Today is Tuesday, December 9, 2025.

The Early Bird Index today is 85.35.

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Nvidia learned on Monday that it will be able to ship its artificial intelligence chips to China, which sent the stock up 2.33% in after-hours trading.

Details: On Monday, President Trump announced on social media that Nvidia is allowed to ship its H200 chips to China. The company will pay the U.S. government 25% of the sales revenue of the chips sent to China.

Background: Nvidia previously faced restrictions and bans on shipping its most advanced AI chips to China.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Allowing Nvidia to sell advanced AI chips like the H200 back into China reopens one of its largest and fastest‑growing markets, which had been largely cut off by export controls and was costing the company many billions in lost or delayed revenue. 

Final Thoughts: Trump also mentioned AMD $AMD ( ▲ 0.23% ) in the same social media post. AMD’s stock ticked up 1.80% in after-hours trading.

Notable Earnings Today: Campbell Soup (Nasdaq: CPB), GameStop (NYSE: GME), Cracker Barrel (Nasdaq: CBRL), AeroVironment (Nasdaq: AVAV), AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Casey's General (Nasdaq: CASY), Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE), Dave & Buster's (Nasdaq: PLAY), Core & Main (NYSE: CNM), G-III Apparel (Nasdaq: GIII), SailPoint (Nasdaq: SAIL), Academy of Sports + Outdoors (Nasdaq: ASO), Korn/Ferry (NYSE: KFY), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (Nasdaq: OLLI), Caleres (NYSE: CAL), Ferguson (NYSE: FERG), American Outdoor Brands (Nasdaq: AOUT), Arqit Quantum (Nasdaq: ARQQ) Cognyte Software (Nasdaq: CGNT), Genasys (Nasdaq: GNSS), Lakeland Industries (Nasdaq: LAKE).

Notable IPOs Today: Crown Reserve Acquisition Corp. I Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: CRAC), Daedalus Special Acquisition Corp. Unit (Nasdaq: DSACU).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A.

Notable Economic Events Today: ADP Employment Change Weekly (8:15 a.m. ET), Nonfarm Productivity (8:30 a.m. ET), Unit Labor Costs (8:30 a.m. ET), JOLTS Job Openings (10:00 a.m. ET), EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (12:00 p.m. ET), WASDE Report (12:00 p.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Homebuilder Toll Brothers $TOL ( ▼ 2.36% ) posted mixed financial earnings results on Monday, causing the stock to drop 3.49% in after-hours trading.

Financials: Toll Brothers reported earnings of $4.58 per share in the past quarter, which were lower than expected. Revenue reached $3.41 billion, exceeding expectations.

Quote: “Given soft demand across many markets, we remain focused on running our business in a disciplined manner and consistent with our long-term strategic objective of maximizing returns for stockholders.” - CEO Douglas C. Yearley, Jr.

Final Thoughts: The stock was up 9.34% this year.

The price of the cryptocurrency Cardano $ADA ( ▲ 6.74% ) jumped about 2% on Monday due to the Midnight Network update occurring this week.

Definition: The Midnight Network update is an upgrade centered on the rollout of Midnight, Cardano’s privacy-focused partner chain.

Final Thoughts: Cardano is still down about 22% in the last 30 days.

Shareholder Activism: PepsiCo to Cut Costs, Lower Food Prices in Deal With Activist (Wall Street Journal)

Meme Coin Movement: Dogecoin Holds $0.14 Floor as Network Activity Hits 3-Month High (CoinDesk)

Hostile Takeover Perspective: Paramount's $108 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is big — but not the biggest-ever hostile takeover attempted (Business Insider)

Compound Effort: Mortgage rates are surging ahead of the Fed’s expected rate cut. What gives? (MarketWatch)

New Boss: Netcapital Inc. Announces Appointment of Rich Wheeless as CEO (Investing News Network)

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