Monday, August 25
Volatility Watch
- Opendoor (OPEN) and Asset Entities (ASST): options volume → expected volatility.
- Most overbought stocks (14d RSI): Avidia (AVBC), QMMM Holdings (QMMM), Indivior (INDV).
- Most oversold stocks (14d RSI): Bragg Gaming (BRAG), Monday.com (MNDY), Vtex (VTEX).
Earnings Watch
- PDD Holdings (PDD) – before market open.
IPO Watch
- No new IPOs (pre-Labor Day slowdown).
- End of quiet period for Figma (FIG), Ambiq Micro (AMBQ), and Avidia Bancorp (AVBC) → analysts can publish notes.
Dividend Watch
- Ex-dividend next week: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), S&P Global (SPGI), Hyatt (H), Tyson Foods (TSN).
Events
- VMware Explore 2025 (Las Vegas), under Broadcom (AVGO). Keynote by CEO Hock Tan (August 26): “Shaping the Future of Private Cloud and AI Innovation”.
- 7:15pm (ET): John Williams (New York Fed) speaks at the Centennial Conference (Bank of Mexico).
Tuesday, August 26
Earnings Watch
- Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), MongoDB (MDB), Okta (OKTA).
Consumer
- Starbucks (SBUX) brings back its Pumpkin Spice Latte and fall menu (Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai, Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte).
Conferences
- Jefferies Semiconductor, IT Hardware & Comms Tech Summit: Tower Semi (TSEM), Amdocs (DOX), NXP (NXPI), ASML (ASML).
Macro
- 8:30am (ET) – Durable Goods Orders (July), expected: –1.2% Y/Y (after –9.3% in June).
- 9:00am (ET) – S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (housing market).
Wednesday, August 27
Earnings Watch
- Nvidia (NVDA), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Crowdstrike (CRWD), Snowflake (SNOW), Veeva (VEEV), Agilent (A), Pure Storage (PSTG), Five Below (FIVE), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), HP (HPQ).
- Options trading: high volatility expected on Kohl's (KSS) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF).
Conferences
- Deutsche Bank Technology Conference (2 days): Fortinet (FTNT), Cisco (CSCO), CoreWeave (CRWV), Arista (ANET), Microsoft (MSFT), ServiceNow (NOW).
Indices & Events
- Additions to the MSCI ACWI Index: Rocket Lab (RKLB), SoFi (SOFI), Affirm (AFRM).
- Start of a 50% tariff on certain Indian imports (unless a last minute deal is reached).
- Circana publishes July video game sales.
- 5th anniversary of XPeng (XPEV) IPO.
Fed Speakers
- 11:45am (ET) – Thomas Barkin (Richmond Fed) → speech at Chamber of Commerce (Greensboro).
- 2:00pm (ET) – Nvidia (NVDA) earnings call → strong correlation with AMD (AMD), Taiwan Semi (TSM). Sensitive suppliers: Fabrinet (FN), Micron (MU).
Thursday, August 28
Earnings Watch
- Dell Technologies (DELL), Marvell (MRVL), Autodesk (ADSK), Dollar General (DG), Li Auto (LI), Best Buy (BBY), Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS).
- Options trading: volatility expected on Victoria’s Secret (VSCO) and Affirm (AFRM).
Conferences
- 11:45am (ET) – Intel (INTC) CFO David Zinsner (Deutsche Bank Tech Conf).
➤ First public appearance since SoftBank’s $2B investment and US stake rumors.
Friday, August 29
Earnings Watch
- Alibaba (BABA).
Macro
- 8:30am (ET) – Core PCE Price Index (July). June: +2.8% Y/Y, May: +2.7%.
Trade & Policies
- End of "de minimis" exemption (imports < $800 duty-free).
➤ Major impact for cross-border e-commerce.
Consumer & Leisure
- Last session before NCAA Football kick-off (Ohio State vs Texas, Florida State vs Alabama).
- ➤ Expected volume on betting names: DraftKings (DKNG), Flutter Entertainment (FLUT).
Corporate
- Beyond Inc. (BYON) → becomes Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY).
➤ Assets: Bed Bath & Beyond, Overstock, buybuy BABY, blockchain portfolio.
