An employee walks through the parking lot at a Broadcom office on June 03, 2021 in San Jose, California.
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For all the hype this week heading into Nvidia‘s earnings release and another important update on inflation, the stock action was pretty muted, especially given all the volatility this August: The S&P 500 closed up 0.24%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.92% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 0.94%.