Breakfast News: Nvidia Set To Reveal 2026 AI Plans

Breakfast News: Nvidia Set To Reveal 2026 AI Plans

March 16, 2026

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1. Mag 7 AI Plans in the Headlines

Nvidia (NVDA 1.56%) today kicks off its annual GTC (GPU Technology Conference) in San Jose, California – in a year when hyperscalers intend to spend more than $600 billion on AI infrastructure. What to expect? Analysts are talking about vertical integration – from chips all the way to full AI systems – and news of future chip generations. Thoughts on the longer-term sustainability of AI spend won’t be far from watchers’ minds.

• Laying off 20% of staff?: Meta (META 3.77%) is planning a raft of job cuts, per Reuters. The social media giant reportedly hopes to offset its huge AI infrastructure costs with savings coming from increased use of AI agents and AI assistance for human workers.
• Terafab “Launches in 7 Days”: Tesla (TSLA 0.88%) CEO Elon Musk announced the imminent launch of its new in-house semiconductor manufacturing on Saturday, as Micron (MU +5.08%) today revealed plans for a second fabrication facility in Taiwan to expand production of high-bandwidth memory in high demand for AI data centers.

2. Markets Further Shaken by Middle East

With markets still shaken by the Iran conflict – and WTI crude pushing $100 per barrel again – the S&P 500 ended Friday down 1.6% on the week, with the Nasdaq losing 1.3%. However, Goldman Sachs (GS 0.71%), in its U.S. Weekly Kickstart report, says rising corporate earnings could push the S&P 500 to 7,600 by the end of 2026. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures rose 0.3% and 0.4% respectively this morning.

• Core Personal Consumption Expenditures index up to 3.1%: After last week saw the Fed’s favorite inflation measure edge up, eyes will be on Wednesday’s February producer price index (PPI) print – expected to show a decline to 0.3% month over month.
• 99.1% chance of no interest rate cut: Speaking of the Fed, the latest interest rate decision will be made at Wednesday’s meeting. The CME FedWatch tool shows analysts almost unanimous in expecting no change this time – and little chance of a cut until well into the second half of the year.

3. Pick of the Week’s Foolish Earnings

• Lululemon (LULU 0.21%) – recommended by both Team Hidden Gems and Team Rule Breakers – will release fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday. It follows a 7% Q3 revenue rise year over year (YoY), as international growth contrasted with U.S. weakness.
• Accenture (ACN +0.31%), also recommended by both Team HG and Team RB, posts Q2 figures Thursday, after a 6% revenue gain in Q1 YoY. At the time, Fool analyst Bill Barker noted “the number likely to get the most attention is the $2.2 billion in new Generative AI bookings, a figure that suggests the market is moving from tentative ‘experimentation’ to genuine ‘industrialization.’”
• DocuSign (DOCU +1.21%) – a Rule Breakers rec – also reports Q4 Tuesday. Q3 saw a 12% YoY EPS rise, and management lifted full-year revenue forecasts. But DocuSign’s long-term business could be under threat from rapid AI expansion.

4. Retail Earnings Coming Into View

• Dollar Tree (DLTR 3.80%) showed demand for everyday value essentials remains strong, building on a comparable sales growth beat in Q3 – posting 5% Q4 comparable sales growth this morning. The stock edged down 4% in early trading, with fiscal 2026 comparable sales forecast a bit lower at 3% to 4%.
• Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO +1.51%) brings outdoor leisure spend into view with a Q4 update due Thursday, with the stock 4% behind the S&P 500 since being recommended in Dividend Investor in late 2024. ASO is on a modest 1.1% forecast dividend yield, but raised its Q3 dividend by 14%.
• FedEx (FDX 0.41%) brings us Q3 results Wednesday, looking to build on the previous quarter’s earnings gains. A Q2 profitability increase was partly due to cost cutting, with the business facing uncertain inflation and tariff pressures.

5. Your Take

**Which of Kinsale Capital (KNSL +0.18%), Airbnb (ABNB 1.10%), and Microsoft **(MSFT 1.57%)do you think has the best chance of recovering and beating the market over the next 5 years, and why?

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