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How confident is Nvidia in Nvidia? Apparently...$150 BILLION confident.
Nvidia just announced a massive $150 billion increase to its share-repurchase authorization, bringing its remaining buyback authorization to roughly $235 billion.
That makes this one of the biggest share-buyback stories we've ever seen.
But before you automatically assume that's bullish, there's a much more interesting question:
Why does a company at the center of the AI boom believe buying its own stock is one of the best uses of its enormous cash flow?
On today's TraderMerlin, we're digging into Nvidia's announcement and what a buyback of this magnitude could mean for NVDA shareholders, earnings per share, share count and ultimately valuation.
And Nvidia isn't the only big story moving markets today.
President Trump says the administration is "very seriously" considering restrictions on U.S. diesel exports as diesel prices remain painfully high.
At first glance, the logic seems simple:
Stop exporting diesel → keep more supply in America → diesel prices fall.
But markets are rarely that simple.
Restricting exports could alter refinery economics, potentially reduce refinery runs and change the supply dynamics for gasoline, jet fuel and crude oil. In other words, a policy designed to lower one fuel price could create unintended consequences somewhere else.
We'll break down:
- Nvidia's $150 Billion Buyback – Why Nvidia is making such an enormous commitment to repurchasing shares
- $235 Billion Remaining – What the total authorization could mean for NVDA's share count and EPS
- AI Competition – Is the buyback simply confidence—or does Nvidia see its own stock as particularly attractive?
- Diesel Export Ban? – What Trump is considering and why the consequences could be more complicated than they appear
- Oil & Inflation – How higher energy prices could keep inflation pressures alive
- Gold Troubles – Why gold is getting crushed despite geopolitical uncertainty
- Treasury Yields – Why the 10-year pushing above 5% matters for virtually every asset class
- The Federal Reserve – Why rising oil and persistent inflation are increasing expectations for additional rate hikes
- Stocks – What higher yields mean for equity valuations, particularly expensive technology companies
- Trading Opportunities – Where volatility may create opportunities across stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies
And gold may be one of the most interesting stories of the day.
Gold is supposed to be an inflation hedge and a safe haven.
We have geopolitical uncertainty.
We have rising oil prices.
We have inflation concerns.
And gold is still getting hammered.
Why?
Because higher inflation expectations are pushing markets toward the possibility of additional Fed tightening. That pushes Treasury yields and the dollar higher, increasing the opportunity cost of owning an asset that pays no interest.
It's another reminder that markets don't trade on simple narratives.
They trade on relationships.
Oil rises → inflation concerns rise → rate-hike expectations rise → Treasury yields rise → the dollar strengthens → gold comes under pressure.
Meanwhile, those same higher yields create another valuation hurdle for the stock market.
So yes, Nvidia's $150 billion buyback is the headline.
But underneath it is a much bigger market story involving AI, energy, inflation, interest rates, bonds, gold and equities.
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There's a lot moving today.
Let's connect the dots.
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