Five things you need to know before the market opens on Monday August 21:
1. -- Stocks bounce higher, Treasury yields extend run, as markets track Fed, China risks
Stocks look set to start the week as they ended on Friday: focused on Fed rate risks and China's weakening post-Covid recovery.
2. -- Wall Street Week Ahead: Powell Speech, Nvidia earnings, housing in focus
Markets will focus on two potentially game-changing events this week as Nvidia preps its second quarter earnings release Wednesday and Fed Chair Powell speaks at the Jackson Hole summit on Friday.
3. -- Palo Alto Networks surges after late Friday earnings beat, solid sales outlook
Cybersecurity experts Palo Alto Networks surprised -- and annoyed -- investors with a better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings report late Friday.
4. -- Zoom Video earnings on deck as pandemic era star looks to AI boost
Zoom, a pandemic-era star that become synonymous with online video conferencing, could look to AI technologies to boost in near-term earnings growth.
5. -- SoftBank to unveil Arm IPO plans for biggest U.S. listing since 2021
Japan's SoftBank, after snubbing London in favor of a Nasdaq listing for chip designer Arm Holdings, will unveil IPO details on Monday.
