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● Last updated: Fri Sep 25, 2026 — evening recap · page auto-refreshes every 5 min

Morning brief — Fri Sep 25, 2026

Market-wide: Futures higher premarket Friday — S&P 500 E-minis +0.31%, Nasdaq 100 E-minis +0.61% as of 5:15am ET — as AI enthusiasm offsets oil and yield worries (Reuters). The 10Y sits ~5.1–5.18% after Thursday’s surge to ~19-year highs; traders now price ~71% odds of a 25bp October hike (CME FedWatch) after NY Fed’s Williams said another hike this year would be “reasonable.” AI tape: AMD +2% premarket after a record close, Marvell/AVGO/TSM higher; Akamai +21% premarket on an $11.6B Anthropic cloud deal; Meta on a 5th straight weekly gain near $2T on Muse. Brent >$100/bbl after US strikes on Iranian tankers; WTI eased ~1% on signs of phased US–Iran talks. The main AI-infrastructure counter-signal: Oracle’s force majeure notice on its $165B Project Jupiter data center.

AAPL $335.92 (Finnhub quote, Sep 25); prev close $337.02

  • iPhone 18 demand signals strong — long customer lines in India, sustained Pro/Pro Max interest; China remains the weak spot (American Market News, Sep 25).
  • JPMorgan reaffirmed Buy; BofA held Buy, $370 PT. Qualcomm global patent license renewed, effective Apr 1, 2027 — licensing uncertainty removed; offset by a reported iPhone 18 Pro reboot issue and Fitness+ layoffs.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (est. Oct 29–Nov 2, Market Chameleon estimate)

ACHR ~$5.69 (+5% Tuesday)

  • Midnight eVTOL demo flights at the California International Air Show in Salinas, Sep 26–27 (second year running), part of the “No Roads” tour (Parameter.io, Sep 24).
  • HSR antitrust waiting period for the Boeing Wisk Aero / SkyGrid / Insitu acquisitions expired Sep 18; more approvals still needed, close expected by end of 2026 (TradingView/GuruFocus).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

AIPI NAV $37.72, price $37.75 (Sep 22)

  • Declared a $0.2517/share weekly dividend (+2.8%), ex-div Sep 23, paid Sep 24 (Daily Political).
  • ~$475M AUM; distribution rate 34.79% (Sep 22), currently 100% estimated return of capital; 75 AI-leader holdings with covered-call overlay.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

AMD record close $628.87 Sep 24 (TECHi); +2% premarket Friday; ~$1T market cap

  • Piper Sandler reiterated Overweight ($600 PT); Stifel Buy ($635 PT) on server-CPU confidence; AMD notified customers of ~10% price increases across its chip portfolio from Q4 2026, passing on TSMC wafer-cost hikes (Sina Finance via ad-hoc-news).
  • Valuation leaves little room for error (trailing P/E ~142x per FXLeaders); near-term consolidation band ~$560–610.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Q3, typically late Oct)

AMZN

  • Wells Fargo upgraded Sep 24 to Overweight, PT raised to $280 (from $245) — conviction in AWS revenue acceleration in 2026 on Project Rainier (Anthropic-dedicated data center, est. $14B annual AWS revenue at full 2.2GW capacity) (Finviz).
  • $100M+ robotics-manufacturing plant in Greenwood, Indiana opening by 2028 — fourth robot plant; stock slipped ~1% on the announcement (CoinCentral).
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (MetisTrades, Sep 20): ±3.71% into today’s Sep 25 expiry
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

AVAV $161.09 mid-week (+3.2%) vs. $156.15 prior close

  • Plunged 19% Monday after the US Space Force said it will reopen bidding for the $1.4B SCAR contract (BlueHalo’s largest program of record) — Raymond James issued a rare triple downgrade to Underperform (Markets Daily).
  • Fiscal Q1 beat (revenue $480.5M +5.7%, EPS $0.59 vs $0.22 consensus); funded backlog ~$1.5B; FY2027 EPS guidance $3.02–$3.34 maintained. Analysts: Jefferies cut PT to $204 (Sep 16); BTIG Buy $205.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BABA

  • Apsara Conference (Hangzhou): unveiled Zhenwu V900 AI chip (3x predecessor, mass production Q1 2027) and a 20GW global data-center target by 2032; Hong Kong shares +3% Tuesday (CoinCentral).
  • Shares fell 3.68% Wednesday on a US securities class action (Oct 5 lead-plaintiff deadline) plus reports Beijing is probing Alibaba’s AI operations (StocksToTrade; baseballnewssource).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BMNR ~$27.30–28.09 (+6% Monday)

  • Weekly accumulation: bought 27,562 ETH last week; holdings now 5,983,940 ETH (~4.9% of supply, ~98% of the 5% “Alchemy of 5%” target) (CoinDesk, Sep 21).
  • >5M ETH staked (~$357M annualized staking revenue); total crypto + cash + securities ~$17.1B; chairman Tom Lee says institutional investors remain “underweight” crypto, expects Q4 2026 accumulation.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BN NYSE $36.57 low Thursday (new 52-week low); last $36.6670

  • Priced a $600M offering of 5.650% senior notes due 2031 on Sep 21 (GlobeNewswire via MarketMinute).
  • Street stays bullish into the weakness — consensus Moderate Buy, avg PT $57.40 (Scotiabank Outperform $54; Morgan Stanley Overweight $59) (MarketBeat); TipRanks’ Spark AI rates it Neutral on leverage/FCF.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BNS NYSE 52-week high $95.74 Wednesday; TSX crossed 200-day MA

  • Completed the Maple Financial acquisition; launched the Scotia Growth Institute; Q3 (Aug 25) beat — EPS $1.64 vs $1.53 est., revenue $7.52B (Kalkine Media).
  • TD Securities raised to Strong-Buy (Aug 25), BofA lifted PT to C$134 (Aug 26); quarterly dividend $1.14 payable Oct 28 (~4.9% yield).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

CCJ ~C$133 TSX mid-week

  • Wall Street Zen downgraded to sell (Sep 19); Jefferies initiated buy, $138 PT (Sep 3); mixed Q2 13F flow (Engineers Gate cut 90%, Andra AP fonden cut 45%, NewEdge added 29%).
  • Consensus Moderate Buy, $148.68 avg PT (MarketBeat) — well off the C$182.72 52-week high.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 5)

CLS $373.26 Thursday (+3.2%); 7-day winning streak +~14%

  • No specific driver cited for the streak (Trefis); insiders selling into strength — Pres. Todd Cooper 20,118 sh @ $360.00 and CEO Robert Mionis 23,396 sh @ $364.22, both Sep 23 (SEC filings).
  • Q2 beat (Jul 27): $2.54 EPS vs $2.29 est., revenue $4.68B (+62.4% YoY); FBN Securities initiated outperform, $375 (Sep 15); consensus Buy, avg PT $440.50.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Oct 26)

CNQ C$67.12, crossed above 200-day MA (C$64.58) Wednesday

  • Reportedly in talks to acquire Montney natural-gas properties as coastal LNG demand ramps (Kalkine).
  • Raymond James raised PT to C$70, outperform (Sep 16); unusual call activity Monday — 11,627 calls, +210% vs typical (American Market News).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

