Daily Big News — Pre-Market View

Generated Tue 2026-05-26 (post-Memorial Day reopen) · Trading window Tue 2026-05-26 to Fri 2026-05-29

S&P 500: 7,473.47 (Fri close; +0.37%, 8th wk gain) Nasdaq: 26,343.97 · Dow: 50,579.70 (record) NVDA: $215.33 (post-earnings drift) WTI: ~$92 (whipsaw on Iran strike vs talks) 10Y UST: 4.56% · 30Y: 5.10% DXY: 98.96 · Gold: ~$4,500 U3O8: ~$85/lb · MU mkt cap crossed $800B S&P fut +0.78% / Nasdaq fut +1.14% overnight

Top 20 Market-Moving News (past 24-72h + key forward catalysts)

THU MAY 28 08:30 ET — Quadruple data drop: Q1 GDP (2nd) + Q1 Core PCE + Apr Durable Goods + Initial Claims — the week’s dominant catalyst

Q1 GDP advance was +2.0% q/q SAAR (below 2.3% cons); revision risk skewed by trade/inventory. Q1 Core PCE advance +4.3% is the sticky-hot tape Warsh inherits. Same release bundles Adv Goods Trade Balance + Wholesale/Retail Inventories (Apr) for Q2 GDP tracking. With Memorial Day compressing the week, ALL macro risk concentrates into Thursday 08:30 ET — vol crush Tue-Wed then expansion. Soft GDP + sticky PCE = stagflation tape, bearish duration-heavy growth; in-line softer PCE re-opens cuts.

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Iran tail risk re-ignites — US military strikes in southern Iran early Tuesday hit vessels & missile sites; IRGC vows retaliation; framework deal stalled on enriched-uranium & Hormuz authority

Sunday-Monday risk-on (WTI -5% to ~$91.73, gold -2nd week, Asia futures S&P +0.78% / Nasdaq +1.14%) inverts. Trump on Mon: talks “proceeding nicely” — then pre-dawn Tuesday US Navy strikes mine-laying vessels & SAM sites; IRGC engaged drones/F-35 over Iranian airspace per Iranian state media. Two-way swing factor: any kinetic Iranian response (closing Hormuz, US tanker strike) re-prices WTI to $100+, supports XOM/LMT/NOC/RTX, hits transports. Diplomacy resumption flips it back. Watch headlines minute-to-minute; size for whipsaw.

CL=FXOMLMTNOCRTXDAL GeopoliticsEnergyDefense NEGATIVE (tail back on)

NVIDIA announces fresh $80B buyback + dividend hike to $0.25 from $0.01 + 50% FCF return target for 2026; Vera Rubin ramp “straining” TSMC supply chain at Computex

Stacks on top of $39B remaining from prior authorization. Huang in Taiwan Sun-Mon to push 2H Rubin volumes through TSMC advanced packaging — positive read-through to TSM, ASML, KLAC, AMAT, AMKR. CFO Kress: H100 rental prices +20% YTD, A100 +15%. NVDA $215.33 Fri close (post-earnings digestion of -$6 from $221.49 prior). Buyback + supply scarcity = institutional buy-the-dip Tue open template; only kink is China overhang (see #4).

NVDATSMASMLAMATKLAC SemiconductorsAI Hardware POSITIVE

China adds NVDA RTX 5090D V2 gaming SKU to banned-imports list during Trump-Xi summit; H200 export licenses approved for 10 firms (75k/customer cap, 15% rev-share to Commerce) but NO deliveries yet

Huang publicly acknowledged NVDA share in China AI accelerators “went from 95% to 0%” — ceded to Huawei Ascend. Separately he said NVDA’s $200B CPU TAM forecast INCLUDES China on re-entry hopes. Net: near-term China revenue headwind (gaming workaround closed, H200 stuck in licensing limbo), long-term TAM intact if licensing unlocks. Marginal negative for NVDA China rev line; positive for Huawei/SMIC ecosystem. BABA, Tencent, ByteDance, JD on the approved-licensee list.

