applied
2026-08-14AMD +6.5% on $5B AI bond; AVGO -5.9% on BofA debt call
Intel raises $23 billion via 242 million new shares as the semiconductor sector
2026-08-13NFLX +5.4% on Ackman re-entry; Intel prices $23B equity raise
S&P 500 closed at a record Thursday as the VIX settled at 14.6 and Intel absorbe
2026-08-12Intel's $23 billion foundry raise leads a broad chip-sector rally
SPCX gained 9.6%, ORCL rose 5.4% on a Quantinuum deal, and Intel's 242-million-s
2026-08-11Four growth names off 3.4-3.9% as 10-Year holds 4.72%
SpaceX, Alphabet, Oracle, and Adobe each declined more than 3% Tuesday as Treasu
2026-08-10XOM +4.4% on crude supply fears; INTC -4.1% on $15B dilution
Energy and pharma outperformed Monday while Intel's $15 billion stock offering p
2026-08-09SPCX +15.8% on Q2 AI compute beat; PLTR +10.3% on guidance raise
Five tickers moved more than 3% in Sunday's session, anchored by SpaceX's post-I
2026-08-08BRK.B profits up 16% as Abel deploys cash; five equities move Friday
BRK.B earnings rose 16% as Greg Abel began deploying Buffett's cash hoard; SPCX
2026-08-07SPCX +15.8% on Argus upgrade, PLTR +10.3% on BofA call
Five AI-adjacent names advanced Friday as analyst upgrades on SpaceX and Palanti
2026-08-06SPCX +6.1% on Terafab; CRM down 3.2% as software reprices AI risk
The 10-year sits at 4.63% and VIX at 15.8 as Thursday's equity moves split clean
2026-08-05LLY +4.9% on Q2 revenue +48%, full-year guidance raised
Eli Lilly's Zepbound quarter dominated a split session that sent SPCX down 13.6%
2026-08-04PLTR +29.5% on Q2 earnings beat leads chip sector rally
Palantir closed at $162.66 after raising its full-year outlook; SpaceX reported
2026-08-03PLTR Q2 beat and ORCL +9.2% anchor a record session for AI megacaps
Palantir raised full-year revenue guidance on its twelfth consecutive quarter of
2026-08-02AAPL down 7.4% on guidance; AMZN up 15.3% on AWS AI payoff
Apple's Q3 hit $109.4 billion with 27% profit growth but fell 7.4%; Amazon's AWS
2026-08-01AMZN up 15.3% on Q2 blowout; AAPL down 7.4% on Cook succession
Amazon's Q2 blowout sent shares to $271.58 as Apple posted $109.4 billion in rev
2026-07-31AMZN +15.3% on Q2 AWS beat; AAPL −7.4% despite Q3 revenue strength
Amazon's Q2 AWS beat lifted the hyperscaler complex while Apple fell 7.4% despit
2026-07-30MSFT up 15.5% on cloud beat; META down 8% on free cash flow collapse
Microsoft's Q2 cloud results validated AI infrastructure for chip names while Me
2026-07-29META down 11% on Q3 guide cut as chip sector sells off
Microsoft beat with $90 billion in Q4 revenue while META's after-hours miss and
2026-07-28AMD -8.1% on Core Scientific GPU deal; chip sector sheds 5-8%
Visa posts $11.63 billion in Q2 revenue as four semiconductor names fall between
2026-07-27CRM up 6.1% on $1.6B VA deal; NVDA and AMD each down 5%
AI software names rallied Monday, led by Salesforce's $1.6 billion Veterans Affa
2026-07-26INTC -7.9% on Q2 earnings; ORCL -4.2% despite $7B Pentagon win
Intel's quarterly results pulled semiconductors lower while Oracle fell even aft
2026-07-25INTC down 7.9% on Q2 earnings as Alphabet posts $112B net income
Alphabet's Q2 revenue climbed 24% and Tesla grew 25% as four major tech prints l
2026-07-24Friday close: thirty-one tickers examined, zero cleared the gate
The substance gate ran five tests across thirty-one names and returned nothing —
