Analysis

TradingKey - NVDA closed at $209.66 before jumping after earnings as Q2 revenue hit $96.2B and Q3 guidance reached $108B. Can the breakout hold?

TradingKey - On August 27 (ET), cybersecurity company Okta (OKTA) rose about 20% to $161.70 in pre-market trading. The company released its second-quarter fiscal 2027 financial report after the market close on August 26, with several core metrics beating market expectations, and raised its full-year revenue guidance for the second time this year.

TradingKey - On August 27 Asia-Pacific time, Kioxia Holdings and SanDisk (SNDK) jointly announced plans to invest over 5 trillion yen (equivalent to $31 billion) in Japan over a six-year period to expand memory chip production capacity. The funds will be allocated toward infrastructure construction and related technology upgrades at the Yokkaichi and Kitakami plants to meet rising memory demand driven by growth in AI and data-centric businesses.

TradingKey - In US pre-market trading on Thursday, Nvidia (NVDA) shares rose sharply, with gains extending to as much as 8% at one point, poised to break the trend of consecutive pullbacks following previous earnings reports.

TradingKey - HP (HPQ) delivered a third-quarter earnings report that beat expectations for both revenue and profit, but the strong figures failed to dispel investor concerns over PC sales, memory costs, and profit margins. Following the announcement, HP shares fell as much as 9.2% in after-hours trading to $27.70, giving back nearly all of the day's 3.39% gain.

TradingKey - Since 2026, Nvidia (NVDA) has significantly accelerated its pace of investment in the AI sector. On August 26, Eastern Time, during Nvidia's Q2 earnings call, CFO Colette Kress confirmed that the company has committed over $50 billion to AI labs, covering direct investments, computing power commitments, and infrastructure partnerships. Below is a summary of Nvidia's major AI investments in 2026 compiled from public information.

Capital buzz surrounding the IPO alone is insufficient to drive the stock to continuous record highs. Whether CRM can break through its all-time high still depends on the actual enterprise renewal rates of Agentforce and Claudeforce, as well as whether traditional SaaS subscription seats can maintain steady growth.

TradingKey - After the market close on Wednesday, August 26, Eastern Time, CrowdStrike (CRWD) reported its second-quarter fiscal 2027 results. The company's revenue and adjusted earnings per share both beat market expectations, and it simultaneously raised its full-year guidance.

Japanese and South Korean stocks closed mixed! The KOSPI topped 6,900 points, while a stronger yen dragged the Nikkei lower, and Kioxia surged 5%.

TradingKey - On August 26 ET, according to a report by The Information citing people familiar with the matter, Nvidia (NVDA) has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. If the deal is finalized, it would mark one of Nvidia's largest acquisitions in recent years.

TradingKey - Nvidia’s (NVDA) latest second-quarter fiscal 2027 results once again beat Wall Street expectations. The company recorded quarterly revenue of $96.22 billion, up 106% year-over-year, while adjusted EPS came in at $2.22, topping market estimates of around $2.10. Data center revenue reached $89 billion, up 117% year-over-year, also exceeding expectations. Despite the better-than-expected results, why did the stock price drop initially before rising in after-hours trading?

Nvidia staged a V-shaped reversal in after-hours trading, falling initially before rebounding. What signals does this intense volatility send?

SoftBank is entering a new AI track, planning to acquire robotics company 1X at a valuation of $6 billion.

TradingKey - Amazon's (AMZN) cloud unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Nvidia (NVDA) recently announced a major expansion of their AI infrastructure partnership. AWS plans to deploy an additional 2 million Nvidia GPUs between 2027 and 2028 across its global data centers and AI infrastructure. This represents a further expansion beyond the deployment of over 1 million Nvidia GPUs that AWS initiated this year, reflecting that demand for AI computing power among major cloud providers continues to grow rapidly.

TradingKey — On August 26, Eastern Time, the three major U.S. stock indices closed slightly lower. Slightly stronger U.S. July PCE inflation data reignited market concerns that the Federal Reserve might keep interest rates higher for longer or even raise rates further. Meanwhile, investors remained

Nvidia's better-than-expected earnings sparked a rally in semiconductor stocks. Japanese and South Korean markets opened higher across the board, with the KOSPI surging nearly 2.7% to approach 7,000 points, while SK Hynix and Kioxia both surged 6%.

After Nvidia (NVDA) released its second-quarter earnings report for fiscal year 2027 on August 26 Eastern Time, its stock price fell more than 2% at one point. As of press time, the decline narrowed to 1.24%, with the stock trading at $207.06. During the period, Nvidia's revenue grew 106% year-over-year and 18% quarter-over-quarter to $96.221 billion. The data center segment remained the primary driver of revenue growth, accounting for approximately 92% of the total revenue.

U.S. July core PCE inflation came in line with expectations, as inflation resilience reignited Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, pushing the three major U.S. stock indices slightly lower. Markets are focused on Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole annual symposium on Friday to seek trading direction ahead of the September 16 policy meeting. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.21% to 53,463.88; the Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 0.08% to 26,130.20; and the S&P 500 Index dipped 0.02% to 7,675.70.

Anthropic has agreed to spend $45 billion over the next six years to lease data center computing capacity from AI cloud infrastructure company Nscale at its Monarch campus in West Virginia. According to people familiar with the matter, the agreement involves approximately 460 megawatts of power capacity, which is enough to meet the simultaneous electricity demand of about 345,000 U.S. households.

On August 26 Eastern Time, Micron (MU) stock fluctuated near $940, approaching the lower boundary of its ascending channel. Meanwhile, expectations of rising HBM prices continue to strengthen. TrendForce projects that despite price caps in some long-term agreements, HBM contract prices could still rise by 70% to 140% in 2027.