COHR ~$290 (+59% YTD, trailing peers)

  • Unveiled the PhotonLink integrated-optics platform at ECOC 2026 in Málaga (CEO Jim Anderson presenting); jumped 4.1% Sep 18 on its expanded 800G ZR/ZR+ Pluggable Optical Line System portfolio (StockTitan; StockStory).
  • Q4 FY26 beat: $1.74 adj EPS (+74% YoY), revenue $2.05B (+33.8%); FY27 essentially booked through calendar 2027 (Zacks).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 4)

ELF ~$100–105

  • Q1 FY27 blowout (~Sep 4): sales $479.4M vs $427M est., adj EPS $1.75; raised FY27 guidance — sales $1,938–1,968M, adj EPS $3.50–$3.55 (Zacks).
  • PT raises mid-September: Bernstein $127, B. Riley $115, BofA $118, Citi $118; Zacks cut to hold (Sep 10).
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, Sep 18): ±4.5%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 4)

ENB TSX C$66.99 — below both 50- and 200-day MAs

  • Closed a C$3.0B equity raise Sep 14 (44.735M sh @ C$66.85) to fund announced acquisitions; share-count overhang in focus.
  • BMO upgraded to outperform, C$79.50 (Sep 15); TD buy, C$81; insider buying Sep 14 (director Gregory Ebel, insider Michele Harradence); quarterly dividend C$0.97 paid Sep 1 (~5.8% yield).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today (most recent published, Stocknear, Sep 19: ±5.68% into the Oct 16 expiry)
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Oct 30)

ETHA ETH ~$2,682, broke above $2,438 resistance

  • Fifth straight day of spot-ether ETF inflows — Sep 24 drew $66.1M, ETHA leading with $26.8M; cumulative since launch $13.88B (Pluang; hokanews).
  • ETH broke above $2,438 resistance — first higher high since August 2025 — with $3,400 eyed next, though momentum warns of pullback risk (Pluang).
Expected move — week ahead: ±8.45% into the Oct 02 expiry (Stocknear options flow, crawled Sep 24)
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

GLW $154.33 Wednesday (-3.4%)

  • Goldman’s Sep 11 announcement of a $2B at-the-market equity program still weighing — shares plunged 13.7% Sep 14; Pomerantz and Schall, Brown & Schwartz announced securities-fraud investigations tied to the offering disclosure (Sep 20–22).
  • Fundamentals intact: CFO said optical demand “very strong” with “really good” multi-year visibility at the Sep 9 Citi conference; Q2 Optical Communications sales +32% YoY to $2.07B.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, Sep 18): ±2.6%
Expected move — into next earnings: most recent published (Options Hawk earnings preview, crawled Sep 24): ±5.8% — earnings date sources conflict (Oct 27 per Sharemaestro vs Nov 3 per TipRanks)

GRNY $28.41 (new 52-week high, Sep 21)

  • AUM ~$4.5B; August rebalance paid off — MSTR went from the fund’s smallest holding (~0.5%) to its largest (3.02%) ahead of a ~46% MSTR rally; HOOD second at 2.99% (Eric Balchunas, Sep 4).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

HIMS ~$29.28 (+3.06% Thursday)

  • Securities class action filed (Hagens Berman, Sep 23–24) from the FTC’s Jul 29, 2026 federal complaint (health-data sharing with ad platforms, improper prescription charging); lead-plaintiff deadline Nov 2, 2026.
  • Launched an AI-native weight-loss care platform (Hitconsultant); CFO Okupe Oluyemi sold 29,277 shares Sep 22 at $29.95 (Form 4).
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Stocknear, Sep 24): ±11.6% into the Oct 02 expiry
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 3; most recent published ±14.5% TipRanks was for the Aug 10 Q2 report — stale)

HOOD $122.10 premarket (+1.06% vs $120.82 Thu close)

  • Context: 14.85% intraday rally earlier this month (close $122.88) on Robinhood Chain’s record $3.8M daily revenue (38% of global network revenue), plus bullish notes — Morgan Stanley Overweight/$150, Piper Sandler Buy/$145 (TipRanks).
  • Thursday: gave back a 5.77% premarket gain to trade lower on a weaker Nasdaq; White House crypto-policy summit lifted crypto-adjacent sentiment.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (~Nov 4)

IBKR ~$90.06

  • Consensus Moderate Buy, 14 analysts, avg PT $98.90; Sep 1–2: Goldman reiterated buy (PT trimmed $114→$113); UBS downgraded to Neutral from Buy (PT raised $50→$102); KBW market perform reiterated.
  • September brokerage metrics: DARTs 3.864M (+47% YoY), client equity $757.5B (+40%), margin loans $77.3B (+39%), 4.127M accounts (+32%). Q3 earnings set for Thu Oct 15 at 4pm ET.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, Sep 18): ±3.0%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Oct 15)

INOD $69.97 (+14.6% Sep 22)

  • Jumped after Hunterbrook Media published a report identifying Meta as Innodata’s largest customer (via former-employee interviews, job postings), linking a disclosed August program to Meta’s Muse assistant — neither confirmed; Hunterbrook Capital disclosed a long position (AIStockWire, Sep 23).
  • BWS Financial reiterated Top Pick, $140 PT (Sep 19); consensus Moderate Buy, avg PT $130; Zacks cut to Hold (Aug 11).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 4)

IREN $47.05 Wednesday (-3.1%)

  • Rothschild & Co Redburn initiated Monday with Neutral and a $40 PT; Northland initiated Sep 18 with Outperform, $99 PT; JPMorgan upgraded Sep 14 to Overweight (PT $46→$65) (Markets Daily; MarketBeat).
  • Story tension: AI Cloud diversification, 5+ GW power pipeline, MSFT/NVDA-linked arrangements vs. widening losses and GPU-pricing concerns pressuring neoclouds.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

JOBY ~$6.27 (-1.6%)

  • First-ever fully autonomous 3,199-mile transcontinental flight (Cessna Caravan fitted with Joby’s autonomy stack); kicking off a White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program flight week in Dallas–Fort Worth (timothysykes.com, Sep 21).
  • Early-September deal to acquire defense-tech firm Resonant Sciences (~$500M, ~$450M cash + $50M stock; >$100M TTM revenue, +40% YoY); HC Wainwright reiterated Buy/$18 (Sep 21); consensus Reduce, avg PT $13.81.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Barchart, Sep 1 — stale): ±15.4% into the Oct 16 monthly expiry
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 4)

KD $11.57 (-4.9%); resistance $13.00–13.20, support $11.50/$11.00

  • Fitch assigned BBB to a new senior notes offering; proceeds to repay $700M of 2.05% notes due Oct 2026 and pay down the revolver (StockStory).
  • Overhang persists: SEC investigation into cash management/disclosures, delayed filing, CFO and GC resignations earlier this year; analysts 2 sell / 7 hold, consensus PT $16.50.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (est. Nov 3)

