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Is The SELLOFF Over? Watch For THESE Clues! & AXP, MA, SOFI, FICO, RDDT Earnings

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News and Commentary

Market recap + macro/drivers

The host delivers a Friday and weekly market recap, framing whether the market selloff is “over.” The core message is that conditions remain choppy, driven by:

  • Iran–US escalation headlines after the close, lifting oil and contributing to pressure on yields.
  • Fed uncertainty, with fewer expectations around Fed guidance. Bond vigilantes are pressuring the 2Y/1Y (with the 10Y/20Y rallying sharply).
  • Position liquidation effects from prior leverage unwind events (referencing “Leopold unwind”), leading to forced de-risking, volatility, and awkward sector rotations.

Despite volatility: what ended “green,” and what didn’t

  • July ended green for the S&P, supported by Mag 7 earnings (with Amazon/Microsoft highlighted).
  • However, QQQs had their worst July in 22 years, down ~6.57% from the low, even though it recovered off the bottom.
  • Market breadth remains weak, suggesting rallies are concentrated rather than broad-based:
    • ~45% of stocks above the 20-day EMA
    • ~51% above the 50-day EMA
    • ~56% above the 200-day EMA

Jobs-market catalysts next week

Key data points the host flags:

  • Tuesday: Job openings
  • Wednesday: ADP
  • Thursday: Challenger job cuts
  • Friday: Non-farm payrolls

Earnings coverage: “highlights” and the host’s take

The video’s main focus is earnings, primarily on:

  • American Express
  • Mastercard
  • FICO
  • Reddit
  • SoFi

Then follows quick technical and big-tech commentary.

American Express (AXP) — strong fundamentals, small stock reaction

The stock dropped ~4% post-earnings, but the host argues the move isn’t primarily about weak results.

Highlights:

  • EPS and revenue beats/strength
    • EPS guidance reaffirmed
    • Fiscal 2026 revenue guidance raised (~10% vs prior ~9%)
  • Strong strategy/growth via Gen Z/millennial partnerships
    • Apple Pay rewards integration
    • Fanatics partnership
    • Accor-related loyalty partnership
    • Potential European restaurant booking acquisition
  • Credit metrics improving
    • Lower 30-days-past-due
    • Better net charge-off trajectory
    • Released reserves implying confidence
  • Net card fees growth, framed as a strong fee engine serving an affluent customer base

Conclusion: A high-quality execution story with (in the host’s view) still-attractive valuation for long-term investors.

Mastercard (MA) — “boring” compounding with under-peak valuation concerns

The stock rose ~3% after earnings. The host frames MA (and Visa) as reliable compounding franchises.

Highlights:

  • EPS and revenue beats with continued operating leverage
  • Strong processed volume growth globally, with the biggest expansion in international
  • Cross-border/travel-related metrics resilient despite geopolitical and inflation pressures
  • Management commentary: consumer remains resilient (job growth, low unemployment, real purchasing power)

Valuation view:

  • Around/near prior levels from last year and below typical “expensive” forward multiples
  • Host notes supportive forward P/E and PEG
  • Framed as fair to slightly under fair, with upside if execution continues and buybacks remain aggressive

Conclusion: Still a decent long-term opportunity, even near highs.

FICO — major valuation dip explained; host argues the pivot is working

The host spends the most time on FICO due to investor interest.

Background:

  • Earlier surge/fall ties to perceived pricing-power concerns and regulatory scrutiny (referencing Bill “Py” / pressure).
  • Competitive pressure from VantageScore.

Earnings points:

  • Slight revenue miss vs Wall Street
  • EPS growth strong
  • Host attributes the move (~down 17%) to sentiment around pricing power.

Thesis drivers: a business-model shift

  • Pricing mechanics moved from “per score” to different fee structures:
    • Classic model: per-score fee + funding fee
    • 10T model: lower per-score, but different higher funding fee dynamics
  • Host argues FICO is increasingly circumventing credit bureaus and moving more directly to lenders, while still maintaining large market share.

Positioning:

  • Strong U.S. market footprint (host cites ~90% share in U.S. lending decisions and fraud prevention footprint)

Valuation view:

  • Despite the drop, host sees attractive risk/reward if the pivot continues working.