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Memory supercycle deepens — HBM sold out through 2026; HBM3E +20% pricing; server DRAM +60-70% to GOOG/MSFT; NAND +60-70% Q1; MU mkt cap crosses $800B (+38% best week since 2008)

SNDK targeting 100% NAND price hike full year; trading $1,466-$1,528. SK Hynix M15X first cleanroom completes May for HBM3E/HBM4 pilot. AI to consume 70% of HBM in 2026. Hyperscalers offering to fund fabs. Pricing pressure not expected to compress until late 2027 at earliest — bottleneck of the AI build. Sandisk also rallying. Structural HBM bid intact through MRVL/AVGO Wed AMC.

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META + AMD 6-gigawatt MI400 deployment deal — first GW shipments 2H 2026; Helios double-wide rack (Q3 2026) = 3 AI exaflops/rack

Reinforces Meta’s explicit multi-vendor strategy (NVDA + AVGO MTIA + now AMD). MI400 spec: 432GB HBM4, 19.6TB/s bandwidth. MI500 teased 2027. Most material AMD AI win to date — validates the “NVDA + 1” thesis. Bullish AMD/AVGO; marginal NVDA share-of-wallet pressure but TAM expansion offsets. Direct semi read-through to MRVL networking optics into Wed AMC.

AMDMETANVDAAVGO Custom SiliconAI Hardware POSITIVE (AMD)

Marvell Q1 FY27 prints Wed 4:05 PM ET — cons $2.40B rev (+27% y/y), EPS $0.80; stock +130% YTD; custom rev doubled to $1.5B FY26; Wells Fargo flagged AWS Trainium3/4 design wins above Street model

Custom >20% FY27 growth guide; XPU-attach (CXL, NIC) called out as >$2B by FY29. AVGO-Meta deal validates the entire ASIC theme; whisper sits above guide. Implied move ~9% on options. Beat-and-raise = AVGO confirmation, not de-rating. Risk: cloud-optics softness. Cleanest beat-and-raise setup of the week.

MRVLAVGOAMZNGOOGL Custom SiliconSemiconductors POSITIVE (setup)

Salesforce Q1 FY27 Wed AMC — cons EPS ~$3.12 / rev ~$11.06B; stock down ~32% YTD heading in; Agentforce paid-ARR is the SaaS-pocalypse tell after Workday cautious Q2 guide

WDAY beat but guide slipped (-5%) on enterprise demand wobble — gives bears the precedent. Bar is elevated on Agentforce post-Dreamforce hype; seat-based pricing fade is the binary. Downside scenario drags NOW/ADBE 2-3% in sympathy. CRM call at 5 PM ET is the swing node for entire SaaS complex into June. Flat or small short with tight stop into print preferred.

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Dell Q1 FY27 Thu BMO — $43B AI-server backlog into FY27; cons EPS ~$2.90 / rev $34.7-35.7B; stock +140% YTD, +15% on Fri ahead of print; BofA expects beat-and-raise

FY guide ~$50B AI-server rev (>2x prior). HPE +9% and SMCI +5% in sympathy Fri. Stacked with Thu 08:30 macro = highest-vol session of the week. AI-server backlog inflection vs margin compression is the binary. Print at Thu open + macro datadrop same time = liquidity event. Plan exits by Thu 4 PM.

DELLSMCIHPENTAP AI ServerHardware POSITIVE (setup)

Broadcom AI semis $8.4B Q1 (+106% y/y), guided $10.7B Q2; $73B AI backlog; CEO Hock Tan reiterates path to >$100B AI chip revenue in 2027; OpenAI 10GW (3nm/2nm) + Meta MTIA anchors

Co-development with Meta announced earlier in week; first deploy 2H26 for OpenAI Stargate silicon. Custom-silicon TAM expanding faster than Street modeled; ASIC leadership intact. Tan also moved AVGO to sue EU antitrust regulators over US-document request. Bullish regardless of MRVL Wed outcome — structurally AVGO is the lead, MRVL the high-beta follower.

