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Since early last year Nvidia (NVDA) has become the Super Bowl of earnings and like the actual big game, it comes right at the end of the season. Here we are at the end of third-quarter earnings reporting season and markets are again on pins and needles waiting for Nvidia's earnings Wednesday after the market close to see if this boom in artificial intelligence and data center buildouts continues. We'll talk about what we're expecting after the report, and how we plan to hedge in the event that earnings fail to impress, much like we saw in the prior Q2 report. Fundamental outlook The analyst community is looking for Nvidia to report 75 cents in EPS on $33.13 billion in revenue, according to FactSet. The focus will be on the new Blackwell GPU that has been covered heavily with reports of it ...

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe stock prices for H&R Block and Intuit fell after a Tuesday report saying the Trump transition team is considering creating a free tax-filing app.Intuit, which makes the TurboTax tax-filing software, was down 5%, putting it on pace for its worst day since Aug. 23, when the company's stock price fell nearly 7%. H&R Block was down 8% and on pace for its worst day since 2020.President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency" has held "highly preliminary" discussions about creating the free tax-filing app, The Washington Post reported. DOGE will be led by billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and aims to slash governmental spending.A DOGE tax-filing app would represent a competitor...

The intended Department of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could push through policies that will provide a tailwind for some food and beverage stocks, despite the pressure the sector has seen since news of his potential appointment. "A knock-on effect of RFK could be expansion of an already strong trend toward healthy eating," Wells Fargo equity analyst Edward Kelly wrote in a Monday note. "This could drive increased consumption of higher margin fresh, natural, and organic products." Kennedy is a vaccine skeptic and he opposes artificial ingredients. These stances have recently led to a pull back in biotechnology stocks , while food and beverage stocks also came under pressure in recent days due to President-elect Donald Trump's plans to nominate Kennedy to lead HHS...

The BOSE display at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.David A. Grogan | CNBCBose Corp. will purchase the McIntosh Group, a deal that will give the Massachusetts-based company control of one of the most storied names in high-end audio.McIntosh will continue to manufacture the high-end audio equipment it is known for out of its longtime headquarters in Binghamton, New York, Bose CEO Lila Snyder said. The deal also includes Sonus Faber, a company that makes high-end speakers by hand in Italy.The purchase of the two audio workshops provides Bose access into the high-end luxury audio market, Snyder told CNBC in an interview. "There is this opportunity for luxury, where the consumer is more discerning, really interested in the heritage and the story, and that ...

Autonomous driving technology company WeRide has plenty of room to grow as a result of its early-mover advantage in the global self-driving market, according to Morgan Stanley, which brought the firm public in an IPO last month at $15.50 a share . Analyst Tim Hsiao initiated research coverage of Guangzhou, China-based WeRide with an overweight rating and a price target of $23, implying more than 25% upside for the stock versus Monday's close. WeRide rallied as much as 6% in early trading Tuesday to $19.43. WeRide offers several driverless vehicles such as robobuses, robotaxis and robovans, holds driverless permits in the U.S., China, the UAE and Singapore and is involved in trial and commercial activities in 30 cities. The company has partnered with Uber in the UAE, and Hsiao expects its r...