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Aug 15, 2026

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6 min read

TRADERS & QUANTS - SATURDAY RECAP

Two Inflation Prints Bought the Fed Time | Anthropic Targets 2 Trillion | The Blockade Went Kinetic | Berkshire Deployed 32 Billion

Dio Pouerie, +1

Retail Sales Fell | Reddit Is Joining the S&P | Hyperscaler Capex Overtake

Aug 14, 2026

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5 min read

Retail Sales Fell | Reddit Is Joining the S&P | Hyperscaler Capex Overtake

Retail sales fell 0.6%. Consumer sentiment dropped to 51. The US said the Iran blockade runs indefinitely. Reddit joins the S&P 500 Monday. The S&P closed its third straight winning week anyway.

Dio Pouerie, +1

The China Line Came Back | Applied Materials Guides Higher | Retail Sales At Half Past Eight | What November Tenth Decides

Aug 14, 2026

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5 min read

The China Line Came Back | Applied Materials Guides Higher | Retail Sales At Half Past Eight | What November Tenth Decides

Last November, Applied Materials told investors that Chinese chip equipment spending would fall this year. Last night it said the opposite. The rule written to make the first version true switches itself back on in twelve weeks.

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$2 Trillion IPO | PPI Flat | Cisco Fell on Margin Concerns | Russell Hit All-Time High

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

$2 Trillion IPO | PPI Flat | Cisco Fell on Margin Concerns | Russell Hit All-Time High

Anthropic is targeting the largest IPO in history at $2 trillion. PPI came in flat versus a 0.2% estimate. Cisco beat earnings and fell 9% on margin guidance. The Russell 2000 hit a record. September hike odds hit 68%.

Dio Pouerie, +1

Producers Charge More Than Shops Do | A Parts Distributor Opens Its Books | Tapestry And Dillard's Follow | The Line That Counts Margins

Aug 13, 2026

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5 min read

Producers Charge More Than Shops Do | A Parts Distributor Opens Its Books | Tapestry And Dillard's Follow | The Line That Counts Margins

Applied Industrial tells investors its suppliers keep raising prices and its own gross margin has not moved all year. It reports before the bell. Two more sellers open their books the same morning, into the July wholesale print.

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CPI Moved | CoreWeave and Super Micro Ended the Debate | Wendy's Jumped

Aug 12, 2026

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5 min read

CPI Moved | CoreWeave and Super Micro Ended the Debate | Wendy's Jumped

CPI landed exactly as expected. September hike odds fell. December hike odds rose. CoreWeave doubled its revenue and surged. Super Micro guided to $15 billion and surged. Wendy's is going private. The tape liked all of it.

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