LLY $1,181.89 flat premarket

  • FDA approved once-weekly basal insulin Onswik (insulin efsitora alfa-gobe) for type 2 diabetes (StockStory, Sep 24).
  • Q3 est. Oct 29 — consensus EPS ~$9.56–10.00, revenue ~$22.54B; Q2 beat (EPS $8.38, revenue $22.97B); FY2026 guidance EPS $35.50–36.50, revenue $85–87B.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (~Oct 29)

LRCX ~$310.96 (+2.9% Tuesday)

  • Semi-equipment tape strong on WFE spending optimism — Lam raised its 2026 WFE forecast to $140B (from $135B); Q2 2026 revenue $5.84B (+9% seq); dividend hiked 27% to $0.33, payable Oct 14.
  • Analysts: consensus Moderate Buy, avg PT $361.81 — UBS Buy/$425, Citi Buy/$450, Wells Fargo Overweight/$350 (cut from $450); Erste Group downgraded Buy→Hold on margin/supply-chain concerns.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

MELI $1,754.13 Thursday (-2.51%)

  • 13F flow: State Street raised its stake 7.7% in Q2; BlackRock opened a new ~$2.246B position; Jupiter Topco new $917M (American Market News).
  • Q3 est: EPS $9.42 (+13.2% YoY), revenue $10.64B (+43.6%); consensus Moderate Buy, avg PT $2,272.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

META ~$736–744; 5th straight weekly gain, near $2T market cap

  • Muse AI driving — +36% in September (best month since July 2013); Muse hit 2.8M downloads in its first 12 days, topping App Store free charts ahead of ChatGPT; +11.3% Monday added ~$192B market cap (Bloomberg via The Hindu BusinessLine).
  • Cantor Fitzgerald raised PT to $860 from $680 (Overweight) on Muse-as-platform thesis (CoinCentral); Mizuho’s Walmsley called Muse “a significant step” toward monetizing AI spend. Watch: 2026 AI capex $130–$145B.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (MetisTrades, Sep 19 — stale): ±5.42% into today’s Sep 25 expiry
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

MRVL $254.57 Thursday (-2.43%)

  • Seaport Research initiated Buy, $270 PT (Sep 23) — AI data-center (~74% of revenue), optical interconnect, custom silicon for hyperscalers; sold off ~3.5% Thursday premarket as yields spiked.
  • Investor Day Oct 6; showed 2nm optical chips for 3.2T AI networks at ECOC 2026; rebounding after record fiscal Q2 (data center +50% YoY), then a ~10% selloff on custom-silicon revenue timing.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today as a weekly figure — nearest published: ±2.9% (Sharemaestro, nearest chain, Sep 18)
Expected move — into next earnings: most recent published: ±13.73% (TipRanks Options Tool, published ahead of the Aug 27 Q2 report)

MSFT ~$497.49 premarket (-0.09%)

  • Stifel upgraded to Buy from Hold and raised PT to $575 from $530 (Sep 23) — improving Azure growth, operating efficiency (Brad Reback); Oppenheimer raised PT to $570 on Sep 22.
  • Earlier-week overhang: Azure growth slipped to 38%, Morgan Stanley dropped MSFT from its Top Pick list; Goldman/Barclays trimmed on capex-without-Azure-acceleration concerns. Reports Q1 FY27 on Oct 27.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (DailyIQ): ±1.0% into today’s Sep 25 expiry
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (est. Oct 28)

MU ~$1,046 Thursday (-2%); earnings Wed Sep 30 after close

  • UBS reaffirmed Buy, $1,625 PT; Citi Buy, PT raised $1,150→$1,300 — both citing DRAM supply-demand; consensus revenue ~$50.8B, adj. EPS ~$31.43 (TheStreet).
  • Taiwan labor risk: Taoyuan union plans a strike-authorization vote in early October; HBM capacity reportedly sold out through 2027; Burry expanded shorts on Micron/semiconductors.
Expected move — week ahead: no standalone weekly figure published today — the week’s event is earnings
Expected move — into next earnings: most recent published (TipRanks Options Tool, Sep 17): ±11% — above the trailing 4-quarter avg post-earnings move of ~8.1%

NTR TSX C$104.67 Thursday (-1.09%)

  • Whipsawed Monday on Trump’s disclosure of a proposed US purchase of lower-priced Belarus potash — no price/volume/timing; fell as much as 5.2% intraday, recovered to $75.52 by midday (NYSE).
  • RBC reaffirmed Outperform, $85 PT (Sep 18); consensus Moderate Buy, avg $81.15; unusually heavy put buying flagged by MarketBeat options flow.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

NU ~$13.60–13.90 support after -3.6% Wednesday pullback

  • Q2: net income $1.1B (+49% YoY), ROE 33%, but 90-day+ delinquencies rose to 6.9%; Itaú BBA downgraded to Market Perform, $18 PT (Sep 18).
  • Rolling out US retail banking plus “Nu Global” (stablecoin multi-currency account, 35+ countries); first Investor Day Dec 8, 2026.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

NVDA ~$226.30 premarket (+0.75%); ~5% below $236.54 52-week high

  • AI hardware broadly higher in premarket (AMD, AVGO, TSM, MU, MRVL up) per Jin10; Goldman trading-desk note: forward P/E at a ~10-year low near 17x (Market Chameleon).
  • Failed to reclaim $230; $220 support under pressure after CEO Huang’s AI growth comments; insider selling near record highs flagged (FXLeaders). Earnings est. Nov 17, EPS $2.47.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Stocknear, Sep 22): ±5.67% into today’s Sep 25 expiry
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (est. Nov 17)

NVO ADR $39.71 (-8.18% Monday); -12% this week

  • Capital Markets Day fallout: 2030 strategy omitted a numeric revenue growth target; failed to reassure on the semaglutide patent cliff (semaglutide ~75% of 2026 sales per Morgan Stanley); Morgan Stanley downgraded to Underweight (Sep 11).
  • Halted two more ziltivekimab heart trials Sep 7 (Reuters); on track for worst week since February; consensus Hold, FactSet mean target $44.50.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

ORCL ~$138.60 premarket (-0.67%) after -4 to -7% Thursday

  • Bloomberg: Oracle issued a force majeure notice to developer Stack Infrastructure on the $165B Project Jupiter data center (2.45GW, New Mexico), seeking payment deferrals if not operational by 2028; a key fuel pipeline slipped to Feb 2027; $18B of project debt trading stressed.
  • Company says the project is on schedule with no FY27 guidance impact (co-CEO Magouyrk). Earlier: Q1 FY27 beat Sep 10 (revenue $19.35B +30%, OCI +121% to $7.4B, RPO $664B) but FCF -$5.4B.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (est. Dec; most recent published ±11.91% TipRanks Options Tool for the Sep 10 Q1 — stale)

PBDC $26.50–28.20 range this week (Stock Traders Daily, Sep 23)

  • No single-name news; BDC income ETF (~11% distribution yield) holding Ares, Blue Owl, Hercules, Golub, Main Street (Finviz).
  • Rate/macro sensitivity: BDC credit spreads and the Fed October-hike risk are the key drivers; August short interest fell 69.8% to 108k shares.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

PFFA ~$20.61 (Sep 21 close)

  • Monthly dividend $0.1725/share declared — ex-div Sep 21, payable Sep 28; ~10.3% yield; up 2.46% YTD.
  • Preferreds under rate pressure — Fed 3.75–4.00% a direct headwind (Dividend.com, Sep 22).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

