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After a spectacular year, shares of Micron and SK Hynix have retreated sharply in the short term while longer-term technicals and structural demand signals remain intact. The moves reflect profit-taking and a violent deceleration in price action rather than a confirmed trend reversal, though competitive and demand-side risks deserve attention.
Christopher Bohrson, Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at Cohu Inc. (NASDAQ: COHU), executed a stock sale totaling $57,920 on July 15, 2026, in accordance with a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan. The transaction involved the disposition of 1,000 shares at $57.92 per share, reducing his direct holdings to 170,702 shares, including 109…
Gregory Stephen Smith, President and CEO of Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: TER), executed a sale of 4,000 shares on July 15, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 plan established in February 2026. The transaction, valued at $1,425,240, occurs as the company's stock retreats from its sale price of $356.31 to $323.41, with analysis suggesting the stock may be trading …
A White House technical assistant who has operated President Trump's teleprompter since 2016 is in discussions with federal regulators over more than $100,000 in alleged gains on the prediction market Kalshi, according to reports. The staffer, Gabriel Perez, is accused of wagering on the very words he loaded into the teleprompter and exploiting pri…
Marilyn Matz, a director at Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER), recently sold 1,200 shares of the company's common stock, resulting in a total transaction value of $427,572. The sale was executed on July 15, 2026, at a price of $356.31 per share, under a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan adopted on February 13, 2026. Following the transaction, Matz directly holds 16…
Clear Street began coverage of the payments industry, assigning Buy ratings to Visa and Mastercard while initiating Block and PayPal at Hold. The firm used a 27x price-to-earnings multiple on fiscal 2027 EPS estimates to derive price targets for Visa and Mastercard, and highlighted margin strength, free cash flow conversion and selective near-term …
Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan publicly called for a modest rise in short-term interest rates, saying inflation remains too high and the outlook for a return to the Fed's 2% goal is uncertain. Speaking from Houston, Logan warned that current monetary policy appears insufficient to restrain the economy and highlighted risks from renewe…
Cosmos Health Inc., a diversified global healthcare company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker COSM, has surpassed $1 million in its ongoing share buyback program, repurchasing approximately 4.84 million shares. The company views this milestone as a significant step in its capital allocation strategy, asserting its shares are undervalued. The open m…
Verizon announced the transfer of 274 corporate-owned retail locations to independent ownership, a change that will remove roughly 3,000 employees from the company's payroll. Many of those workers are expected to be rehired by the new store owners. The conversion reduces Verizon's company-run locations to 1,000 and follows a larger workforce reduct…
Micron Technology shares fell sharply this week amid a wider memory-sector sell-off, driven by contagion from SK Hynix's volatile Nasdaq debut and renewed geopolitical tension in the Gulf. The pullback has exposed a split on Wall Street: major institutions are maintaining bullish convictions on an undersupplied memory cycle, while prominent short p…
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen said he will continue pressing his $56 billion acquisition effort for eBay despite the online auction site's board rejecting the proposal. Cohen described ambitions to build a combined company valued at $1 trillion, use eBay's infrastructure to host a digital marketplace for video game items, and integrate collectibles opera…
Stephen F. Page, a director at AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV), has executed a sale of company shares valued at $35,464. The transaction, conducted through a pre-arranged trading plan, reduces the indirect holdings of the Stephen F. Page Living Trust. The sale occurs against a backdrop of mixed analyst sentiment and recent operational developments…
U.S. television networks are debating whether to broadcast a planned primetime address by President Donald Trump, set to focus on election security ahead of the midterm elections. The White House may disclose sensitive intelligence about alleged Chinese interference, raising concerns among some officials and prompting calls from Democrats to preemp…
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC has executed a new purchase of RENN Fund, Inc. shares, according to a recent Form 4 filing submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The transaction underscores the firm's continued financial engagement with the fund, which it advises and holds a significant ownership stake in. The purchase adds to H…
Senator Thom Tillis said he will not support moving President Trump's acting attorney general nominee, Todd Blanche, out of the Senate Judiciary Committee unless Blanche meets with Jeffrey Epstein survivors and their lawyers. Tillis framed the meeting as a prerequisite to his vote, underscoring fragile Republican support for the nominee and heighte…
SanDisk (SNDK) plunged sharply, falling -11.17% intraday to $1,434.54 and extending losses to -22.80% for the week and -27.97% for the month. Short-term technical signals are overwhelmingly negative, with the hourly RSI near 29.38 and StochRSI at the bottom of its range, a combination that classically signals short-term exhaustion. At the same time…
German 10-year bond yields edged up to 3.135% on Thursday, the highest level since May 20, narrowing the spread with U.S. 10-year Treasuries to its tightest in a month. The uptick in euro zone yields this week coincided with intensified fighting in the Gulf and higher energy prices, even as cooler U.S. inflation data restrained movement in Treasury…
Spot silver fell 1.7% to $56.82 an ounce on Thursday as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities lifted oil and inflation concerns, a dynamic that has increased the market's expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening. The pullback in the metal has reverberated through silver-mining equities, where operating leverage amplifies downside as prices drop.
Iovance (IOVA) has been beaten down over the past five years but is showing signs of stabilization: $Amtagvi is driving 60.6% revenue growth, liquidity metrics look reasonable, and technicals show bullish momentum. I upgrade to Buy with a clear entry at $4.79, a $3.60 stop loss, and a $9.00 target on a swing-oriented plan, but this remains a high-r…
Salesforce (CRM) has fallen to the bottom of the Dow Jones in 2026, down 35.2% year-to-date and trading at $171.84. Market concerns center on the company’s Agentforce AI initiative after enterprise customers and partners signaled the product and their data readiness are insufficient. Analysts have trimmed targets and ratings, while other operationa…
U.S. consumer inflation slowed to a 3.5% year-on-year pace in June 2026, down from 4.2% in May, but the underlying situation remains strained: the CPI index is about 28.5% above its 2020 level. Nominal wages indexed to 2020 have risen roughly 27%, leaving only a narrow 150 basis-point buffer against the cumulative price increase. Hidden inflationar…
Spain's equity market closed lower on Thursday, with the IBEX 35 easing 0.19% as losses in Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services stocks outpaced advances. Amadeus IT, Grifols and Acerinox were among the day's top performers, while Solaria, International Consolidated Airlines Group and Cellnex finished near the…
The AEX index ended Thursday at a fresh record high, advancing 0.41%. Strength in Technology, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas helped push the market higher, with ASML, Unilever and DSM Firmenich among the session's top performers. Broader market internals were mixed, and oil, gold and currency benchmarks showed modest moves.
Italy’s equity benchmark closed modestly lower on Thursday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.18% as losses in Technology, Industrials and Telecoms outnumbered gains. Fincantieri, Moncler and Assicurazioni Generali were the day’s top performers, while STMicroelectronics, Buzzi Unicem and Prysmian registered the largest declines. Oil moved slig…
Kalshi, the prediction market platform founded in 2021, will begin offering contracts that let traders wager on the results of late-stage clinical trials and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory decisions. The initiative, run as a pilot with AppliedXL, will list contracts only after a trial finishes enrolling and will base settlement on nam…