AVGOMETAGOOGLINTCTSM Custom SiliconSemiconductors POSITIVE

MSFT consolidating Stargate operational control — Crusoe Abilene (TX) + Nscale Narvik (Norway, 30k GPUs); OpenAI cut long-range infra spend $1.4T → $600B by 2030, will rent capacity from Azure

Confirms Azure as the “picks-and-shovels” mega-cap for the AI buildout. MSFT FY26 capex raised to ~$190B on memory inflation. $80B Azure backlog unfulfilled due to power constraints — the binding constraint is now grid, not silicon. Read-through: bullish IPP/nuclear pure-plays (CEG, VST, TLN, NRG, OKLO, BWXT); bullish MSFT operational leverage; bearish OpenAI dedicated-infra valuation premium.

MSFTORCLCEGVSTNVDA AI InfrastructureCloudAI Power POSITIVE (MSFT)

Anthropic locks 220k+ GPUs from xAI Colossus 1 at $1.25B/month through May 2029 (~$5B/yr); exploring Microsoft Maia 200 inference chips; targets surpass OpenAI’s $852B March valuation

300MW (all H100/H200/GB200) at Tennessee site. Maia talks early-stage; would run GPT-5.2-class workloads on Azure inference fabric. Anthropic Q1 demand reportedly grew 80x annualized vs 10x planned. Direct positive for NVDA (GPU rental price floor), MSFT (Azure capture), AVGO/MRVL (custom-silicon optionality), neoclouds (CRWV, NBIS, IREN, APLD). xAI gets capital recycle into Colossus 2 build.

MSFTAMZNNVDACRWVNBISIREN AI InfrastructureAI Software POSITIVE

2026 hyperscaler capex re-rated higher: AMZN $200B (FCF Q1 collapsed to $1.2B vs $26B prior YoY), MSFT $190B (raised), GOOGL $180-190B — combined ~$650-725B, +77% y/y

MSFT raised on memory inflation pass-through (HBM/DRAM tightness); Azure $80B backlog unfulfilled due to power. AMZN AWS run-rate AI services >$15B; Trainium ramp via MRVL/AVGO. GOOGL: 8th-gen TPU (8t training + 8i inference) launched at Cloud Next; Gemini 3.5 Flash 4x faster/half cost; Pichai “supply constrained through the year.” Bullish entire silicon + memory + power stack; mixed FCF impact on hyperscaler equity multiples.

AMZNMSFTGOOGLNVDAAVGO CloudAI InfrastructureHyperscaler Capex POSITIVE (semis/memory/power)

PJM accelerates data-center connection process (May 20) — lifted CEG/VST/NRG; Trump nuclear EO anniversary (May 23) leaves NRC running 33 simultaneous rulemakings; Valar Atomics achieves first criticality in DOE pilot

Part 53 (tech-inclusive licensing) advancing; new Part 57 proposed for microreactors; fusion framework open through May 27. DOE Sec Wright now signals 1-2 of 3 pilot reactors hit July 4 2026 criticality target (Valar already there; Antares on track). Structural multi-quarter bid for nuclear/uranium complex continues. PPA stack: MSFT-CEG TMI (835MW), META-CEG (1.1GW), META-VST (2.1GW), AMZN-TLN Susquehanna (~1.9GW). 13 deals ~9.8 GW announced.

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NextEra-Dominion $420B all-stock merger filings advancing — 0.8138 NEE/D ratio + $2.25B bill-credit; ~130 GW large-load AI pipeline; needs FERC + NRC + VA SCC + NCUC + SC PSC; 12-18mo close

Termination fee $2.24B. Clean Virginia urged “extreme caution”; Williams Mullen flagged VA SCC as most contested venue. Merger-arb opportunity in D persists; consolidation read-through to SO/DUK/AEP. D Q1 EPS $0.95 beat $0.86; SO Q1 EPS $1.32 with 11 GW contracted data-center load; DUK Q1 in line. Confirms utilities as picks-and-shovels of AI power. Risk: 50% Trump copper tariff hits NEE renewables IRR.

NEEDSODUKAEP UtilitiesAI PowerM&A POSITIVE

Intel +225% YTD — CEO Lip-Bu Tan says foundry “gaining traction with multiple external customer commitments expected 2H 2026”; Apple manufacturing deal reported (some processors)

Foundry rev +16% y/y to $5.4B Q1. TSMC capacity-constrained by NVDA Vera Rubin ramp = AAPL forced to second-source. Bloomberg/WSJ reports of Apple deal drove +13% and +14% sessions earlier May. INTC is now the cleanest US-onshore re-rating story alongside the nuclear/power complex; ASML/AMAT/KLAC benefit on equipment refresh. Risk: foundry yield/timeline slippage.

