{"id":121032,"date":"2025-11-19T20:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=121032"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:28:27","slug":"stocks-edge-higher-as-nvidia-earnings-and-fed-minutes-keep-bulls-cautious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/stocks-edge-higher-as-nvidia-earnings-and-fed-minutes-keep-bulls-cautious\/11\/19\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks edge higher as Nvidia earnings and Fed minutes keep bulls cautious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. equities stabilized after a multi-day slide, with the <strong>S&amp;P 500 up 0.2%<\/strong>, the <strong>Nasdaq +0.3%<\/strong>, and the <strong>Dow \u22120.1%<\/strong>, as traders stayed guarded ahead of <strong>Nvidia\u2019s<\/strong> results and the <strong>Federal Reserve\u2019s October meeting minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nvidia in focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nvidia\u2019s report after the bell is the session\u2019s fulcrum. At roughly <strong>$4.41T<\/strong> in market value and <strong>&gt;7% of the S&amp;P 500\u2019s weight<\/strong>, the AI bellwether must pair another strong quarter with guidance that underpins heavy, often debt-financed AI spending. Recent doubts about an AI-driven valuation bubble have amplified sensitivity to any sign of cooling demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retail tape mixed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lowe\u2019s<\/strong> rose after lifting its full-year sales outlook and topping Q3 EPS estimates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>TJX<\/strong> advanced as it raised sales and profit guidance, citing traffic gains and strong off-price assortments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Target<\/strong> slipped on a larger-than-expected drop in comparable sales and a trim to the high end of FY EPS guidance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fed minutes and data watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>FOMC minutes<\/strong> due this afternoon are expected to show broad support for October\u2019s cut but a more divided stance on December, reinforcing the case for a pause amid lingering macro uncertainty. The <strong>September nonfarm payrolls<\/strong> report arrives Thursday, providing a crucial read on labor conditions as inflation and employment steer policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rates pricing:<\/strong> CME FedWatch implies about a <strong>43.4%<\/strong> probability of a <strong>25 bps<\/strong> cut on <strong>Dec 10\u201311<\/strong>, down from nearly <strong>62%<\/strong> last week\u2014another reason risk appetite remains tentative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> After a bruising tech-led drawdown, equities are attempting a cautious reset. Nvidia\u2019s outlook and the tone of the Fed minutes will likely set the next leg for risk sentiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. equities stabilized after a multi-day slide, with the S&amp;P 500 up 0.2%, the Nasdaq +0.3%, and the Dow \u22120.1%, as traders stayed guarded ahead of Nvidia\u2019s results and the Federal Reserve\u2019s October meeting minutes. Nvidia in focus Nvidia\u2019s report after the bell is the session\u2019s fulcrum. At roughly $4.41T in market value and &gt;7% &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":95516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,37,39,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-forex-markets","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121035,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121032\/revisions\/121035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}