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Circle to open its own bank. Bitcoin at $64,500 ↘️ Delta Air Lines (DAL) -1%. Earnings per share and revenue exceeded expectations. Delta's brand and industry position are stronger than ever," said Ed Bastian, Delta's chief executive officer. ↗️ WD‑40 Company (WDFC) +15%. The lubricant manufacturer reported earnings per share and revenue significantly above consensus. ↗️ Circle Internet Group (CRCL) +12%. The issuer of USDC has received approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank, First National Digital Currency Bank, which will operate under the brand Circle National Trust. This places the organization under direct federal oversight by the OCC. The Circle bank will initially provide fiduciary services for the custody of digital assets for Circle and its affiliates. Subsequently, the bank will be able to offer digital asset custody services to a limited number of institutional clients — primarily banks and other financial institutions, including regulated derivatives entities. ↗️ Shopify (SHOP) +2%. Stifel upgraded the company to "Buy" and raised its price target from $110 to $150. Analysts believe the 23% decline in shares since the start of the year has created an attractive entry point. They characterize SHOP as a high‑quality asset with a widening competitive moat. Analyst J. Parker Lane noted that Shopify is "writing the agentic commerce playbook" continuing to gain market share through migration from legacy platforms, enterprise, B2B, international expansion, and payment services. 🪙 Bitcoin gained nearly 3% in 24 hours, currently trading around $64,500. Ethereum +3.5% at $1,800.

Palantir partners with Rackspace Technology. Drug from Ionis and AstraZeneca fails trial ↘️ Rackspace Technology (RXT) -2%. The cloud provider sharply lowered its fiscal 2026 revenue guidance. But there is also good news: Rackspace Technology and Palantir announced a partnership. Palantir's $317B market cap and its rapidly expanding software platform, combined with Rackspace's infrastructure expertise, promise synergy. The collaboration targets organizations in healthcare, financial services, energy, and the sovereign sector that require data control and cannot move information abroad. ↘️ PepsiCo (PEP) -1%. Earnings per share and revenue came in slightly above expectations. North American food sales declined 2% due to a strategy of lowering prices on flagship snack brands Lay's and Doritos by up to 15%. Management reaffirmed its full‑year guidance without raising it, disappointing investors amid rising revenue. ↘️ Levi Strauss (LEVI) -4%. Earnings per share and revenue beat expectations, but management expects third‑quarter revenue growth of only 4–5% — a notable slowdown from 8% in the second quarter. CFO Harmit Singh noted that unstable trade policy makes it difficult to fully account for possible tariff advantages in forecasts. ↗️ Aehr Test Systems (AEHR) +16%. The company received a repeat production order from a key customer in silicon photonics for a fully automated FOX‑XP wafer‑level burn‑in system. ↘️ Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) -19%. The drug Wainua, developed jointly with AstraZeneca for neurological diseases, failed to meet primary endpoints in a late‑stage trial. Specifically, it failed to reduce cardiovascular mortality and the rate of recurrent cardiac complications. Competitor stocks rose: ↗️ Alnylam (ALNY) +17%, ↗️ BridgeBio Pharma (BBIO) +10%. Both companies already have approved drugs for the same disease. Wainua's failure removes a potential competitor from the market.

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Alibaba expands instant commerce. Goldman Sachs cuts price target on Bath & Body Works ↘️ Bath & Body Works (BBWI) -4%. Goldman Sachs downgraded BBWI from "Neutral" to "Sell" and lowered its price target from $23 to $19. Analysts cited weakening consumer sentiment toward the brand and risks associated with recently expanded third‑party distribution channels. ↗️ Alibaba (BABA) +9%. A pre‑earnings briefing showed that losses in the instant commerce segment have narrowed significantly, while overall profitability remained at an acceptable level. Alibaba is also systematically consolidating its lineup of enterprise AI agents. The company is combining QoderWork, Wukong, and MuleRun into a productivity platform under the leadership of DingTalk CEO Chen Yusen. ↘️ FuelCell Energy (FCEL) -20%. The company announced a public underwritten offering of $225M at $21 per share, representing a significant discount to the previous closing price of $25.96. Investors are selling due to concerns about equity dilution. FuelCell Energy intends to use the net proceeds for capital expenditures to expand production capacity, working capital, and general corporate purposes. ↘️ Kura Sushi USA (KRUS) -11%. A Japanese restaurant chain. Revenue fell short of expectations. ↗️ Helen of Troy (HELE) +6%. Earnings per share and revenue beat expectations. The 2027 revenue forecast was raised, though only slightly above consensus. ↗️ Penguin Solutions (PENG) +3%. A global provider of infrastructure solutions specializing in high‑performance computing (HPC), memory systems, and AI deployment. The report beat expectations, and the company raised its fiscal 2026 guidance. Demand for AI memory drove 48% revenue growth.

