Tech Futures Slip as Markets Await Inflation Data and Nvidia Earnings

In the liminal hours before consequential data arrives, markets do what they always do in uncertainty — they pause, recalibrate, and hold their breath. This week, two forces converge to test the durability of the artificial intelligence-driven rally: an inflation report that will shape Federal Reserve thinking, and Nvidia's earnings, which will reveal whether the technological optimism animating so much of the market's recent ascent still has solid ground beneath it. The futures market's modest retreat is less a verdict than a question, posed quietly before the answers come.