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🚨 US-Canada trade talks collapse! US imposes 50% tariffs, Canada responds with equivalent countermeasures

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🚨 US-Canada trade negotiations collapse! The United States imposes a 50% tariff, and Canada responds with equivalent countermeasures!

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🚨 Carney: as U.S. imposes 50% tariffs, Canada will match tariffs dollar for dollar to protect workers and businesses

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🚨 Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney: trade talks with U.S. suspended

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🚨 Ray Dalio warns that U.S. fiscal policy has reached a "tipping point," with a debt crisis potentially erupting within the next one to five years. He recommends reducing bond holdings and increasing allocations to gold and Bitcoin.

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🚨 As yields on long-dated U.S. Treasuries climb, the Jackson Hole symposium overshadows NVIDIA's earnings! Christopher Waller's remarks could determine the next move for risk assets.

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🚨 U.S. military: Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through Taiwan Strait in international airspace on August 21

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🚨 The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98%, the Nasdaq Composite gaining 0.43%, and the S&P 500 Index up 0.43%. Banking stocks strengthened, with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley each rising more than 2%. Gold mining s…

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🚨 NVIDIA in talks to acquire Rebellions, the centerpiece of South Korea’s "K-Nvidia Initiative," as Jensen Huang expands his AI chip empire.

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🚨 Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy: Ukraine's Military hit Russian oil refinery in Perm and Marinovka military air base in Volgograd region.

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🚨 Mutual funds underweight, institutional longs return with real capital! NVIDIA-led Magnificent Seven back in the spotlight of fund flows

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🚨 Japan Finance Ministry considering setting assumed interest rate at 3.8% for calculating debt servicing costs in fiscal 2027/28 budget request - Nikkei

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🚨 German Service PMI Flash Actual 48.5 (Forecast 50.1, Previous 49.8)

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🚨 German Manufacturing PMI Flash Actual 54.1 (Forecast 52.1, Previous 52.2)

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🚨 Japan PM Takaichi on X: Japan is seeing wage rises become embedded as a trend as it shifts away from deflation-prone economy to growth-oriented one.

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🚨 Centcom: U.S. forces have diverted 68 commercial ships, disabled 3 and boarded 2 to enforce blockade against Iran

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08/21/2026 Market Daily Summary

US equities closed higher on Friday as risk appetite returned, led by financials and cyclical resources. The Dow rose +0.98%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each gained +0.43%, though all three benchmarks still ended the week lower.

💾 Movers
- GS +3.80% to $1,040.01 — financials led the Dow higher on soft-landing optimism
- MP +9.57%, SCCO +8.69%, CCJ +7.41% — rare earths and copper surged as reflation trade revived
- TSLA +5.46% to $363.99 — strength amid AI rotation; also saw top institutional call buying ($69M)
- WMT fell 9.2% Thursday on slowest US comps in 6+ years (~$83B erased); Jefferies cut PT

🔴 Laggards
- AAOI -13.82% — biggest AI decliner; MRVL -5.73%
- Semis fell 5.4% on the week amid AI spending concerns
- PLTR (-$145M), NVDA (-$47M), INTC (-$41M) — heavy put demand signals profit-taking in AI leaders

📊 Macro
- German Manufacturing PMI flash surged to 54.1 (forecast 52.1); Services missed at 48.5
- 30Y yield eased after hitting 19-year high 5.34% Tuesday
- Gold +5.5% weekly, silver +6.8%, bitcoin futures +22% above 70K
- Japan PM Takaichi: wage rises becoming embedded; Tokyo weighs 3.8% assumed rate for debt costs in FY2027/28
- Energy (XLE) saw outflows (-13); geopolitical risk not yet priced into oil

📑 Research Desk
- Goldman: hedge funds and mutual funds diverge on AI positioning but converge on financials exposure
- NVDA 2Q preview: Rubin platform seen driving upside; gross margin trajectory is the key metric
- AMD 2Q in line; Helios rack-scale systems ramp in 2H26; Buy at China Renaissance
- Deere +6.9% on Q3 beat, raises FY26 outlook; analysts split on FY27 cycle
- Micron plans $10B AI memory investment alongside $250B capacity expansion

⚠️ Short-Seller Radar
- Muddy Waters intensified its Sportradar (SRAD) campaign, alleging suppression of 1xBet details in its short report
- Hunterbrook: Modine's anchor multi-billion-dollar customers are Google and Amazon

👀 What to Watch
- Monday: US flash Manufacturing and Services PMI (expected 54.3 and 53.8)
- Powell's Jackson Hole speech — first key Fed signal, per UBS
- NVDA earnings: gross margin and Rubin platform updates in focus
- Reuters: NVDA in talks to acquire South Korea's Rebellions
- Israel conflict and Ukraine strikes on Russian refineries remain geopolitical overhangs

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🚨 Centcom: U.S. forces have redirected 68 commercial ships, disabled 3 and boarded 3 to ensure compliance

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🚨 Goldman Sachs warns: Federal Reserve communication turns "ambiguous," market volatility may intensify further

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🚨 Trump states that addressing the $40 trillion U.S. debt issue relies on growth; denies directing Bessent to intervene in the bond market