SpaceX enters the Nasdaq 100 today. Memory chipmakers dip again ↘️ SpaceX (SPCX) -1%. The company will officially join the Nasdaq 100 index today. ↗️ Fiserv (FISV) +5%. The Wall Street Journal reported that some large banks are considering acquiring the fintech group's network. ↘️ Micron Technology (MU) -5%. Investors were disappointed by weak results from Samsung, a competitor of Micron in memory chip manufacturing. Western Digital and SanDisk are also declining. ↘️ Rivian Automotive (RIVN) -10%. The electric vehicle maker filed for a 75 million share offering. The company will use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including funding equity contributions required under its amended loan agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. These funds are related to the construction of its manufacturing facility in Georgia. The offering announcement overshadowed strong preliminary Q2 2026 results. ↗️ Figma (FIG) +5%. A platform for designers, web developers, and marketers. Bank of America assigned a "Buy" rating and a $30 price target. Analysts believe concerns about the negative impact of generative AI on the company are overblown, and the 85% drop from the 52‑week high represents an attractive entry point. According to Tal Liani, AI is more of a tailwind than a headwind for Figma. While AI can accelerate initial content creation, it could also increase the number of people engaged in digital product development, leading to greater workflow complexity and driving demand for a centralized collaboration platform.

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Top trading ideas for this week 🟡 PepsiCo (PEP). Report on July 9 before market open. Medium‑term prices look quite reasonable. Support around $130. Don't expect explosive or fast growth — more of a long‑term story with a 4% dividend yield. 🔴 Penguin Solutions (PENG). Report on July 7 after market close. A manufacturer of integrated AI infrastructure, managing computing systems for enterprise clients. From April 2026, the stock rose from $17 to $77. It has since pulled back to $60, with volatility spiking. A strong move after the report is highly likely. 🟡 Simply Good Foods (SMPL). Report on July 9 before market open. A producer of functional and diet foods under the Atkins, Atkins Endulge, and Quest brands. Over the year, shares have fallen from $30 to $10. Over the past month, they have tried to bounce (+16%), which could turn into a decent medium‑term play. Consensus estimates from major agencies are moderately positive: about 30% of analysts recommend buying, 70% say “hold.” 🔴 Bitcoin has been stable above $60,000 since July 1 and is attempting to establish an uptrend. If it succeeds, crypto stocks could see a nice rise. Ethereum is also holding up for now. Strategy (MSTR) Coinbase Global (COIN) BitMine (BMNR) 🔴 Among the most volatile stocks on the market. Michael Burry has joined the shorts in MU. Micron Technology (MU) SanDisk (SNDK) Western Digital (WDC) Seagate Technology (STX) Choose what suits you best: 🟡 Medium risk, for traders with some experience; 🔴 High risk, for professionals. Profitable deals!

Burry shorts Micron and other chipmakers. Bitcoin back above $60,000 🔼 Over the shortened week, indices edged higher: the SPY rose 2%, while the Nasdaq gained 0.8%. Top gainers included Palantir (+14%), Palo Alto Networks (+14%), and Apple (+8%). Notable decliners were SanDisk (-22%), Micron Technology (-15%), and Marvell Technology (-8%). 🪙 Bitcoin rose 5% over seven days, currently trading at $62,700. Ethereum jumped 13%, now at $1,760. 🐻‍❄️ Michael Burry (The Big Short) said in a Friday Substack post that he has opened a short position in Micron at $1,051.87. He also has shorts in Nvidia, Applied Materials, and the iShares Semiconductor ETF — Burry expects a correction in AI chip developer stocks. 📰 Non‑farm payrolls increased by only 57,000, half the forecast (115,000). Prior months were revised down by 72,000. The unemployment rate fell from 4.3% to 4.2%, but largely because some jobless Americans stopped actively looking. The labour force participation rate dropped to 61.5%, the lowest since March 2021. 👱‍♂️ On Tuesday, July 7, SpaceX is set to join the Nasdaq 100 before the market open. 🏦 On Wednesday, the Fed will release the minutes from its latest rate meeting. Inflation is double the desired level, and half the committee members forecast a rate hike by year‑end. 🔔 The new earnings season kicks off on July 13. This week, we highlight results from Levi Strauss, PepsiCo, Delta Air Lines, and PriceSmart. UTEX