INTCAAPLTSMASMLAMAT FoundrySemiconductors POSITIVE

“Big Beautiful Bill 2.0” ($72B ICE/CBP + TCJA extension + Medicaid/SNAP offsets) — Senate vote-a-rama ongoing; Tillis, Paul, Collins flagged GOP defectors; passage by Memorial Day recess pushed back

Long-end yields already pricing supply burden — 30Y at 5.10%, 20Y at 5.09%. Trump signaled new tariffs on solar/wind in horse-trading (not yet EO’d). Reconciliation stalling = mildly rates-positive (less imminent issuance); passage = bullish growth/tax-cut beneficiaries but bearish duration. EU tariff deadline July 4 looms; Trump Section 122 (10-15% global) sunsets 150 days absent Congressional extension.

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Solar/wind credit cliff — full credits require start construction by July 4 2026, 60% if break ground 2026, 20% by 2027, ZERO thereafter; 50% Trump copper tariff raising solar+storage project costs ~30% (Arevon); ERCOT gas overtook wind in interconnect queue (+400% in 3 years to 64 GW)

~101 GW of behind-the-meter natural gas generation announced nationally for data-center campuses. PJM acceleration + gas dominance + tax-cliff signal a 2H 2026-2028 renewables downturn. Bearish ENPH/FSLR/SHLS/RUN/NEE renewables IRR; bullish gas peakers, pipeline midstream (KMI, WMB, TRGP, EQT). Watch Trump solar/wind tariff EO any day.

ENPHFSLRSHLSRUNKMIEQT SolarWindRenewablesGas NEGATIVE (renewables)

Russia-Ukraine: Ukrainian drone strikes have shut ~25% of Russian refining capacity (~83Mt/yr offline); Syzran (Samara) latest hit May 21; Russia crude processing at 16-year low

21+ Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, export terminals, ships, pipeline pumping stations April-May. Compounds with Iran kinetic risk to support refining margins. Bullish PSX/VLO/MPC/HF on diesel cracks tightness; offsets some Iran-diplomacy WTI bear. Russia-Ukraine ceasefire track stuck in Geneva; Victory Day truce collapsed.

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Treasury supply trifecta Tue-Wed-Thu: 2Y ($69B) Tue + 5Y ($70B) Wed + 7Y ($44B) Thu — first post-holiday duration test under new Warsh Fed; 30Y at 5.10% structural pressure on real yields

No 20Y this week (next 20Y auction June 11). Front-loaded coupon trifecta into Thu PCE = bond-market verdict on BBB fiscal sentiment + Warsh policy framework. Tue 10:00 ET Conference Board Consumer Confidence (Apr prior ~86 area, post-Iran-war slump); sub-90 = sell discretionary, buy duration. Tail (yield > WI) caps SPX rally and pressures long-duration tech ahead of Thu. Warsh sworn in May 22; first FOMC June 16-17; PTJ “no chance” he gets cuts — OIS still pricing some easing.

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Macroeconomic Calendar — Next 48-120 Hours