PLTR ~$192.59 (+0.4% Thursday); 52-week high $207.52

  • FAA’s SMART AI platform deployed in DC metro; Air Space Intelligence (not Palantir) won the primary $875M SMART contract — but Rosenblatt kept Buy/$225 PT (Sep 23) on follow-on FAA safety-monitoring/analytics opportunity (Blockonomi/MoneyCheck).
  • Led S&P 500 options activity Thursday: 286,896 contracts, standout the Sep 25 $195 strike call (25,709 contracts) (StockOptionsChannel).
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, ~Sep 18): ±2.2%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 2)

RDDT ~$152.72 (+0.5%)

  • No fresh company news overnight; Wedbush Outperform/$250 top-mid-cap-internet pick (Ygal Arounian) remains the backdrop.
  • ~42% below its $263.50 52-week high; earnings Oct 29 (ChartExchange).
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, ~Sep 18): ±2.5%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Oct 29)

SMH near $600–640; 52-week high $642.77

  • Riding the “AI memory supercycle” — Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital surging on AI-driven demand; some notes warn the semi rally may be nearing exhaustion (MarketBeat/ABMN).
  • $74B AUM; top holdings NVDA 19.4%, TSM 9.2%, AMD 5.7%; ~59% YTD total return (ibusiness.news, Sep 21).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

SOFI $16.80 Thursday (+1.5%)

  • Announced a $1.5B underwritten common-stock offering (Goldman sole underwriter; 30-day 15% overallotment) for general corporate purposes (marketwirenews).
  • Launched a small-business loan platform this week; SoFiUSD stablecoin Mastercard settlement rollout remains the growth catalyst; CTO Jeremy Rishel sold 18,624 shares Sep 21 under a 10b5-1 plan.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, ~Sep 18): ±2.6%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Oct 27)

TOU TSX ~C$61.42 (+0.4%)

  • $287.5M bought-deal secondary offering of Topaz Energy shares ($28.75/sh, led by Peters & Co./Scotiabank) while announcing planned share repurchases and a base dividend increase; C$0.50 quarterly dividend payable Sep 29 (BOE Report, Sep 22).
  • Record natural-gas production; long-term export agreement via the AltaGas REEF project; consensus Moderate Buy, avg target C$70.36 (Jefferies C$74; Scotiabank strong-buy).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

TSM opened $446.57; near 52-week high $479

  • IBD 50 re-entry as tech rotated back (IBD, Sep 25); announced 3–6% wafer foundry price hikes effective Jan 2027 on tight AI-demand capacity through 2030 (DailyIQ).
  • Q2: revenue +36% YoY, 67.7% gross margin; raised FY2026 revenue outlook above 40% growth, capex $60–64B; Erste Group raised FY26/27 EPS to $16.78/$21.91. Earnings Oct 15.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, ~Aug 28): ±2.5%
Expected move — into next earnings: most recent published (Optionslam, Sep 24): ±6.7%

UBER Tuesday ~$69.85 (-1.4%)

  • Delivery Hero M&A alive: FT (Sep 25) — Delivery Hero CEO to stay beyond Mar 2027 “amid Uber’s takeover bid”; Uber launched a tender offer ~Sep 18; faces South Korean antitrust review.
  • CEO Dara Khosrowshahi bought 141,000 shares (~$10M) at $70.96 on Sep 10 after a ~30% slide (MarketCommand); Erste raised FY27 EPS forecast to $4.42; robotaxi competition (Tesla, Waymo, Zoox) remains the overhang.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly report, ~Sep 18): ±2.2% nearest-chain
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Nov 3)

UNH $372.78 Thursday (+0.4%)

  • Jodee Kozlak joins as chief administrative officer effective Sep 28 (Business Wire); Q3 expected Oct 13.
  • Consensus: 19 Buys / 7 Holds / 1 Strong Buy, $456.56 avg target (~22% upside); raised 2026 guidance (EPS $19.50–20.00, buybacks ≥$5B); medical-cost inflation the key risk.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro weekly equity report, ~Sep 18): ±1.3%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today (Oct 13)

WDC ~$450.31 Thursday (-4.9% midday); prior close $473.69

  • Pullback attributed to insider sales under pre-arranged plans and profit-taking (tradersunion); institutional Q2 flow: Envestnet, Handelsbanken (+71.4%), Nomura (+33.6%), OMERS added stakes.
  • Q2 CY2026 (Aug 5) beat: revenue $3.75B +43.8% YoY, adj EPS $3.56; Q3 guide revenue $4.1B midpoint, adj EPS $4.00 — both above estimates; consensus Moderate Buy, $534.56 avg PT (BofA $732).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

XLF ~$54.53

  • Sep 16 Fed hike (3.75–4.00%) flattened the curve — 5y–2y spread only 9bp — pressing bank margins; XLF ~6% off highs, broke the March 2026 uptrend; key support $55 (100-day MA), next $53.25 (200-day) (Morningstar/MarketWatch, Sep 23).
  • Counterpoint: ~15x forward P/E vs VOO ~20x, sector earnings growth expected 15% in 2026 + 8% in 2027, 1.51% yield, $52B AUM; Schwab notes upward revisions from NII and capital-markets activity (Motley Fool, Sep 24).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (index ETF)

Sources: Reuters, Finnhub, American Market News, Finviz, CoinCentral, Blockonomi, CoinDesk, StockStory, GlobeNewswire, MarketMinute, Transcript Daily, Trefis, MarketBeat, American Banking News, Zacks, StockTitan, Stocknear, Sharemaestro, Options Hawk, TipRanks, Pluang, hokanews, SoSoValue, Kalkine Media, MarketWire, AD HOC News, Business Wire, StockOptionsChannel, DailyIQ, Optionslam, Hitconsultant, ChartExchange, Dividend.com, Stock Traders Daily, Stocktwits, Barchart, Bloomberg, The Hindu BusinessLine, TheStreet, Morningstar, MarketWatch, Motley Fool, Charles Schwab, FXLeaders, fxleaders, Jin10, IBD, Parameter.io, TradingView, GuruFocus, Timothysykes.com, AInvest, Eric Balchunas, marketwirenews.

Evening recap — Fri Sep 25, 2026

Market: A mixed, flat Friday — the Dow fell 161 points (−0.31%), the S&P 500 slipped −0.02%, and the Nasdaq closed +0.01% at 26,939 (hdfcsky/Nasdaq, Sep 25); the week still ended higher, with the S&P 500 up ~0.7% and the Nasdaq ~1.6%, while the Dow lagged −0.6% (IC Your Trading Edge, Sep 25). The 10Y ended ~5.15–5.18%, off Thursday's 19-year intraday high of 5.224%, with October Fed-hike odds at ~64–68% (CME FedWatch). Oil eased: WTI fell ~2.2% to ~$92.5 and Brent held ~$105.6 on reported US–Iran talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (Dow Jones Newswires, Sep 25); gold ended ~$4,298 (Dec futures, −0.5%). Data: August durable goods orders unchanged (beat the −0.3% consensus); final U Mich September sentiment ~47.5 with inflation expectations at 4.6% (Dow Jones Newswires, Sep 25). Single-name damage: California utilities EIX −23% and PCG −20% on the SB 492 wildfire-liability bill (TradingNews, Sep 25); SK Hynix debuted on the Nasdaq in a $26.5B listing. Watch next week: Micron (MU) earnings Wed Sep 30; PCE + final Q2 GDP Wed; JOLTS Tue; September payrolls Fri Oct 2 (~100K jobs expected, 4.2% unemployment) (TradingEconomics, Sep 25).

