NY Judge PAUSES Pied-a-Terre Tax & CoreWeave Soars 17% on Pricing Power | August 12, 2026 – Morning Market Briefing

Andrew, Ben, and Tom discuss CoreWeave soaring 17% after raising its 2026 CapEx guidance to $35-39 billion and pushing through roughly 25% price increases across its GPU pricing tiers, extending the useful life of its chips and signing an A100 contract through 2029 despite the SKU launching in 2020, Trump reportedly weighing changes to capital gains taxes including exemptions for homes worth $2 million or less and indexing gains to inflation, a discussion of whether eliminating the corporate income tax and capital gains tax in favor of ordinary income treatment would be simpler and more pro-growth, and a New York State Supreme Court judge temporarily blocking Mayor Mamdani's pied-a-terre tax rollout after finding the city improperly shifted the burden of proving primary-residence exemptions onto property owners, with arguments set for August 31.Join our live YouTube stream Monday through Friday at 8:30 AM EST:http://www.youtube.com/@TheMorningMarketBriefingPlease see disclosures:https://www.narwhal.com/disclosure