Day	Time (ET)	Release / Event	Importance	Why It Matters
Tue May 26	09:00	S&P/Case-Shiller HPI (Mar) · FHFA HPI	Medium	Affordability-driven housing slowdown gauge; prior +2.3% YoY.
Tue May 26	10:00	Conference Board Consumer Confidence (May)	HIGH	Prior ~86 area post-Iran-war slump. Sub-90 = sell discretionary; above 95 = risk-on continuation.
Tue May 26	10:30	Dallas Fed Mfg Survey (May)	Medium	Regional gauge of tariff/oil pass-through.
Tue May 26	13:00	2Y Treasury auction ($69B)	HIGH	First post-holiday front-end demand test under Warsh; tail = OIS re-prices hawkish.
Tue May 26	AMC	Earnings: ZS (Zscaler)	Medium	Q3 FY26; cons EPS $1.01 / rev $835.7M (+23%); cybersec demand & federal book.
Wed May 27	10:00	New Home Sales (Apr) · Richmond Fed Mfg	Medium	Housing demand cross-check at high mortgage rates.
Wed May 27	13:00	5Y Treasury auction ($70B)	HIGH	Belly demand; foreign indirect bid is swing factor.
Wed May 27	16:00+	Earnings: CRM, MRVL, HPQ	HIGH	SaaS & custom-silicon read-through; AVGO confirmation if MRVL beats; CRM = Agentforce binary.
Thu May 28	08:30	Q1 GDP (2nd) · Q1 Core PCE · Apr Durable Goods · Initial Claims · Adv Goods Trade Bal · Wholesale/Retail Inv	VERY HIGH	Week’s dominant catalyst. Q1 adv GDP +2.0%, Core PCE +4.3% (sticky). Soft GDP + hot PCE = stagflation tape.
Thu May 28	BMO	Earnings: DELL	HIGH	$43B AI server backlog; cons EPS ~$2.90 / rev $34.7-35.7B; BofA expects beat-and-raise.
Thu May 28	13:00	7Y Treasury auction ($44B)	Medium-High	Completes coupon trifecta post-PCE.
Thu May 28	AMC	Earnings: COST, ADSK, NTAP, MDB, ULTA, GAP, BBY	HIGH	Consumer health + Atlas/AI workload pipeline; highest-vol session.
Fri May 29	09:45	Chicago PMI (May)	Medium	Manufacturing read into month-end.
Fri May 29	10:00	U-Michigan Sentiment (Final) · 1Y & 5-10Y inflation expectations	Medium-High	5-10Y expectations the Warsh-watched series; tail risk if >3.5%.
Fri May 29	13:00-15:00	Month-end rebalance flows	Medium	Historically bid into close; size weekend Iran-headline hedge.
Fri May 29	21:30	China NBS Mfg & Non-Mfg PMI (May)	Medium-High	Post-tariff-truce read; >50 prints extend cyclical reflation (copper, AUD, EM).
Throughout	—	Fed speakers: Waller (Stanford/Hoover), VC Bowman, Cook, Barr (NY Money Marketeers)	Medium	First post-Warsh speak; parse for dissent signals on June 16-17 FOMC.
Throughout	—	Iran kinetic headlines (Hormuz, US naval posture)	VERY HIGH	Two-way swing; closes Hormuz = WTI $100+, risk-off; deal resumption = risk-on inversion.

Analytics & Directional Conclusions (3-5 day horizon)

Overall Market Stance

Carry winners, trim laggards, hedge gamma into Wed close. Trend is your friend into a binary Thursday. The S&P just printed its 8th straight weekly gain (7,473) and the Dow set a fresh record into the holiday — breadth is healthy, AI capex is re-accelerating ($570B+ hyperscaler 2026 capex, +77% YoY), and the memory supercycle is now a hard data point, not a thesis. But every macro variable that matters compresses into Thursday 08:30 ET: Q1 GDP 2nd, Core PCE Q1 (last advance +4.3% — sticky-hot), Durable Goods, Jobless Claims, Adv Goods Trade, Inventories — all printing simultaneously into a curve already steep at 30Y 5.10%, under a brand-new Warsh Fed where PTJ says “no chance” of June cuts. Layer on CRM/MRVL Wed AMC, DELL Thu BMO, and an Iran tape that flipped from deal-hope (oil -6% Mon) to US strikes overnight (IRGC retaliation pending). Posture: long the structural AI/power/memory trend through Wed AMC prints, then de-gross 25-30% into Thu 08:30 with TLT puts + Gold/VIX call wing, re-add Fri on month-end rebalance flows. Iran is the 2-way swing.

Index & Macro Views

Instrument	Direction	Conviction	Rationale
S&P 500	Bullish	Medium	8 weeks up + breadth + futures +0.78% overnight; Thu PCE is the gate.
Nasdaq 100	Bullish	Med-High	AI capex re-accel + memory supercycle + NVDA $80B buyback.
Russell 2000	Neutral	Medium	Rate-sensitive vs 30Y 5.10%; underperforms if PCE hot.
10Y UST	Higher yield (bearish)	Medium	Sticky Core PCE + Warsh + 2/5/7Y auctions test demand.
30Y UST	Higher yield (bearish)	High	Curve steepener intact at 5.10%; term-premium re-pricing under Warsh.
DXY	Neutral	Low	98.96; China truce caps upside; hot PCE = brief bid.
Gold	Neutral-Bullish	Medium	$4,500 after 2 down weeks; Iran strikes + Thu PCE hedge.
WTI Crude	Bullish	Medium	$91-96 range; US strikes + IRGC retaliation + Russian refining -25%.