2026-07-23Tesla -14.5% on Q2 earnings miss; Alphabet -7.1% on $200B capex; Intel beats
Q2 earnings split the Nasdaq: Tesla's miss and Alphabet's $200 billion capex for
2026-07-22TSLA misses Q2 EPS by $0.18; GOOGL falls on capex raise
Alphabet's cloud growth beat fell short of overriding a raised AI spending forec
2026-07-21COIN up 9.6% on digital asset regulation deal; AMD, INTC lead semis
Crypto compliance clarity drove Coinbase's biggest single-session gain of the ye
2026-07-20ORCL down 4.0% on New Mexico permit denial; SPCX down 3.3% to post-IPO low
Oracle's Project Jupiter data center lost its state pipeline permit for the seco
2026-07-19NFLX down 7.3% on earnings revealing price hikes replaced subscriber growth
Price hikes, not subscriber additions, drove Netflix's revenue last quarter; the
2026-07-18UNH earnings land into rising rates and a semiconductor bear market
The 10-Year Treasury held at 4.57%, UNH reported quarterly results, and the Phil
2026-07-17NFLX -7.3% on Q2 guidance miss, 10-Year at 4.57%
Netflix's second straight guidance miss drove equities down roughly 1.4% on a da
2026-07-16Chip sector falls on TSMC earnings; UNH +10.3%, NFLX -8% on Q2 results
TSMC's Q2 results flagged elevated AI scaling costs, sending six chip names down
2026-07-15AAPL +4.0% on cooler CPI print, INTC -4.4% on BofA crowding note
Wednesday's inflation undershoot lifted megacap technology 3-4% while Intel fell
2026-07-14JPM nets $16.9B in Q2 as NVDA rises 4.1% on China H200 deliveries
The banking sector posted Q2 profits 39% above last year while chip stocks recov
2026-07-13ORCL down 6.5% on S&P BBB- downgrade; XOM up 4.1% on Hormuz closure
Oracle's credit downgrade anchors a hardware-wide selloff while the Strait of Ho
2026-07-12META up 6.0% on $2B China acquisition block; NVDA up 4.0%
Meta's blocked $2 billion AI deal and an unexplained Nvidia gain of 4.0% headlin
2026-07-11META up 6.0% on internal AI coding tool deployment
Amazon closed a $24.9 billion bond deal at a 4.54% 10-year rate as $SPCX shed 4.
2026-07-10META up 6.0% on custom AI chip and cloud rental announcement
Meta's chip-and-cloud pivot drove a 6.0% gain while Amazon closed $24.9 billion
2026-07-09AMD up 5.7% on AI campus deal, META up 4.7% on Muse Spark API
AMD's AI campus partnership drove a 5.7% gain; Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 API launch
2026-07-08AVGO up 4.8% on Apple silicon supply contract locked through 2031
Broadcom's confirmed Apple deal through 2031 drives the session's sharpest equit
2026-07-07Thirty-one tickers in, zero out: Tuesday closes quiet
The full substance sweep came up empty — no macro, no earnings, no filings on a
2026-07-06Thirty-One Tickers Examined, Zero Catalysts Cleared on Monday, July 6
The desk swept 31 names on Monday and cleared none — no macro, no earnings, no m
2026-07-05TSLA -7.5% on Tesla-Meta $1.48T parity; chip complex drops 4-7%
The semiconductor and AI-adjacent complex posted the session's heaviest losses w
2026-07-04TSLA down 7.5% on Q2 earnings as semiconductor sector slides
Tesla's quarterly results anchor a split session: semis broadly lower, consumer
2026-07-03TSLA -7.5% on Q2 margin miss as semiconductors shed 5-7%
Tesla beat Q2 delivery targets by 18% but margin compression drove the day's lar
2026-07-02$TSLA -7.5% on Q2 earnings as Dow records and chips retreat
Tesla's quarterly results drove the session's steepest single-stock loss while t