AAPL +1.5% · $341.07 close

  • Rose 1.5% to $341.07, outpacing the S&P 500's 0.51% gain; strong iPhone 18 demand (long India lines, Pro/Pro Max interest) supports the rally (Zacks, Sep 25; MarketBeat, Sep 25).
  • Evercore ISI raised its price target to $380 from $365 (outperform); Bank of America holds a buy rating (MarketBeat, Sep 25).
  • Apple renewed its global patent-licensing deal with Qualcomm, effective April 1, 2027 (MarketBeat, Sep 25).
  • Counterweights: Bernstein warned rising memory-chip costs could pressure December-quarter margins; a judge certified a payment-card-issuer class in the Apple Pay antitrust suit (MarketBeat, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

ACHR -1.6% · $5.62 (intraday last)

  • Slipped ~1.6% on no fresh company news; Friday's Hart-Scott-Rodino expiry (Sep 18) for the Boeing Wisk Aero / Insitu / SkyGrid acquisitions removed one antitrust hurdle, but the deal still needs other approvals and a year-end close (TradingView, Sep 24).
  • Overhang remains cash burn and execution: both Archer and Joby missed earlier 2025 commercial targets; ACHR holds ~$1.6B cash but faces heavy R&D spend (themarketsdaily.com, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing notable reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

AIPI +0.4% · $37.62 close

  • Quiet session for the REX AI Equity Premium Income ETF. This week's $0.25-per-share weekly distribution (announced Sep 22, ~2.8% above the prior week) went ex-dividend Sep 23 and was paid Sep 24, with the next payout's ex-date Sep 30 (The Lincolnian Online, Sep 23; StockEvents, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing material; intraday quote sat near $37.57 mid-morning EDT (Webull, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

AMD +0.2% · $630.63 close

  • Edged up 0.2% to $630.63 after hitting an intraday high near $639; Bank of America raised its target to $720 from $620 (buy) Friday (Stockwatch; transcriptdaily, Sep 25).
  • Fresh momentum after crossing the $1T market cap mark on Sep 21 (+9.6% to $613.31 that day); shares up ~185% in 2026 (Zacks, Sep 25).
  • CFO Jean Hu flagged a DC business near-doubling to ~$70B in 2027 and an AI TAM of ~$3T by 2030; MI450 rollout timed to 2H 2026; OpenAI (6 GW), Meta (6 GW), Anthropic (2 GW) and Oracle (50K MI450 cluster) deals announced (Motley Fool, Sep 25; invezz, Sep 9).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

AMZN day move not verified

  • Bounced modestly Friday — obnews reported it reversed to green (+0.27% intraday) after dipping ~0.7% early, snapping a losing streak; close price not verified (obnews, Sep 25).
  • Stock has shed ~17.5% over the past month on worries over the 2026 capex raise to $200B (from ~$130B in 2025), retreating below $250 from an August high near $287 (obnews; fxleaders, Sep 23).
  • Generac won a long-term deal to supply backup generators for Amazon data centers (up to $8B in payments); Amazon announced a $1.9B 2027 investment in its Delivery Service Partner program, lifting driver pay toward $24/hr (fxleaders, Sep 23).
  • Note: Q2 EPS of $5.75 included a ~$53.4B non-cash Anthropic revaluation gain; core EPS was roughly $1.19 (ainvest, Sep 8).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

AVAV -4.1% · $152.05 close

  • Dropped 4.1% to $152.05 on no fresh company news, continuing its post-earnings drift (thecerbatgem; watchlistnews, Sep 25).
  • Analysts have been trimming targets: Jefferies $229→$204 (Sep 16), Canaccord $280→$240 (Jul 10), RBC cut to sector perform, PT $180; consensus target $238.89 (thecerbatgem; watchlistnews, Sep 25).
  • Backdrop: record Q2 revenue beat Sep 9 ($480.5M, +5.7% y/y; adj EPS $0.59 vs $0.25 est), record $1.5B funded backlog (+37%); full-year guide reiterated ($2.18B revenue, $3.18 adj EPS); $20.2M federal award to expand the Huntsville plant for the Freedom Eagle-1 missile (financialcontent, Sep 9; barchart via butterfieldgrain).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BABA −0.8% · $109.74 close

  • Slipped 0.8% to $109.74 as AI-capex concerns weighed; Alibaba detailed an aggressive AI strategy spanning chips, models and data centers, with expansion into Europe and the Middle East and a reported plan for up to 20 GW of AI capacity (Watchlist News, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BMNR -1.7% · $27.54 close

  • Gave back 1.7% in a cooling session despite ETH strength (ETH +3.4% to ~$2,737); BitMine's holdings now 5.98M ETH worth ~$17.1B total including cash, ~98% of the way to its "Alchemy of 5%" target (TradingCharts PR, Sep 21).
  • Tom Lee confirmed a 27,562-ETH weekly buy (Sep 22), with ETH called the best-performing macro asset of Q3 (+6,519bp vs S&P 500) (thecoinrepublic.com, Sep 22).
  • After hours: nothing notable reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BN +0.7% · $36.87 close

  • Recovered modestly after Thursday's 1.2% slide; deal flow stayed positive with Reliance Worldwide backing Brookfield's $2.9B takeover offer (Finimize, Sep 25).
  • Also lining up $2B for a Saudi-focused private equity fund; TSX listing closed at C$51.84, +0.1% (Finimize; Kalkine Media, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

BNS +1.3% · C$132.07 close (TSX)

  • Outperformed on continued momentum: record quarterly earnings with broad contributions across Canadian banking, wealth management and capital markets (Kalkine Media, Sep 25).
  • Supportive backdrop: higher common-share dividend and completed Maple Financial acquisition strengthening the North American capital-markets platform (Kalkine Media, Sep 25).
  • Street remains constructive: TD (buy), KBW (outperform, C$152 PT), National Bank (outperform, C$142 PT), Barclays (C$130 PT) all raised views in late August (MarketBeat, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

CCJ +0.3% · $88.37 close

  • Essentially flat as uranium steadied after Tuesday's broad 7%+ sector selloff (Global X Uranium ETF −3.8% that day) — CCJ has shed ~17% over the past month (ts2.tech; Finnhub, Sep 25).
  • Overhang: Wall Street Zen downgraded CCJ from hold to sell on Sep 19; recent positives include Westinghouse's targeted U.S. IPO re-rating and the $2.6B India uranium supply deal (MarketBeat; StockTitan).
  • After hours: steady at ~$88.23, +0.1% (Kraken, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