Single-Name Calls

Ticker	Direction	Conv.	Rationale & Risk
NVDA	Bullish	High	$80B buyback + Vera Rubin straining TSMC = scarcity. Risk: H200 China rev-share execution.
AVGO	Bullish	High	$73B AI backlog, OpenAI 10GW + Meta MTIA. Risk: EU lawsuit headline.
MRVL	Neutral	Low	+130% YTD into Wed AMC; custom doubled to $1.5B but bar elevated — binary.
TSM	Bullish	High	Rubin ramp + every hyperscaler ASIC routes here. Risk: Taiwan headline.
AMD	Bullish	High	Meta MI400 6GW 2H26 = NVDA-diversification trade real. Risk: gross margin.
INTC	Neutral	Low	+225% YTD priced in; trim into foundry-customer announcements 2H26.
MU	Bullish	High	$800B cap; HBM sold out through 2026; +20% HBM3E pricing; best week since '08.
SNDK	Bullish	High	NAND +60-70% Q1; targeting 100% full-yr price hike.
MSFT	Bullish	Medium	Stargate operational control + Anthropic Maia talks + capex raise on memory.
GOOGL	Bullish	High	TPU 8t/8i + Gemini 3.5 Flash; Pichai “supply constrained through year.”
AMZN	Neutral	Medium	$200B capex but Q1 FCF collapsed to $1.2B; AWS Trainium = MRVL tell.
ORCL	Bullish	Medium	OpenAI rents shifting to MSFT mild neg, but Stargate intact.
META	Bullish	High	AMD MI400 derisks compute; Llama ROI improving.
CRM	Avoid / Short into print	Medium	-32% YTD, Agentforce bar elevated; OpenAI-MSFT shift cools enterprise AI premium.
PLTR	Neutral	Low	Momentum cooling; no catalyst this week.
CEG	Bullish	High	PJM accelerated DC connects May 20; nuclear EO anniversary tailwind.
VST	Bullish	High	Same PJM tailwind; ERCOT gas queue +400% = peaker scarcity.
TLN	Bullish	Medium	PJM beneficiary; smaller liquidity, AMZN-Susquehanna anchor.
NRG	Bullish	Medium	Retail + gen mix into power scarcity.
OKLO	Neutral	Low	NRC Aurora PDC approval positive, but ATM offering = overhang. 5% size cap.
SMR	Neutral	Low	Story stock; no near-term catalyst.
NNE	Neutral	Low	Speculative; skip into Thu.
CCJ	Bullish	Medium	Q1 beat, 2026 guide unchanged; U3O8 $85 = 2mo low buyable.
LEU	Neutral	Medium	HALEU thesis intact; volatile small float.
NEE	Neutral	Medium	$420B Dominion deal overhang, 12-18mo close, regulatory risk.
D (Dominion)	Neutral	Medium	Same deal overhang; $2.25B bill credit cushions VA SCC challenge.
COST	Neutral	Medium	Thu AMC binary; defensive bid if PCE hot.
DELL	Bullish	Medium	$43B AI backlog into Thu BMO; +140% YTD = high bar — trim half pre-print.
BBY	Neutral	Low	Consumer noise; skip.
ZS	Neutral	Medium	Tue AMC binary; cyber spend intact.
ADSK	Neutral	Low	Thu AMC; no edge.
MDB	Neutral	Medium	Thu AMC; AI database narrative supportive.
LMT	Bullish	Medium	Iran strikes + IRGC retaliation = defense bid; reversal of last week's compression.
XOM	Bullish	Medium	WTI $91-96, Russian refining -25%; diesel cracks support.
BA	Neutral	Low	No catalyst; 200-jet China order still in pipeline.
GLD	Bullish	Medium	Thu PCE + Iran hedge; bid back on after two down weeks.
TLT	Bearish	High	Hot Core PCE + 30Y 5.10% + 2/5/7Y auction supply.

