Nvidia’s (NVDA) earnings report on Wednesday highlights a busy week for corporate finances, with Salesforce (CRM), Dell (DELL), HP (HPQ) and CrowdStrike (CRWD) among the other tech firms set to report. Retailers like Dollar General (DG), Five Below (FIVE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and Ulta Beauty (ULTA) are also on tap.

The Friday release of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Personal Consumption Eಞxpenditures 🎐(PCE) will show whether inflation continued to drop in July, potentially signaling the Federal Reserve’s next move. Second-quarter  澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is published Thursday, while investors will also be 𝓡watching housing market data and consumer sentiment surveys.

Monday, Aug. 26

• Durable goods orders (July)
• Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey (August)
• Trip.com (TCOM) reports earnings

Tuesday, Aug. 27

• S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index (June) 
• FHFA House Price Index (June)
• Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (August)
• Consumer Confidence (July)
• Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Box (BOX) and Ncino (NCNO) report earnings

Wednesday, Aug. 28

• Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic delivers remarks
• Nvidia (NVDA), Salesforce (CRM), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), CrowdStrike (CRWD), HP (HPQ), Okta (OKTA), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and Five Below (FIVE) report earnings

Thursday, Aug. 29

• Initial jobless claims (Week ending August 24)
• Gross Domestic Product (Q2 - First revision)
• Pending home sales (July)
• Advance wholesale inventories (July)
• Advance international trade: Goods (July)
• Advance retail inventories (July)
• Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic delivers remarks
• Dell (DELL), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Autodesk (ADSK), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Lululemon (LULU), Dollar General (DG), Ulta Beauty (ULTA) and Birkenstock (BIRK) report earnings

Friday, Aug. 30

• Personal Consumption Expenditures (July)
• Chicago Business Barometer (August)
• Consumer sentiment (August)

Investors Focused on Ear🌸nings from Nvidia, Salesforce, Dell

Market watchers will focus on earnings reports from several top technology, financial, and retail companies, with chipmaker Nvidia’s report ♍on Wednesday attracting the biggest attention.

Nvidia’s earnings come after its prior quarter report showed the company 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:more than tripled its revenue and grew its net income more than six-fold, with both totals coming in above analyst estimates.  The report comes as Goldman Sachs recently classified Nvidia as the "澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:most important stock" of the year.

Salesforce’s report on Wednesday will show whether demand for its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:artificial intelligence (AI) products can continue to drive the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:company’s revenue higher. Cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike will report for the first time since it issued a software update 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:contri🌼buting🧸 to a global computer network outage.

Investors will also get a look at how AI is affecting computer sales, with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:HP reporting on Wednesday and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dell issuing earnings on Thursday. 

Retail reports continue this week, with several discount chains issuing reports, including Dollar General, which has 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reported incre♉asing same-store sales. At the same time, Five Below is also set to release quarterly financials. Ulta Beauty’s report comes after filings showed that investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:shares in the makeup seller.

Markets Await Key Inflation Data

The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index is the Fed’s preferred measure of price changes, and a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:further decline in the July reading could show that inflation is mo🌜ving back toward the central bank's annual target of 2%.

On Thursday, market watchers will get another look at second-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after the first reading showed 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:accelerating growth of 2.8%.