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  "id": 4010998,
  "title": "Why is NVIDIA stock sliding today?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/why-is-nvidia-stock-sliding-today",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T18:28:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/why-is-nvidia-stock-sliding-today-93CH-4881741"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NVIDIA's stock experienced a 4.3% decline in today's trading session, erasing much of the previous day's substantial gains. The Wall Street Journal reported that the company has temporarily suspended certain aspects of its AI Compute Partnership program, which aimed to assist smaller cloud providers in financing Nvidia-powered infrastructure through revenue-sharing agreements. Several potential partners expressed reservations about Nvidia exerting more control over customer selection, while internal employees raised concerns about potential regulatory and antitrust risks stemming from the arrangement. This decision coincided with the broader market's \"sell the news\" sentiment following NVIDIA's impressive Q2 FY2027 earnings release on August 26. The company reported revenue of $96.2 billion, representing a 106% year-over-year increase, and adjusted earnings per share of $2.22, a 120% year-over-year rise, both surpassing Wall Street expectations. However, despite this stellar performance, Nvidia cautioned that gross margins were anticipated to compress to around 71-72% in Q4 FY2027 due to escalating memory prices, which prompted some investors to hesitate despite the favorable outlook. Additionally, news of NVIDIA's planned acquisition of AI model platform Hugging Face for approximately $12.9 billion introduced uncertainty regarding capital allocation, further complicating investor sentiment. The broader economic landscape also contributed to the downward pressure, with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivering a hawkish message at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, indicating that inflation remains elevated and trends have not improved significantly, potentially leading to a rate hike in the near future. This hawkish tone caused the two-year Treasury yield to rise, and the rate-sensitive Nasdaq Composite experienced a decline, adversely affecting high-valuation technology stocks like NVDA. Semiconductor companies such as Advanced Micro Devices, Broadcom, and Micron also saw their stocks fall on the same day. The convergence of these factors—suspension of the AI financing program, profit-taking after an extraordinary earnings surge, anticipated margin compression, and a more restrictive monetary policy outlook—led to significant selling pressure, driving NVIDIA's stock to trade at $218.15, well below its session high of $229.26 and near the lower end of its trading range, which spanned $217.89.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "More CAKE: Cheesecake Factory stock is surprisingly beating these Magnificent 7 tech giants—including Nvidia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/more-cake-cheesecake-factory-stock-is-surprisingly-beating-these",
        "published": "2026-08-28T19:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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