Catalyst Watch archive · Week of Aug 31 - Sep 4, 2026

Jobs report Friday, Apple's new CEO Tuesday, and the Cybercab Thursday.

Four separate headline risks in five sessions. Apple hands over the corner office for the first time since 2011, Broadcom anchors a heavy AI-hardware slate, Tesla puts a steering-wheel-free robotaxi on stage, and payrolls close it out with consensus at just 55K. Here is the week, day by day.

Updated Aug 30, 2026

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This is the Catalyst Watch for Aug 31 - Sep 4, 2026, kept as published. The current week is always at the hub.

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Monday

Aug 314 on the tape

All day
DataIndex adds
SanDisk (SNDK), Carpenter Technology (CRS), and ATI (ATI) join the MSCI World Index at the close - index-fund flow concentrates into the closing auction.
- SNDK
- CRS
- ATI
All day
ConferenceCrowdStrike (CRWD) Fal.Con and Broadcom (AVGO) VMware Explore open
Both three-day, both AI-themed, and AVGO reports Wednesday.
- CRWD
- AVGO
All day
ScreenVolatility screen
options vol has picked up in Avis Budget (CAR) and Hertz (HTZ); short interest elevated again in Quantum Computing (QUBT) and SoundHound (SOUN).
- CAR
- HTZ
- QUBT
- SOUN
All day
DataRush Enterprises (RUSHA) three-for-two split effective
Listed option contracts adjust for the ratio.
- RUSHA

Up next

TuesdaySep 1

All dayEventApple (AAPL) changes chief executive
TBAEarningsDell (DELL), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Medtronic (MDT), MongoDB (MDB), and Nio (NIO) report
All dayDataNio (NIO), XPeng (XPEV), Li Auto (LI), and BYD (BYDDF) post monthly deliveries
All dayPolicyG20 Innovation Ministerial opens in North Carolina

Do not miss

Fri 8:30 AMAugust jobs report
Consensus is 55K payrolls, 4.2% unemployment, and 0.2% wage growth; the last labor print before the Sept 16 FOMC.
WedBroadcom (AVGO) earnings
The AI-hardware read of the week, with Snowflake (SNOW) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) the same afternoon.
TueApple (AAPL) changes chief executive
John Ternus takes over, Tim Cook moves to executive chairman; the first handover since 2011.

Also on the radar

Ex-dividend dates this week for Nike (NKE), McDonald's (MCD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), and Qualcomm (QCOM). RSI extremes: Arcturus (ARCT) and SolarWindow (WNDW) stretched high, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) and Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) washed out. Amazon Prime Air (AMZN) and Ouster (OUST) exhibit at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas. Macau gaming revenue, Class 8 truck orders, and broker DARTs land across the first half of the week.

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