CLS −2.2% · $365.24 close

  • Fell on disclosed insider selling: CEO Robert Mionis sold 23,396 shares (~$8.5M) and President Todd Cooper sold 20,118 shares (~$7.2M) on Sep 23 (Markets Daily; Watchlist News, Sep 25).
  • Quarterly results arrived today with AI data-centre hardware demand the focus; TSX shares closed at C$516.68, −2.1% (Kalkine Media, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

CNQ −1.1% · $47.41 close

  • Drifted lower with soft crude — TSX shares closed at C$66.74, −1.6% (CoinDataFlow; StockEvents, Sep 25).
  • Quiet on company news; next earnings due November 5, 2026; last quarter EPS beat $1.51 vs $1.41 estimate (StockEvents).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

COHR +1.8% · $295.83 close

  • Rose ~1.8% as Rosenblatt maintained its Buy rating with a $500 price target (Dow Jones via Webull, Sep 24).
  • AI-optical demand theme intact; shares +59% YTD but still trailing peers Lumentum (+151%) and Applied Optoelectronics (+191%) (Summa Money, Sep 24).
  • After hours: ~$296.9, roughly +0.4% (FXEmpire, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro, Sep 24): ±3.5%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

ELF -4.0% intraday · $96.44 close

  • Soft Friday: opened at $100.50 and closed $96.44, a ~4% intraday fade with no single fresh catalyst (American Banking News, Sep 25; Stockopedia). The day's news flow was 13F-driven: State Street lifted its stake 4.2% in Q2, and Engineers Gate Manager opened a new position (American Banking News, Sep 25).
  • Backdrop remains the post-Q2 downtrend — mixed results, tariff-driven gross-margin pressure, and Piper Sandler's downgrade to Neutral — partially offset by the rhode/Sephora European launch at end-September (TradingView News; financialcontent).
  • After hours: nothing material.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

ENB −1.3% · $46.74 close

  • Extended its slide under the weight of the Sep 14 C$3.0B equity offering (44.735M shares) — TSX closed at C$65.84, −1.6%, trading below all major moving averages (TradersUnion; Ad-Hoc-News, Sep 25).
  • Fundamentals intact: Q2 revenue C$29.318B; advancing the ~C$4B Sunrise Expansion natural-gas project in BC (Kalkine Media; Ad-Hoc-News, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

ETHA -0.2% · $20.30

  • Essentially flat as ETH rose 3.4% to ~$2,737; U.S. spot ETH ETFs logged a 5th straight inflow day ($66.1M on Sep 24, ETHA leading at $26.8M; 5-day total $746.5M, ETHA cumulative >$13.2B) (Analytics Insight / Farside, Sep 25).
  • 1-for-3 reverse split takes effect Tuesday, Oct 6 (dailypolitical.com, Sep 25); 13F news showed Atomic Invest cut its ETHA position 40.6% in Q2 (dailypolitical.com, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing notable reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

GLW +1.7% · $156.74 close

  • Extended the rally sparked earlier this week by the Qualcomm/Lumentum optical-interconnect partnership for AI architectures at ECOC 2026 (shares jumped 5.5% Sep 21) (Value Investing News; StockStory, Sep 21).
  • Backdrop includes the recent $2B equity offering; next earnings November 3, 2026; last quarter EPS $0.78 beat by 3.25% (StockEvents).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

GRNY -0.04% · $28.31 close

  • Essentially flat Friday, trading 28.16–28.43 and holding near the Sep 22 all-time high of $28.55; the large-cap Granny Shots strategy simply tracked a firm market with no fund-specific news (stockmonitor; Stockscan; Tiger Brokers, Sep 25).
  • After hours: post-market $28.39, +0.25% at 17:24 EDT (Tiger Brokers, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

HIMS -0.2% · $29.22 close

  • Nearly flat but legal overhang dominated: Kaplan Fox announced a securities class action (class period Aug 4, 2025–Jul 29, 2026) with lead-plaintiff deadline Nov 2, 2026 (GlobeNewswire via FinancialContent, Sep 25).
  • FTC data-privacy/billing lawsuit plus Utah/LA actions continue to weigh; CFO Okupe sold 29,277 shares Sep 22 under a 10b5-1 plan (insidertrades.com, Sep 24); Q2 printed -38% revenue beat but -$0.37 EPS and -$68M FCF.
  • Offset: AI-native weight-loss care platform launched; Visa flagged weight-loss subscriptions over disputes (TradersUnion; Finimize, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing notable reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

HOOD -1.2% · $119.40 close

  • Down 1.2% as CEO Vlad Tenev's ~$62.7M of stock sales (Sep 21–22, under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans) weighed on sentiment; CFO Shiv Verma also sold Sep 15 (MarketBeat; americanbankingnews.com, Sep 25).
  • Brokerage sector weakness (Webull selloff spillover) plus valuation concerns added pressure, partly offset by prediction-market growth and the Robinhood Chain–Zerion integration ($1.88B DEX volume) (insidertrades.com, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing notable reported.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Barchart, Sep 24): ±5.6%
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

IBKR day move not verified

  • Midday quote ~$89.34, down ~0.5% intraday; full-session close not verified. Quiet day for the broker: Q3 earnings call confirmed for Oct 15 (announced Sep 24, Business Wire), and QRG Capital lifted its stake 13.4% in its Q2 13F (ad-hoc-news; theeveningleader; American Banking News, Sep 25).
  • Background: shares sit ~9.5% below the $98.75 52-week high despite +43% YTD; Motley Fool ran a series of anniversary pieces on the 10-year compounding story this week (ad-hoc-news, Sep 25; The Motley Fool, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing material.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 15): not published today

INOD -1.2% · $69.15 close

  • Cooled ~1.2% as Tuesday's +14.6% Hunterbrook-driven Muse spike digested; the Meta-Muse training-data link remains unconfirmed (neither company has verified it, and Hunterbrook Capital disclosed a long position) (AIStockWire; Seeking Alpha, Sep 22).
  • Supportive backdrop: BWS Financial named INOD a top 2026 pick on a $25M government AI contract; a CEO transition takes effect Sep 30 (Webull; AlphaBriefing, Sep 23).
  • After hours: nothing notable reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

IREN -4.4% · $44.12 close

  • Worst of the batch: fell ~4.4% as the neocloud/AI data-center selloff continued; Rothschild & Co Redburn's Sep 22 initiation at Neutral with a $40 target (below market) cited tenant-commitment, financing and construction-execution risks (themarketsdaily.com, Sep 24).
  • Broader Street still bullish — JPMorgan upgraded to Overweight/$65 on Sep 14, B. Riley $96 PT, consensus $81.47 "Moderate Buy" — but the multiyear rally may have priced in much of the AI pivot (dailypolitical.com, Sep 25).
  • After hours: ~$44.17, roughly flat (Public.com, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

JOBY +0.3% · $6.32 close

  • Quiet, nearly flat day with no fresh catalyst; investors continue to digest the ~$500M (~$450M cash + $50M stock) Resonant Sciences defense-tech acquisition, which roughly doubles Joby's revenue base (ibusiness.news, Sep 4).
  • Insider Gregory Bowles sold 6,138 shares Sep 21 under a 10b5-1 plan (thelincolnianonline.com, Sep 25); 2026 eIPP pre-certification flights in 11 states remain the near-term execution watch (Motley Fool, Sep 23).
  • After hours: flat at $6.32 (Marketlog, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

