Market Analysis
Market analysis, investing strategies, and AI-powered financial insights from the HeyTheo research team.
Market analysis, investing strategies, and AI-powered financial insights from the HeyTheo research team.
Weekly US market recap: the August jobs surprise, Iran-driven oil moves, SPY gainers, losers and key levels, plus next week's CPI, PPI and earnings calendar.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
5 min read
Sep 5, 2026
NY Fed chief John Williams says yields are surging because the economy is booming on AI investment, not because lenders are scared. Half the evidence backs him; the other half is why traders price 66% odds of a rate hike in two weeks. The test that settles it, and which stocks each answer hurts.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
7 min read
Sep 3, 2026
Within hours, Nvidia neared a $14B deal for Hugging Face and Shell bought out gas-station chain Tri Star. One is loud, one is quiet, and both are the same move: the supplier buying the counter where its product meets the customer. The deep dive on each, and the pattern.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
8 min read
Sep 2, 2026
John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook today. His 25 years show how he decides: commit to hard technical bets, deliver them, and one big miss. What Cook was quietly carrying, the five problems on Ternus's desk, and the three dates that tell shareholders whether it's working.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
8 min read
Sep 1, 2026
Trump's Venezuela deal puts 65 billion barrels under US control on paper. It won't touch September's CPI or Labor Day gas prices; the Strait of Hormuz still sets both. Here's the two-clock read, the sectors that actually move, and how a rules-based investor sets up.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
8 min read
Aug 31, 2026
Stripe and Advent walked away from their $53 billion pursuit of PayPal, and the stock gave back 12% overnight. A dead deal tells you two prices: what the board believes and what the buyers would pay. The gap between them is now the whole story.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
7 min read
Aug 28, 2026
Nvidia's Q2 was a clean beat: $96.2B revenue, $2.22 EPS, a $108B guide and 70% growth talk for next year. But free cash flow halved, debt quadrupled, and Nvidia now holds $94B of stakes in its own ecosystem. Here's what the headline leaves out.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
7 min read
Aug 27, 2026
Nvidia reports tonight, Unitree fell 45% from its IPO peak, Alibaba held $80, Hexaware's CEO put a 25% discount on IT work, and Forbes says judgment is the new edge. Five AI stories in a day, one question: who keeps the money AI makes?
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
5 min read
Aug 26, 2026
Nvidia reports Wednesday after the close, and the AI trade sold off first. Monday's Nasdaq slide against a rising Dow was a rotation, not a rout. Here's the bull read, the bear read, and the two NVDA price zones a rules-based reader watches into the print.
Ankur Tripathi
Market Analyst
7 min read
Aug 25, 2026