Stock Market Live November 17: S&P 500 (SPY) Bracing for Nvidia Earnings
The S&P 500 is in the red this morning, down about 10 points. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is down about $1.66. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones is down 88 points, while the NASDAQ…
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Markets dropped with Nvidia’s rally fizzling out, and on speculation that we won’t see another rate cut this year from the Federal Reserve.
Following jobs data that showed the addition of 110,000 jobs in September, the latest Fed Watch tool showed 40% odds of another cut by December. Yesterday, it stood at 50%. Last month, it was up to 95%.
Not helping, Bitcoin is now below 90,000, which is pulling down names like Strategy, MARA Holdings, and Riot Platforms.
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Just last night, Nvidia posted EPS of $1.30, which beat estimates by four cents. Revenue of $57 billion, up 62.5% year over year, beat by $1.91 billion. Data center revenue of $51.2 billion was up 25% quarter over quarter, and up 66% year over year.
Analysts only expected NVDA to post EPS of $1.25 on $54.83 billion in sales, which would be a 56% jump year over year.
Moving forward, Nvidia expects to generate $65 billion in revenue, which would be above expectations of $61.98 billion.