Top 3 Long Ideas (3-5 day)

MU (memory supercycle): $800B mkt cap milestone, HBM sold out through 2026, HBM3E +20%, server DRAM +60-70%, NAND +60-70% Q1 — the cleanest AI-pricing-power read of the cycle. Size ~4%. Target +8-10%, stop -4%.
CEG (PJM acceleration + nuclear EO anniversary): PJM accelerated data-center interconnection May 20 + 33 NRC rulemakings + MSFT-TMI 835MW + META-CEG 1.1GW PPAs. Cleanest power-scarcity beneficiary. Size ~3%. Target +6%, stop -3.5%.
AVGO (custom-silicon leadership): $73B AI backlog, OpenAI 10GW (3nm/2nm) + Meta MTIA + Q2 guide $10.7B; on path to >$100B AI rev 2027. MRVL Wed beat = AVGO confirmation, not de-rating. Size ~3.5%. Target +5-7%, stop -3%.

Top 2 Shorts / Avoids

Short CRM into Wed AMC: -32% YTD, Agentforce bar elevated post-Dreamforce, WDAY cautious guide last wk as precedent, OpenAI-Azure rent shift cools enterprise AI premium. Size ~1.5%. Target -6%, stop +4%.
Short TLT / 30Y UST puts: Sticky Core PCE + Warsh “no cuts” tape + 2Y/5Y/7Y auction supply trifecta + 30Y at 5.10%. Doubles as portfolio hedge into Thu 08:30. Size ~2%.

Risk Management Checkpoints

Tue 5/26 — 09:00 Case-Shiller/FHFA HPI; 10:00 Conf Conf (~86, sub-90 = sell discretionary, >95 = risk-on); 10:30 Dallas Fed Mfg; 13:00 2Y auction $69B (first Warsh-era demand test); AMC ZS. Plan-around: do NOT add risk in first 30min — let Iran tape settle.
Wed 5/27 — 10:00 New Home Sales / Richmond Fed; 13:00 5Y auction $70B; 16:00+ CRM, MRVL, HPQ. Trim MRVL longs to half by 15:55; CRM hedged/flat or short.
Thu 5/28 — THE DAY — 08:30 ET Core PCE quadruple-drop. ≤3.0% = add risk, SPX 7,550 target. 3.1% in-line = hold. ≥3.2% = cut tech longs 25%, add gold + 30Y short; watch SPX 7,400 support. DELL BMO — trim half pre-open. 13:00 7Y auction $44B. AMC COST, ADSK, NTAP, MDB.
Fri 5/29 13:00-15:00 ET — Month-end rebalance flows; skewed bid into close historically. Position trimmed by 14:30 to mitigate weekend Iran headline risk. 21:30 China PMI — >50 extends cyclical reflation.
Every session — Iran kinetic headlines. Closes Hormuz / US tanker hit = WTI $100+, risk-off. Deal resumption = WTI $85, risk-on inversion. Headline risk is bidirectional and instant.

Carry-Into-Friday-Close Structure

LONG (gross ~62%): NVDA 7%, AVGO 6%, MU 5%, TSM 5%, AMD 4%, MSFT 4%, GOOGL 4%, META 4%, CEG 4%, VST 3%, SNDK 3%, XOM 3%, LMT 2%, CCJ 2%, GLD 3%, DELL 2% (trimmed pre-Thu), NRG 2%.
SHORT / HEDGE (~12%): TLT short / 30Y UST puts 4%, CRM short into Wed AMC 2%, SPY/QQQ put spreads expiring Fri 4%, VIX call wing 2%.
FLAT / AVOID: INTC, TLN, OKLO, SMR, NNE, LEU, NEE, D, BBY, BA, PLTR, ADSK, MDB, NTAP, COST, ZS post-print, ORCL, AMZN, MRVL post-print, R2K beta — no edge or asymmetric headline risk.
Net posture: ~50% net long AI/power/memory + WTI/Gold/Defense, financed by short duration (TLT) and Wed-AMC binary (CRM); de-grossed 25% into Thu 08:30, re-added Fri month-end.

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