{"id":64921,"date":"2025-08-14T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/?p=64921"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:07:10","slug":"market-trends-august-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2025\/08\/14\/market-trends-august-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Value Stocks Rally on Fed Hopes, Dealmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downloads are available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/MT-Public-Materials-May-2025A.zip\">here<\/a>. TradeStation\u2019s ideas on TradingView are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/broker\/TradeStation\/ideas\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next presentation: State of the Market on Monday, 9\/8.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sizing Up the Market<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>S&amp;P 500 pushes above July 28 record close<\/li>\n<li>14-day ROC remains steadily positive<\/li>\n<li>RSI sitting near overbought<\/li>\n<li>Intermarket:\n<ul>\n<li>VIX revisits December lows<\/li>\n<li>10-year Treasury yield holds below 4.3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/DXY\/X55h6pgC-More-Downside-in-the-Greenback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Dollar Index<\/a> continues lower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_64932\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64932\" class=\"size-large wp-image-64932\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813-1024x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813-1080x516.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250813.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-64932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>S&amp;P 500, daily chart, with select patterns and indicators.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Value Rotation Underway?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative Planning: NVDA+MSFT = 15 percent of S&amp;P 500, the most ever<\/li>\n<li>Recent dealmaking:\n<ul>\n<li>GBIO rallies: &#8220;evaluating strategic options&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>SCS acquired by HNI (office furniture)<\/li>\n<li>HBI acquired by GIL<\/li>\n<li>SPNS acquired by Advent<\/li>\n<li>HI rallies: Bloomberg reports potential sale<\/li>\n<li>CNBC: Perplexity AI offers to buy Chrome browser from GOOGL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Strategic actions: 1 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2024\/06\/02\/7-catalysts-stock-movement\/\">7 Key Catalysts<\/a> for stock movement\n<ul>\n<li>Definition: unlocking value from the corporate entity without fundamental business changes<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;A, buybacks, spinoffs, dividends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>News &amp; Views<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CME FedWatch tool: 98 percent chance of rate cut on 9\/17\n<ul>\n<li>Next items to watch:\n<ul>\n<li>Tomorrow: Retail sales<\/li>\n<li>8\/22: Powell at Jackson Hole (likely)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Moody&#8217;s downgrades INTC credit, citing weak profits<\/li>\n<li>S&amp;P upgrades UAL credit, citing profitability and global revenue<\/li>\n<li>Energy headwinds?\n<ul>\n<li>Crude oil inventories +3mln vs -900 estimate<\/li>\n<li>IEA: Oil market &#8220;ever more bloated&#8221; as OPEC+ pushes supply ahead of demand<\/li>\n<li>Trump-Putin meeting tomorrow seen as potential catalyst<\/li>\n<li><em>Will cheaper crude help the Fed&#8217;s doves?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cannabis stocks rally on potential rescheduling: TLRY GRWG CRON ACB<\/li>\n<li>AI still driving high bandwidth memory (HBM)\n<ul>\n<li>SK Hynix: HBM market to grow 30 percent in 2026<\/li>\n<li>MU raises guidance amid strong orders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>BofA: Raises AVT target from $48 to $50 amid potentially positive order trends (despite Underperform rating).<\/li>\n<li>Capital Economics: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/HSI\/gt8uV7zb-China-Hang-Seng-Sneaks-Higher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese stocks<\/a> may rebound as news improves and earnings stabilize<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings tonight: AMAT<\/li>\n<li>Fri 8\/15: Retail sales<\/li>\n<li>Mon 8\/18: NAHB housing index<\/li>\n<li>Tue 8\/19: Housing starts \/ building permits\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings: HD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wed 8\/20: <strong><em>*Fed minutes*<\/em><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings: BIDU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Thu 8\/21: Jobless claims\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings: WMT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fri 8\/22: <em><strong>*Powell Jackson Hole Speech*<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagging stocks like small caps and materials are playing catchup as investors pivot from megacap growth to value 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