2026-07-01META up 8.8% on AI cloud report; chip stocks drop 7-10%
Meta's reported plan to sell AI compute externally drove an 8.8% gain while trig
2026-06-30AMD up 7.7% on Q2 close as sector books $2 trillion in combined gains
AMD, Intel, and Applied Materials capped a Q2 that added $2 trillion to the semi
2026-06-29AMAT up 10.8% on chip investment deal as Nasdaq breaks five-session losing streak
Applied Materials led the session with a 10.8% gain as Nasdaq ended a five-day l
2026-06-28QCOM down 7.6% on $4B Modular acquisition; LLY up 7.1% on Medicare drug coverage
Qualcomm's $4B AI software acquisition pressured chips while Medicare's July 1 o
2026-06-27QCOM down 7.6% on BofA warning, LLY up 7.1% on BioArctic deal
A clean directional split: semiconductor names fell on competition warnings whil
2026-06-26QCOM -7.6% on Modular acquisition; chips rotate into software and healthcare
Qualcomm's 19.2-million-share Modular deal led semiconductor selling while LLY g
2026-06-25Inflation at 4.1% splits the tape: AMAT up 13.4%, AAPL down 6.1%
A three-year inflation high raised Fed rate-hike odds on Thursday, lifting chip
2026-06-24QCOM down 3.3% on Modular Inc acquisition for 19.2M shares
The 10-year held at 4.50% as Qualcomm's dilutive all-stock deal, a Coinbase slid
2026-06-23Chip sector drops 4–8% as 10-year Treasury yield hits 4.51%
Six semiconductor names fell between 3 and 8 percent Tuesday as rising Treasury
2026-06-22SPCX −16.4% leads eight-name tech sell-off; INTC gains 5.2%
Eight mega-cap names closed lower Monday, led by $SPCX at −16.4%, while $INTC an
2026-06-21INTC +10.6%, QCOM +6.2%, AMD +4.9% in Sunday semiconductor sweep
Five chip names gained between 4.1% and 10.6% on Sunday, with no single confirme
2026-06-20INTC up 10.6% leads chip sector sweep; 30-year mortgage prints 6.47%
Five semiconductor names cleared 4% or more Friday; Intel led at 10.6% as the 30
2026-06-19INTC +10.6% on chip-sector rotation; five semis close higher Friday
Five chip names ended Friday's session higher, led by $INTC at +10.6%, as the 10
2026-06-18WMT Trust Exits $536M in Shares; Insider Filings Lead a Quiet Thursday
A $536 million Walmart trust sale was Thursday's standout disclosure as AMD, App
2026-06-17Adobe's $6.6B fiscal Q2 and Musk's $7.1B Tesla option exercise
Adobe posted 13% quarterly revenue growth to $6.6 billion; Tesla's CEO exercised
2026-06-16ADBE posts $6.6 billion in Q2 revenue, up 13% year-over-year
Adobe's June quarter came in at $6.6 billion, a 13% gain over the prior-year per
2026-06-15ADBE Q2 earnings: revenue up 13% to $6.6 billion
Adobe's fiscal second quarter came in at $6.6 billion in revenue, a 13% year-ove
2026-06-14Amazon raises C$14B in bonds; AMD CEO sells $57.6M in shares
Amazon's C$14 billion corporate bond issuance, denominated in Canadian dollars,
2026-06-13ADBE CFO exits after record Q2; AMZN issues C$14B in bonds
Adobe's CFO Daniel Durn resigned alongside the company's strongest quarter on re
2026-06-12ORCL Q4 2026 earnings out; ADBE CFO Durn exits on record quarter
Oracle declared a dividend alongside fourth-quarter results while Adobe posted r
2026-06-11AVGO Q2 revenue +48% on earnings; ORCL declares $0.50 dividend
Broadcom and Oracle report simultaneously; Adobe's CFO exits the same day the co
2026-06-10AVGO posts 48% revenue growth, ORCL declares Q4 dividend
