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Nvidia is the headline that won't quit. Jensen Huang has stepped down as president, chief executive, and board director following the disclosure of an extramarital affair, erasing roughly ten billion dollars in paper wealth. Now California's community property law looms large — with a forty-one-year marriage potentially putting the majority of his estimated one hundred forty-five billion dollar fortune in play.
Wall Street is already repricing the damage. Evercore ISI cut its Nvidia price target by sixty percent — from four hundred sixty-five dollars to one hundred eighty-six — and downgraded the stock to In Line. The move lays bare a genuine split among analysts, with millions of ordinary Americans exposed through index funds and retirement accounts feeling every point of that slide.
Shifting to the skies, the FAA issued a ground stop that snarled flights across the country, and while operations are technically resuming, delays and cancellations continue to compound at major hubs. The ripple effect on airlines and travel-adjacent equities is already visible, adding another layer of uncertainty to an already unsettled session.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
