Nvidia(US:NVDA) Feng Huang Wang·2025-11-20 23:24Market Overview - On November 21, US stock markets experienced significant volatility, with the Nasdaq initially rising over 2% due to Nvidia's strong earnings report, but ultimately closing down over 2% as valuation concerns resurfaced and interest rate cut expectations were further dampened [1][3] - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.84% to 45,752.26 points, the S&P 500 dropped 1.56% to 6,538.76 points, and the Nasdaq Composite decreased 2.15% to 22,078.05 points [3] Nvidia Performance - Nvidia's stock rose by 5% during the day but closed down 3%. CEO Jensen Huang emphasized strong demand for the Blackwell chip and denied the existence of an AI bubble, yet market concerns prevailed [3] - Analyst Jeff Kilburg from KKM Financial noted that Nvidia's momentum is being overshadowed by declining expectations for a December interest rate cut, which was previously anticipated [3] Employment Data Impact - The US non-farm payrolls report for September showed an increase of 119,000 jobs, significantly above the market estimate of 52,000, with an unemployment rate of 4.4%, slightly above the expected 4.3% [3] - This strong employment data has contributed to lowering expectations for interest rate cuts, with the probability of a December cut now below 40% [3] Retail Sector Highlights - Walmart was one of the few stocks to perform well, with its shares rising over 6% after reporting better-than-expected third-quarter sales and revenue, partly due to growth in its e-commerce business [3][4] Technology Sector Performance - Major tech stocks experienced declines, with Nvidia down 2.97%, Microsoft down 1.60%, Apple down 0.86%, Google down 1.15%, Amazon down 2.49%, Meta down 0.19%, Tesla down 2.21%, Broadcom down 2.14%, and Oracle down 6.58% [5] - Chinese stocks also fell, with the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index down 3.26%, Alibaba down 3.53%, JD.com down 1.68%, Pinduoduo down 4.31%, NIO down 6.09%, Xpeng down 5.10%, Li Auto down 2.32%, Bilibili down 4.54%, Baidu down 4.36%, NetEase up 0.40%, Tencent Music down 5.61%, and Pony.ai down 4.86% [5] Company News - Google launched a new image generation and editing model called NANO BANANA PRO, which is designed to produce clearer images and support more precise and readable text in multiple languages [5] - SoftBank plans to invest up to $3 billion to retrofit an electric vehicle factory in Lordstown, Ohio, to produce equipment for OpenAI's upcoming data center, making SoftBank one of OpenAI's largest investors [6] - Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, announced the expansion of its autonomous ride-hailing service to Minneapolis, Tampa, and New Orleans [7] - Verizon announced it will lay off over 13,000 employees as part of a plan to streamline operations and reduce external labor costs, indicating that every department will undergo some level of change [8]