Broadcom's Q2 net income climbed 88% year-over-year, Oracle closed its fiscal ye
2026-06-09AVGO revenue +48% on Broadcom Q2 earnings report, net income up 88%
Broadcom's second quarter showed revenue up 48% and net income up 88% year-over-
2026-06-08Thirty tickers, zero stories: the desk ran dry on June 8
The substance gate swept 30 names on Monday and found no movers, no earnings, an
2026-06-07GOOG files two mandatory convertible preferred series; NVDA director sells $3.3M
Alphabet discloses two new mandatory convertible preferred stock series while an
2026-06-06GOOGL raises $19 billion with Berkshire leading $10 billion private placement
Alphabet's dual capital raise pairs a $10 billion Berkshire private placement wi
2026-06-05The week's 7 stale filings anchor a $0 fresh-news Friday
Thirty tickers swept, zero substantive filings cleared the freshness gate, and s
2026-06-04Alphabet raises $19B in two deals; five mega-cap insiders sell Thursday
Alphabet pairs a $10 billion Berkshire Hathaway placement with a $9 billion publ
2026-06-03The 30-ticker sweep cleared 0 leads — the desk holds for Thursday
Wednesday's full examination of 30 names produced no filings, no earnings beats,
2026-06-02$MSFT CAO offloads $185.8M as insider filings anchor Tuesday's desk
Two Microsoft Form 4s totaling $381M in combined transaction value are the day's
2026-06-0130 tickers examined, 0 cleared: the desk holds at Monday's open
A full sweep of 30 names on June 1 produced no filings, no earnings beats, and n
2026-05-31The desk's 30-ticker sweep cleared 0 catalysts on May 31
Every name in the sweep either filed nothing material or filed events the freshn
2026-05-30The 30-ticker sweep clears 0 movers: what the desk examined on May 30
Across 30 names and a full filings pass, no transaction above $1M, no mover abov
2026-05-29Walmart Q1 net income +19% to $5.3B; Salesforce revenue up 13%
Walmart Q1 net income rose 19% to $5.3B on 7% revenue growth while Salesforce po
2026-05-28$CRM earnings lead the desk as $WMT's Walton Trust moves $1.2B
Salesforce's quarterly disclosure anchors a slate dominated by insider activity,
2026-05-27$CRM earnings lead the desk as $WMT's Walton Trust moves $1.2B
Salesforce's quarterly disclosure anchors a session defined by insider activity
2026-05-26$WMT's $1.2B Walton family sale leads the insider desk
The Walton Family Trust's $1.2 billion Walmart disposal and an Amazon SVP's $2.4
2026-05-25$UNH examined, 11 tickers cleared, 0 filings: the desk holds its position
A Memorial Day session with 30 tickers swept, 35 articles dropped on substance g
2026-05-24$UNH examined, 0 filings cleared: the desk's 28-article sweep holds the week's anchor
Sunday's sweep across 30 tickers produced zero cleared filings and 28 refused ar
2026-05-23$NVDA's $81.6B quarter still leads the desk as insiders move
NVIDIA's nearly doubled revenue anchors a Saturday slate thick with insider tran
2026-05-22NVIDIA's $81.6B Quarter Still Commands the Tape
AI data center demand nearly doubled NVIDIA's revenue year-over-year, while insi
2026-05-21NVIDIA's Numbers Are Real. The Market Barely Flinched.
Q1 revenue of $81.6 billion and net income of $58.3 billion landed Wednesday — t
2026-05-20Chips Rally Hard Into Nvidia's Earnings Report
AMD gained 8.1%, Intel 7.4%, and four more semis moved on positioning, AI hardwa
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