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Updated · moomoo.com · Aug 31
Nasdaq Slips 0.5% as Warsh Signals Rate Hikes and Marvell, Iren Tumble
Updated
Updated · moomoo.com · Aug 31

Nasdaq Slips 0.5% as Warsh Signals Rate Hikes and Marvell, Iren Tumble

3 articles · Updated · moomoo.com · Aug 31

Summary

  • Friday’s selloff left the Nasdaq down 0.5%, the S&P 500 off 0.3% and the Dow lower by 0.02% after investors recoiled from Fed chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole remarks.
  • Warsh’s anti-inflation comments were read as pointing to near-term rate hikes, a prospect that typically pressures stocks by making bonds and money-market yields more attractive.
  • Tech weakness deepened the losses: Iren dropped 12.5% and Marvell fell 10.3% after earnings, dragging down names including Nvidia, IonQ, Lumentum, Applied Optoelectronics and Nebius.
  • Monday brings no major U.S. economic reports and only SAIC earnings before the bell, but markets will soon face a heavier test from Broadcom, Dell and HPE results plus Friday’s August nonfarm payrolls report.

Insights

Dell's AI backlog is surging while others stumble; could this massive divergence signal a brutal survival-of-the-fittest era for tech stocks?
As AI infrastructure demands billions, will the Fed's relentless higher-for-longer rate strategy quietly suffocate the tech boom before it matures?
With labor participation hitting a five-year low, is the Fed's hawkish inflation obsession masking a fragile economy on the brink of recession?