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Morning Dose #329: One Sector Green: Trading Around the 10AM Warsh Speech – Friday 8/28/2026

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Episode summary

The tape ripped on Nasdaq strength, but only tech closed green while equal-weight fell — a classic thin-leadership warning ahead of Governor Warsh’s first major address outside an FOMC presser. The hosts break down the narrow rally, a brutal earnings bar punishing even beat-and-raise names, and a scenario-based playbook for trading around the 10am catalyst.

Chapter by chapter

Cautious Regime, Warsh Wildcard

The regime call is Cautious ahead of Governor Warsh's 10am speech, an event-risk setup rather than a fear-driven one.

Rate Odds Whiplash Since January

September hike odds sit at 36% just months after the market priced two cuts, with Treasury yields showing a mild steepening bias.

One Green Sector, Three Stocks Dancing

Nasdaq's 1.6% rally masks the fact that only tech closed green while the equal-weight index fell, driven almost entirely by NVDA, CRM, and CRWD.

Beat-and-Raise or Get Sold

MRVL fell 8.4% despite beating estimates on merely in-line guidance, while retail names Best Buy, Ulta, and Burlington got sold despite beating.

21 Signals Beyond Mega-Cap Tech

Despite narrow index leadership, the continuation scan flags 21 opportunities in energy, defense, and business services, including CHRD, AVAV, RDVT, and FDS.

Scenario Plan for the 10AM Print

A hawkish Warsh favors rotation into non-tech leaders while a dovish tone extends Thursday's mega-cap winners; the plan is to wait for confirmation before adding risk.

Key points

  • Market breadth is thin — only tech closed green yesterday, with the equal-weight index falling 0.3% even as headline indices rallied.
  • Rate expectations have swung dramatically, from two priced cuts in January to a 36% chance of a September hike today.
  • Earnings bar is brutal: even beats get sold on in-line guidance (MRVL -8.4%), while beat-and-raise names like GAP and AFRM are rewarded.
  • Governor Warsh's 10am speech is the key catalyst — trade smaller, favor confirmed leaders outside mega-cap tech, and avoid chasing into the print.
  • 21 continuation signals exist outside the tech trade, concentrated in energy, defense, and business services names like CHRD, AVAV, RDVT, and FDS.

Ticker charts

NVDA

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open NVDA in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

CRM

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open CRM in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

CRWD

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open CRWD in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

MRVL

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open MRVL in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

GAP

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open GAP in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

AFRM

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open AFRM in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

BBY

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open BBY in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

ULTA

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open ULTA in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

BURL

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open BURL in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

CHRD

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open CHRD in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

AVAV

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open AVAV in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

RDVT

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open RDVT in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

FDS

Open in app
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Use left and right arrows to move through history, plus and minus to zoom, ] and [ to open the next and previous event, Escape to close its card, Enter to open FDS in WaveFinder.

Daily bars through Aug 28, 2026.

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