KD day move not verified

  • No clean Friday print; the recent driver was Thursday's 4.5% drop to $11.57 after Fitch assigned a BBB rating to Kyndryl's new senior-notes offering — proceeds will refinance $700M of 2.05% notes due Oct 2026 plus revolver balances (StockStory/TradingView, Sep 24).
  • Counterpoint: State Street raised its Kyndryl stake 6.8% in Q2, per its Sep 25 13F write-up (American Banking News, Sep 25). Stock remains ~50% down YTD after the Q4 SEC-investigation/C-suite-exit selloff.
  • After hours: nothing material.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

LLY day move not verified

  • Digesting Thursday's pop: shares jumped 3.1–3.4% to ~$1,192 on Sep 24 after the FDA approved Onswik (insulin efsitora alfa-gobe), Lilly's once-weekly basal insulin for type 2 diabetes — 4 late-stage trials, non-inferior A1C to daily glargine, U.S. launch in KwikPen form in coming months (StockStory/Reuters, Sep 24; Simply Wall St, Sep 25).
  • Next catalyst is Q3 earnings Oct 29; Zacks sees EPS of $9.56 (+36% y/y) on $22.08B revenue (ainvest). One lingering risk: the week's options coverage noted roughly 11% implied move was priced ahead of the (now past) Sep 10 quarter — stale (TradingView News, Sep 10).
  • After hours: nothing material.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 29): not published today

LRCX +2.6% · $315.21 close

  • Gained 2.6% to $315.21 on continued semiconductor strength; consensus "Moderate Buy" with a $361.81 average price target (MarketBeat, Sep 25).
  • Street bullishness affirmed: average brokerage recommendation 1.51, with 23 Strong Buys and 4 Buys across 34 ratings (Zacks, Sep 25).
  • Raised its quarterly dividend 27%, from $0.26 to $0.33 per share (Lam Research, Sep 23).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 21): most recent published (Optionslam, Sep 23): ±14.28%

MELI −0.1% · $1,752.61 close

  • Drifted 0.1% lower to $1,752.61 in a quiet session (Marketlog, Sep 25).
  • New Street Research initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $2,450 price target (American Banking News, Sep 25).
  • Launched one-hour deliveries in São Paulo and plans to expand its Brazilian pharmacy business (Ad Hoc News, Sep 24).
  • After hours: traded up 0.5% to $1,761.00 (Marketlog, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

META -3.3% · $751.66 close

  • Fell 3.3% to $751.66, a pullback after Thursday's +4.5% jump to $778.88 on the palm-sized Muse AI device launch at Meta Connect (Motley Fool, Sep 25; ad-hoc-news, Sep 25).
  • Canaccord raised its target to $950 from $930 (buy) Friday; Cantor Fitzgerald lifted to $860 (Wed); Wells Fargo raised to $796; Loop Capital at $955 (thestockobserver; americanbankingnews, Sep 25).
  • Stock is up ~36% in September, its best month in years, near a $2T market cap; Muse app hit 2.5–2.8M downloads in 12 days, top of the App Store; Q2 revenue +28% to $60.8B (fxleaders; Motley Fool, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

MRVL +1.2% · $261.94 close

  • Rose 1.2% to $261.94, reaching $267.48 intraday, as AI data-center momentum continued (Finnhub; The Markets Daily, Sep 25).
  • Stifel maintained its Buy rating with a $350 price target (TipRanks, Sep 25); Seaport Research initiated at Buy with a $270 target, citing AI data-center, custom-silicon and optical-interconnect exposure (Seaport Research, Sep 23).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

MSFT +3.7% · $516.42 close

  • Surged ~3.7% to $516.42 on the redesigned Copilot app — new "Home," "Code," and always-on autonomous "Autopilot" agent, plus usage-based billing and bigger enterprise volume discounts from October; added ~$124B in market value, the day's biggest index contributor (Tickeron; tradingnews, Sep 25).
  • Stifel upgraded to Buy with a $575 target (Wed); Copilot passed 30M paid seats in FQ4; company disclosed a $200B annual data-center capex plan to grow capacity from 12 GW to 31 GW by FY2030 (Tickeron; dailyiq, Sep 25).
  • Also: dividend raised 8%; Azure Red Hat OpenShift earned DoD Impact Level 5 certification (Sep 24); next earnings Oct 27 (dailyiq; techi, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

MU +0.2% · $1,082.28 close

  • Added 0.2% to close at $1,082.28 ahead of fiscal Q4 earnings after the close on Sep 30 (Finnhub, Sep 25).
  • Consensus is $31.45 EPS on $50.86B revenue, with AI-server and HBM demand cited as supports (Zacks, Sep 25).
  • Wells Fargo cut its price target to $1,400 from $1,525 but raised FY2027/28 earnings estimates; HBM4 is reportedly sold out through 2027 and into 2028 (CoinCentral, Sep 17).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Sep 30): most recent published (CoinCentral, Sep 17): ±11%

NTR −2.3% · $72.23 close

  • Sold off to test the $70.74 support area as pressure continued from the Aug 5 Q2 miss (adj. EPS $2.61 vs $2.71 est.), driven by a 25% drop in nitrogen sales volumes (TradeTie; Mining Weekly, Aug).
  • Potash demand remains the offset — record first-half volumes, global nitrogen markets tight on trade disruptions and strong India/Brazil demand; TSX closed at C$102.19, −2.4% (StockAnalysis; InvestingNews.com).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

NU day move not verified

  • Quiet Friday; last reported tape was Sep 23 consolidation around $13.60–$13.90 with the stock in a "digestion phase" off the $15s (StocksToTrade, Sep 23). Motley Fool (Sep 24) argued Nu can top $5B in 2027 earnings, ~13.6x that estimate on a $65.7B market cap (The Motley Fool, Sep 24; capital.com, Sep 25).
  • Street snapshot: Moderate Buy consensus, average 1-year price target $17.92 (JPM $20 / UBS $18.20 / Needham $19; Wolfe trimmed to $17 Aug 25) (Markets Daily, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing material.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

NVDA +0.2% · $225.07 close

  • Essentially flat at $225.07 (+0.2%) as traders weighed CEO Jensen Huang's growth projections against the stock's failure to reclaim $230 (VistapGlobal weekly summary; fxleaders, Sep 25).
  • Supermicro is now shipping Vera Rubin NVL72 racks; Nvidia plans a ~$13B Hugging Face acquisition closing in 2027 (VistapGlobal, Sep 25).
  • Post-earnings drift: down ~1.5% since the Aug 26 beat ($2.22 EPS vs $2.10 est, revenue $96.22B, +106% y/y, data center $89.02B +117% y/y); insider selling (~$6.8M prearranged Teter sale) is drawing attention; quarterly dividend of $0.25 paid Oct 1 (Zacks; marketbeat, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

