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This is Guru Focus Market Today, your afternoon market brief for Friday, August 14th. Here's where things stand. The S&P 500 posted its third consecutive weekly gain, edging lower on Friday, but maintaining upward momentum as investors balanced optimism with recent volatility.The index's resilience comes despite mixed economic signals and sector rotation with continued attention on inflation and consumer spending trends. Turning now to individual stocks, Reddit shares surged 11% after being announced for in ...

Market Trends & Performance - S&P 500 closed down approximately 0.2% on the day but remained up about 0.3% for the week, coming off a record high [5] - Russell 2000 outperformed major indices, adding about 16 points or 0.5% on Friday afternoon and up 1.1% on a weekly basis [6] - About 85% of S&P 500 companies reporting earnings beat profit expectations, marking one of the strongest seasons in several years [3] - Two-year Treasury yields increased slightly by about 2 basis points, while 30-year yields rose 4 basis points to 5.2530% [21][22] Company & Sector Highlights - Reddit shares surged, jumping over 16% intraday and finishing with a 12.5% gain, ahead of joining the S&P 500 prior to trading on August 18th [9][10] - SanDisk emerged as a top performing stock, rising about 9% at its highs and closing with a 7.4% gain, backed by a JPMorgan overweight rating and a price target of $2,250 per share (representing a 47% increase from the last close) [11][12][13] - Unusual Machines shares rallied about 24% and are up about 160% year-to-date following the U.S. government announcement of a 100% tariff on unmanned aircraft systems and related component imports [14][15] - Oracle shares fell 3.8% (down as much as 4.8%) after reports emerged that a New Mexico natural gas pipeline project supplying power generation for its Jupiter data center was delayed by nearly 6 months [15][16] - Applied Materials shares fell 5% following a tepid investor reaction to earnings forecasts, despite shares rising more than 100% heading into the print [17] - QXO shares fell 2.6% after reporting residential and non-residential roofing revenues that missed average analyst estimates [19]

Financial Performance and Market Trends - OpenAI is on track to generate annualized revenue exceeding $40 billion, doubling its run rate from the end of 2025[1] - OpenAI's consumer business surpassed 1 billion active weekly users, driven partly by its coding assistant Codex[1] - AMD raised $4.75 million in its largest-ever dollar bond sale with 875 new dollars in bonds due next month[2] - Applied Materials delivered a better-than-expected forecast, though shares fell 4.6% as investors focused on future expectations[2][3] - DeepSeek is sharply raising prices for its flagship models, with peak hour rates more than quadrupling starting August 16 to focus on profitability[3] - Nintendo's global sales for its hit Nintendo Switch game topped 5 million units since its launch in March[4] Industry Challenges and Strategic Risks - Compute costs remain a massive expense, with OpenAI citing getting enough compute as its biggest obstacle[1] - Citigroup and Bank of America strategists noted the chips index is in "bubble land" after rising two standard deviations, highlighting a duration mismatch between AI infrastructure realities and investor expectations[1][2] - Broadcom shares dropped 5.3% following reports of a VMware security vulnerability actively exploited across several countries[2] - A new bill backed by Zohran Mamdani threatens Amazon's delivery model in New York City, where 2.5 million packages are delivered daily, requiring direct employment of delivery workers[1][5][6] - Alex Cooper's beverage business, launched in partnership with Nestlé, is shutting down production in the fall amid high competition in the beverage market, even as its parent company Unwell raised money at a $5 billion valuation[24][26]