Reddit (RDDT) — massive accounting/financial beats, but stock down on user metric

Reddit fell ~21% despite major headline beats:

  • EPS beat (~32%)
  • Revenue beat (~10%)
  • Strong profitability and margin improvement

Host explanation:

  • The market punished a small shortfall in Daily Active Users (DAU):
    • US DAU missed estimates and declined sequentially (quarter-over-quarter)
    • Host argues Wall Street “hates” even small DAU misses (citing examples like Netflix/Spotify)
  • International growth was strong, but US users are the higher-ARPU portion, so US DAU matters more.

Overhangs discussed:

  • Uncertainty around Reddit’s Google AI access / licensing deal
    • Host notes it could be worth much more if renegotiated
    • But until clarified, it remains an overhang

Valuation framing:

  • Selloff could be overdone versus fundamentals, with bull/base/bear outcomes depending on:
    • Whether US DAU weakness is temporary
    • Whether the Google deal improves revenues
    • Whether sentiment compression reverses

Conclusion: A discounted, high-margin growth story with identifiable, definable risks.

SoFi (SOFI) — strong execution, but “bank vs fintech” valuation critique

SoFi beat EPS/revenue, but the stock fell ~9%. The host frames this as a valuation/market-structure issue rather than a pure earnings story.

Earnings highlights:

  • EPS beat
  • Revenue beat
  • Strong revenue and member growth
  • Higher lending/financial-services growth
  • Revenue outlook reaffirmed/raised, but EPS guidance not increased, largely tied to the rate environment

Why the multiple may be “stuck” (host’s thesis):

  1. Galileo tech platform isn’t contributing enough revenue relative to lending/financial services—so the market comps it more like a bank, not a tech/platform company.
  2. ROCE (return on tangible common equity) is low versus major banks, and dilution from equity raises further pressure on returns.
  3. Net charge-offs are presented as worse than major bank peers, affecting risk premium and valuation comps.

Additional points:

  • Lending/financial-services strength is real; the flywheel is working (host highlights loans, investing, cards, crypto, etc.).
  • For rerating higher, host argues SoFi must improve profitability metrics (especially bottom-line returns and credit costs) and show genuine progress from the tech platform.

Conclusion: Host is bullish long-term, sees valuation as reasonable/“cheap,” but rerating may take time and depends on rates, execution, and credit performance.

Technical analysis + positioning: what to watch for “selloff” resolution

Overall market

  • Host says support is holding, but trend change isn’t confirmed.
  • Market remains in rotation, driven by oil/yields and concentrated mega-cap strength.

S&P 500

  • Notes a reclaim of the 50 EMA
  • But breadth is lacking
  • Macro catalysts (jobs/geopolitics/oil/yields) keep uncertainty elevated

QQQs

Host emphasizes:

  • Bears still control the daily downtrend
  • Key “line-in-the-sand” resistance/support
  • QQQs need either:
    • Break resistance to form an uptrend, or
    • Hold liquidation-flush lows to attempt another reversal

Semiconductors / SMH

  • Still under bearish daily control per the host
  • Upcoming earnings (e.g., SanDisk/WDC, AMD, ANET, etc.) are a major sentiment swing factor

Sector notes

  • Relatively more resilient: Financials, healthcare
  • More influenced by oil/inflation positioning: Consumer staples/discretionary
  • Pressured by yields: Utilities/real estate
  • Energy repeatedly cited as a driver of risk-on / risk-off via oil moves

Big Tech quick chart commentary (no detailed earnings repeats)

  • Apple: down sharply post-earnings; short-term trend broken; watch consolidation and re-entry levels
  • AMD: earnings pending; host avoids calling and holds existing exposure
  • Amazon: strong technical setup; watch support/fade zones if the market weakens
  • Google: positive bounce; host not adding at current levels
  • Meta: messy “repair work”; host positioned long-term (mentions buys/LEAPS)
  • Microsoft: strong earnings breakout; question is whether it can decouple from semiconductor/SaaS correlation and sustain the breakout
  • Nvidia: messy and semis-dependent; host is a buyer at support and sells short puts
  • Tesla: bears control; waiting for clearer catalysts/structure
  • Plus: brief mentions of Palantir, SpaceX, Uber, TSM, framed largely as earnings-driven volatility with defined support/resistance zones

Presenters / contributors

  • Presenter/Host: Presented by the channel’s main host (name not stated in the provided subtitles).

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