NVO day move not verified; -12% on the week

  • Worst week in six months, down ~12%: Monday's Capital Markets Day triggered an 8.18% ADR plunge to $39.71 after the 2030 strategy omitted a numeric growth target (only "in line with large-cap peers" for 2026–30 sales CAGR); selling extended Tue–Wed (StockTi, Sep 21; foreignpolicyjournal, Sep 25).
  • CEO Mike Doustdar told the FT Wednesday he's open to a direct NYSE listing (no active process); Singapore approved injectable Wegovy for MASH; Q3 report due Nov 4 (foreignpolicyjournal, Sep 25; Sharemaestro). 13F buying continued — Envestnet +1.8%, QRG +23% in Q2 (American Banking News, Sep 25).
  • After hours: nothing material.
Expected move — week ahead: most recent published (Sharemaestro, Sep 18): ±1.4%
Expected move — into next earnings (Nov 4): not published today

ORCL -1.8% · $137.10 close

  • Second straight down day on the Project Jupiter overhang: closed $137.10 vs $139.67 Thursday (−1.8%); after-hours $137.35 (+0.18% at 6:30pm ET) (Public.com, Sep 25). Bloomberg's force-majeure-notice story (payment protection vs. developer Blue Owl if the New Mexico campus misses its 2028 opening) remains the driver, compounded by the FT report that ~$18B of project debt trades below par (StockTi, Sep 25; Parameter, Sep 25).
  • Oracle pushed back on X: such notices are common, the project "remains on our planned schedule," and co-CEO Magouyrk said on the Sep 10 call it won't affect FY27 revenue/earnings guidance; analyst consensus stays Strong Buy with a $245.75 mean target (aistockwire, Sep 25; Parameter, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

PBDC +0.28% · $27.09 close

  • Quiet day for the Putnam BDC Income ETF — no company-specific news; moved with rate-sensitive income assets. 30-day yield 9.16%, dividend yield ~11.4% (FinanceCharts/Robinhood, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material movement reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

PFFA day move not verified (last quoted $20.06)

  • Virtus InfraCap preferred-stock income ETF — no fresh company-specific news today; latest quote $20.06 (-0.67%, from prior session data) (StocksToTrade, Sep 25). Preferreds remain rate-sensitive with Fed policy in focus; fund pays monthly ~$0.17/share, yield ~9.3-9.5% (TradingNEWS, Sep 25 archive).
  • After hours: no material movement reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (ETF)

PLTR −1.5% · $189.67 close

  • Fell 1.5% to $189.67 from $192.59 as valuation worries kept the lid on the shares (Kalkine Media; Baseball News Source, Sep 25).
  • Fundamentals still positive: commercial AI momentum and government/defense expansion, plus a $48.1M U.S. Army ammunition-management contract and European government meetings; Rosenblatt kept a Buy/$225 target (Insider Monkey; Rosenblatt, Sep 23).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

RDDT −1.9% · $149.84 close

  • Slid 1.9% to $149.84, underperforming a rising market, as investors weighed upcoming earnings expectations of $1.30 EPS on $886.35M revenue (Zacks, Sep 25).
  • Growth backdrop intact: international revenue +84%, DAUq +28%, WAUq +35%, and international ARPU +31% (Zacks, Sep 25).
  • CEO Steve Huffman's previously disclosed 17,308-share sale under a 10b5-1 plan remained in coverage (Zacks, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no notable after-hours headlines verified.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 29): not published today

SMH +1.0% · $606.56 close

  • Rose 1.0% to $606.56, rebounding with the semiconductor sector after Thursday's pressure from rising Treasury yields, oil and China/trade uncertainty; LRCX and MRVL also participated in the rebound (FXEmpire, Sep 25).
  • After hours: after-market quote at $606.12, down 0.07% (FXEmpire, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (index ETF)

SOFI -1.31% · $16.58 close

  • Slipped after SEC filings showed CTO Jeremy Rishel and EVP Kelli Keough sold shares on Sep 21 under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans; headlines flagged the insider selling today (The Stock Observer, Sep 25).
  • Context: Motley Fool (Sep 24) notes earnings on Oct 27 and that management is now assuming two rate cuts in guidance; stock down ~37% YTD on valuation/macro concerns despite 35% member growth (Motley Fool, Sep 24).
  • After hours: no material movement reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Nov 3): not published today

TOU ≈-0.9% · C$60.85 close

  • Canadian nat-gas-weighted producer eased with energy: WTI headed for a ~7% weekly loss on a 3M-barrel inventory build, offset by Brent holding ~$105 amid diesel-ban tensions (TradingNEWS, Sep 25).
  • Analyst support intact: ~19 of 26 analysts rate it Buy; quarterly dividend pay date Sep 29 (yield ~3.3%) (Eulerpool/Stockopedia, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material movement reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

TSM day move not verified

  • Trading +0.4% intraday at $453.02 midday ET Friday (12:33pm); official close not verified (FinancialContent, Sep 25).
  • Investor's Business Daily re-added TSM to the IBD 50 as tech stocks regained leadership (dailyiq, Sep 25).
  • Announced 3–6% wafer-price hikes on advanced AI/HPC nodes effective 2027 on tight capacity; Q3 revenue guided +37% y/y; Q3 earnings due Oct 17 (analysts expect ~40% profit jump) (dailyiq, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material headlines found.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: not published today

UBER +0.64% · $69.61 close

  • Modest rebound day with no major company-specific driver; stock remains down ~13% on the month and ~29% over the year (Stockwatch, Sep 25).
  • Look-ahead: next earnings report Oct 29, 2026 (Stock Events, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material movement reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 29): not published today

UNH +0.42% · $376.59 close

  • Quiet, small up day (intraday range $371.31-$379.09); ~18.7% below 52-week high, consolidating below the 50-day MA ~$400 (Stock Events/Upstox, Sep 25).
  • Look-ahead: next earnings Oct 13, 2026; consensus analyst target ~$481.72, 69% Buy/Strong Buy ratings (Stock Events/StockAlert, Sep 25).
  • After hours: no material movement reported.
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 13): not published today

WDC +1.44% · $456.81 close

  • Rode the memory/storage rally: SanDisk surged ~11.6% and memory names ran on strong AI demand (Micron closed at $1,083.41, +0.65% per marketwirenews, Sep 25). WDC benefited as a pure-play HDD bet on AI data-center storage (Finviz, Sep 25; marketwirenews, Sep 25).
  • Consensus Buy, average analyst target $664.92 (+45.6% upside) (StockAnalysis, Sep 25); next earnings Oct 29 (Stock Events, Sep 25).
  • After hours: ~flat at $456.70 (-0.02%) (Public, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings (Oct 29): not published today

XLF +0.57% · $54.84 close

  • Financials ETF edged higher on rate-cut tailwinds: Charles Schwab sector outlook cites upward earnings revisions from a steeper yield curve and solid net interest income (Motley Fool, Sep 24).
  • After hours: -$0.09 (-0.17%) (Stock Events, Sep 25).
Expected move — week ahead: not published today
Expected move — into next earnings: n/a (index ETF)

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Journal ticker notes — standing items

PBDC · MVRL identity notes

  • PBDC is the Putnam BDC Income ETF — not Invesco's (PSP is Invesco's Global Listed Private Equity ETF) (MarketBeat, Sep 24).
  • The journal entry "MVRL" is a typo for MRVL (Marvell Technology), covered under MRVL above.