Post-market briefing
Monday, August 24, 2026
What moved in a real portfolio, and why. This is an actual Holdings Daily briefing as delivered, not a summary of one. Every claim links to the article it came from, and the email is blocked from sending if it does not: how we source.
A demo portfolio of widely-held names, briefed on the real schedule. Not a subscriber's holdings.
Portfolio Snapshot
Equities
| Ticker | Price | Day % | YTD % | 52W Range Pos | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IONQ | $41.06 | -8.47% | -8.49% | 26% | ||
| CRDO | $222.61 | -3.45% | +54.71% | 61% | ||
| NVDA | $208.48 | -2.91% | +11.79% | 61% | ||
| JPM | $356.39 | +1.37% | +10.60% | 88% | ||
| AMZN | $262.07 | +1.33% | +13.54% | 72% | ||
| MSFT | $487.31 | +0.84% | +0.76% | 68% | ||
| AAPL | $310.34 | +0.32% | +14.15% | 71% |
Watchlist
| Ticker | Price | Day % | YTD % | 52W Range Pos | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRVL | $229.29 | -3.27% | +169.82% | 63% | ||
| ARM | $238.78 | -1.87% | +118.44% | 39% |
Market Overview
| Index | Price | Day % | YTD % |
|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (SPY) | $763.47 | -0.29% | +11.96% |
| Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | $706.32 | -1.00% | +14.98% |
| Dow Jones (DIA) | $533.65 | +0.27% | +11.05% |
Holdings Breakdown
IONQ closed at $41.06, down 8.47% on the session. Today's selloff came alongside a Motley Fool analysis flagging that insiders across IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave have sold nearly $863 million in stock over three years with virtually no buying, which the piece framed as an overvaluation signal for the sector. A separate comparison article noted IonQ posted roughly $80 million in Q2 2026 revenue, up nearly 287% year-over-year, alongside a $28 million DARPA contract, underscoring the tension between accelerating commercial traction and a price-to-sales multiple that still sits well above historical norms for emerging technology categories.
AAPL closed at $310.34, up 0.32% on the session. The Trump Administration permitted Apple to source memory chips from Chinese suppliers CXMT and YMTC for its China-market products, a carve-out that rattled U.S. memory chip manufacturers rather than Apple itself. Both CXMT and YMTC have raised substantial capital to scale production into NAND and high-bandwidth flash, meaning the competitive pressure on domestic suppliers extends well beyond today's limited authorization.
AMZN closed at $262.07, up 1.33% on the session. The session's move was catalyzed largely by anticipation around Anthropic's imminent S-1 filing, expected before month-end, which will publicly disclose Amazon's ownership stake for the first time. Amazon has committed up to $20 billion to Anthropic, with the partnership extending into AWS infrastructure and custom silicon, meaning Anthropic's quarterly revenue figures will sharpen the market's picture of how AI is flowing through Amazon's cloud business. The S-1's disclosure on the ownership percentage is the specific data point analysts say could trigger a fundamental rerating of how Anthropic's scale is valued within Amazon.
NVDA closed at $208.48, down 2.91% on the session. Monday's session was shaped by pre-earnings caution ahead of NVIDIA's Q2 results, due after the close Wednesday, August 26. That report will debut a new revenue breakdown separating hyperscaler customers from other AI buyers, a structure that puts renewed focus on concentration risk, with three customers accounting for more than half of sales last quarter. The hyperscaler segment grew materially slower than the rest of NVIDIA's AI customer base in the prior period, making the relative trajectory of those two lines the central datapoint Wednesday.
Also moved: CRDO -3.45%, JPM +1.37%, MSFT +0.84%.
Watchlist
MRVL closed at $229.29, down 3.27% on the session. Today's pullback came alongside broad semiconductor weakness that pressured the Nasdaq while blue-chip names held up, reflecting sector-level rotation rather than Marvell-specific news. The near-term focus is the Q2 report due after the close on August 27, where analysts are projecting roughly 35% revenue growth and 39% EPS growth. That report arrives in the same week as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks on Friday, compressing macro and company-level catalysts into a tight window. A $2 billion Nvidia investment and Jensen Huang's public endorsement as a potential trillion-dollar AI chip company remain the strategic backdrop against which Wednesday's results will be measured.
Also moved: ARM -1.87%.
Bottom Line
Monday's session left the portfolio in mixed territory, with IONQ sliding -8.47% on company news pulling in one direction while AMZN gained +1.33% on its own news, and NVDA's -2.91% decline adding further pressure to the equity side of the ledger.
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