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My Investing Muse (31Aug2026) Layoffs, closures and Delinquencies Technology job cuts in 2026 have already exceeded the full-year 2025 total, as companies shift budgets toward artificial intelligence and a narrower set of core products.Apple eliminated more than 200 positions: roughly 100 in Vision Pro, including a near shutdown of the gaming team and a smaller immersive-video unit, and about 100 in Siri and Intelligent Systems Experience as the assistant is rebuilt on a new AI architecture. LinkedIn is closing its Tel Aviv R&D center and cutting nearly all of its approximately 50 staff, a move disclosed earlier in August. TikTok cut 75 Bellevue roles, mainly engineers, data scientists, and TikTok Shop staff, after an earlier reduction of 250 jobs in Nashville. Oracle has instructed ma

News and my thoughts from the past week (31Aug2026) JPMorgan has said that there may be a large-scale food supply crisis in the next year. - Unusual Whale Bill Gates accuses the tech industry of knowingly downplaying AI's risks because too much money is at stake. Executives are worried in private but won't say so publicly, he told the NYT. Their reasoning, in his words: "It's bad for us — the next trillion dollars we're trying to raise." Gates says the industry blew past milestones it once said would warrant caution: models escaping their creators' control, AI producing bioweapon recipes. - X user International Cyber Digest AI agents are now using 5x more tokens than humans - X user Kalshi David Sacks: “I got bad news for you, Chamath, an open source ban is coming. They're not going to cal

Market Outlook of S&P500 (31Aug2026) Technical Analysis Overview MACD Indicator The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator for the S&P 500 is on a downtrend. Moving Averages Examining the moving averages, the most recent price action shows the last candlestick above the 50-day (MA50) and 200-day (MA200) moving average lines. This pattern indicates a bullish shift in the short and long term. Notably, both the MA50 and MA200 lines have continued to trend upward, indicating a bullish outlook in both the short and long term. Exponential Moving Averages This shows a bullish trend with a potential for reversal. Chaikin Money Flow CMF index shows a score of -0.10. This implies more selling momentum than buying momentum. Other Technical Analysis Based on the daily

Earnings Calendar (31Aug2026) There are a few interesting earnings releases in the coming week that include Dell, NIO, Palo Alto, Asana and Broadcom. Let us look at Broadcom. Broadcom: Market View and Valuation Technical analysis currently indicates a “strong sell”, while analyst sentiment points to a “strong buy”. The price target of $555.97 implies a potential upside of 42.6%, and the stock has risen 24.01% over the past year. However, valuation appears stretched. With a P/E ratio of 61.2 and EPS of $6.19, the stock looks expensive on an earnings basis. Financial Performance: 2021–2025 Broadcom’s financial performance strengthened significantly between 2021 and 2025, with revenue, operating income, and net income all showing strong growth. Total revenue rose from $27.4 billion

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases (week of 31Aug2026) Global Manufacturing Signals China’s August Manufacturing PMI is forecast at 49.7, indicating a contraction in manufacturing activity. This release is especially important because China accounts for nearly one-third of global manufacturing output, so a weaker reading could point to softer global demand. Chicago PMI for August is forecast at 57.8, suggesting continued expansion in production and a potentially bullish signal for markets. S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for August is forecast at 53.2, also pointing to expansion. ISM Manufacturing PMI for August is forecast at 55.3, indicating further growth in manufacturing activity. ISM Manufacturing Prices for August will be an important gauge of producer cost pressures, which may eve

Economic Preview: Key Data Releases (week of 31Aug2026) Global Manufacturing Signals China’s August Manufacturing PMI is forecast at 49.7, indicating a contraction in manufacturing activity. This release is especially important because China accounts for nearly one-third of global manufacturing output, so a weaker reading could point to softer global demand. Chicago PMI for August is forecast at 57.8, suggesting continued expansion in production and a potentially bullish signal for markets. S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for August is forecast at 53.2, also pointing to expansion. ISM Manufacturing PMI for August is forecast at 55.3, indicating further growth in manufacturing activity. ISM Manufacturing Prices for August will be an important gauge of producer cost pressures, which may eve

My Investing Muse (24Aug2026) Layoffs, closures and Delinquencies Kroger has closed at least three dozen stores since announcing plans to shutter 60 locations that were not "delivering sustainable results" by the end of 2026 - MacroEdge In tech: Oracle was preparing another restructuring wave potentially starting September 1, with managers identifying double-digit team cuts after $1.84 billion in prior-year severance costs. TikTok filed a WARN for 75 Bellevue TikTok Shop roles (second consecutive year of cuts there). Pentera cut about 60 employees (~13% of staff) in its second round in four months to pivot toward an AI-native platform.In retail/consumer: H&M’s potential UK support-office redundancies of up to 250 were real but reported slightly earlier. Morrisons disclosed a nearly 5,0

News and my thoughts from the past week (24Aug2026) I don't know what's worse, knowing 70% of U.S. GDP is the AI bubble... Or knowing that 70% of U.S. GDP is entirely funded by private credit and retirement funds. - X user Financelot Canada suspends trade talks with US and says it will match tariffs dollar for dollar. - X user Watcher Guru Meta’s former engineering director is back on the stand, and his testimony is as brutal as the courtroom drawing of him. Whistleblower Arturo Bejar says Meta knew young users were being harmed at “extraordinarily high rates” but its own tracking failed to capture the real damage. He told jurors parents “would have wanted to have known” what the company knew. The case accuses Meta of addicting kids, worsening anxiety and depression, and illegally collecti

Market Outlook of S&P500 (24Aug2026) Technical Analysis Overview MACD Indicator The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator for the S&P 500 is on a downtrend. Moving Averages Examining the moving averages, the most recent price action shows that the last candlestick has been above the 200-day (MA200) moving average line. This pattern indicates a bullish shift in the long term. With the last candle sitting on the MA50 line, this implies a potential trend change in the shorter term. Notably, both the MA50 and MA200 lines have continued to trend upward, indicating a bullish outlook in both the short and long term. Exponential Moving Averages This shows a bullish trend with a potential for reversal. Chaikin Money Flow CMF index shows a score of -0.04. This impl

Earnings Calendar (24Aug2026) I am interested in a few earnings that include Salesforce, Nvidia, Zoom, and PDD. Let us look at Salesforce. Technical Analysis has a recommendation of “strong buy”, and the Analysts Sentiment recommends a “Buy”. The stock price has fallen 16.78% from a year ago. With the (analyst) price target of $243.98, there is a potential upside of 16.64%. With the P/E Ratio of 24.2 and an EPS of 8.05, this appears to be rather attractive. One of the reasons why I have picked this stock is due to the potential disruption of AI. How will Salesforce navigate this? This can be a good case study for other companies offering enterprise solutions. We are looking at the annual financial performance since 2022. Revenue has been growing from $26.4B (2022) to $41.5B (2026). With th