Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) shook things up by reporting revenue of $39.3 billion for the quarter while guiding next quarter to $43 billion. This was slightly below the pattern’s prediction for the current quarter’s revenue but slightly above the guidance. Meanwhile, next quarter’s gross margins are expected to be 71%, falling short of estimates of 72.2%.
This report had something for both bulls and bears, but I don’t think there’s enough surprise to make a real impact. Nothing here is unexpected or significantly outside the predictable range. Additionally, implied volatility, pricing at 155% heading into the results, will dramatically drop today. Investors betting on significant gains will have calls to unload as premiums decay. So it won’t be surprising at all to see the stock trade down today.
This stock has been dead money since June 2023, and when stocks post “better than expected” results and can’t rally, it tells you that all the good news has been priced in.
The S&P 500 will likely rally today as the VIX 1-day closed around 20. This means there will be a volatility reset when the market opens today, potentially pushing the S&P 500 index higher—at least initially.
In the meantime, rates continued to fall yesterday, with the 10-year dropping to around 4.25%. Rates have fallen sharply since the CPI report mid-month. Weak retail sales and some weak consumer data are making investors feel like a significant growth slowdown is coming.
It is not clear to me that is the case at this point, but I think that by the time we get to the end of next week, we could have a better view of things. The next significant level of support appears to be around 4.18%.
Meanwhile, the dollar appears to be in a falling wedge, which suggests that the next big move for the dollar could be higher. The dollar has also been supported around 106.50, favoring the rising dollar.
At this point, I do not have much to say. I think the next week or so will clarify a lot.