Event Calendar for the Week of July 6–12 Monday, July 6 📊 Services and Composite PMI. 💲 Last day to buy for dividend entitlement: Edison. Tuesday, July 7 🌙 Penguin Solutions, Enerpac Tool Group, Kura Sushi USA. 📊 API crude oil inventories. 📊 ADP employment data. 📊 Trade balance. Wednesday, July 8 🌞 Helen of Troy, Nurix Therapeutics. 🌙 Levi Strauss, AZZ. 📊 EIA crude oil inventories. 📄 Release of latest FOMC meeting minutes. 💲 Last day to buy for dividend entitlement: Accenture. Thursday, July 9 🌞 PepsiCo, The Simply Good Foods, Byrna Technologies. 🌙 WD‑40 Company, Simulations Plus. 📊 Initial jobless claims. 📊 EIA natural gas storage. 📊 Existing home sales. 💲 Last day to buy for dividend entitlement: AT&T, Darden Restaurants, General Mills, Verizon. Friday, July 10 🌞 Delta Air Lines. 💲 Last day to buy for dividend entitlement: Hormel Foods. UTEX

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Robinhood to launch blockchain for tokenized real‑world assets. Palantir secures contracts with Nvidia and the US Army ↗️ Palantir (PLTR) +3%. Continues to rise following the announcement of a sovereign AI partnership with Nvidia and a contract with the US Army under the Next Generation Command and Control program. ↗️ Lindsay (LNN) +4%. A manufacturer of irrigation systems for agriculture. Quarterly revenue missed expectations — sales fell 5.1% year‑over‑year to $160.8M. However, earnings per share beat consensus. ↗️ Robinhood (HOOD) +3%. The company unveiled a number of initiatives at its crypto event “The World is Flat,” including the official launch of Robinhood Chain — an Arbitrum‑based blockchain designed to support tokenized real‑world assets. ↘️ Bending Spoons (BSP) -6%. The Italian owner of video platform Vimeo, the AOL brand, ticketing marketplace Eventbrite, and WeTransfer. The company uses a business model that combines the approaches of a classic IT company and a private equity fund. Yesterday, shares rose more than 30% following its IPO. ↘️ Franklin Covey (FC) -18%. A coaching company in leadership, personal effectiveness, and business performance. Earnings per share and revenue were roughly in line with expectations, but the full‑year revenue forecast was lowered. 📰 Non‑farm payroll change for June: +57,000 (forecast +114,000, previous +129,000). 📄 Unemployment rate for June: 4.2% (forecast 4.3%, previous 4.3%). The market's initial reaction to the jobs report is positive.

🚀 In June, every fourth user on UTEX traded SpaceX. By number of traders, the stock outpaced PLTR by two to one. Traders earned the most profit for the month on the space (NASA) and semiconductor (SOXL) ETFs — $42,000 and $35,000 in profit respectively. Our top trader made +$65,000, while someone else simply held dividend stocks and collected $5,000 in payouts. Check out the gallery to see what else stood out about June 👆 📈 Compete for the title of best trader of July on UTEX: https://go.utex.io/utex-post

Nike at 12-year low. ServiceNow upgraded by Guggenheim ↗️ Bloom Energy (BE) +8%. The company announced it is expanding its AI infrastructure partnership with Brookfield to $25B. ↗️ Constellation Brands (STZ) +2%. The Corona beer maker reported better-than-expected earnings per share and revenue. The company also gave a confident outlook for the full fiscal 2027. ↘️ Nike (NKE) -3%. Earnings per share came in above expectations: $0.20 versus a forecast of $0.12. Revenue of $10.97B was down 1% year-over-year but beat the consensus of $10.85B. Investors were disappointed by the guidance — Nike expects revenue to decline by several percent over the next two quarters due to worsening sales in China. The sportswear giant is focusing on inventory management and cost optimization, putting immediate revenue growth on hold. ↗️ FMC (FMC) +5%. The agricultural company agreed to a $400M equity investment from Tessenderlo, which will give the Belgian group approximately 20% of the shares. ↗️ ServiceNow (NOW) +5%. Guggenheim analyst John DiFucci upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy with a $125 price target. “We believe current levels present an attractive opportunity for investors to purchase a comfortably profitable stock likely to continue to grow at double digits,” DiFucci noted.

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FCEL +23% FuelCell Energy has secured a $49M financing package from the Export-Import Bank of the United States to support clean energy exports to South Korea. Trade FCEL: https://go.utex.io/u4ueg1 #intraday

CRM platform loses clients. Bitcoin below $60K. Drone maker soars after earnings ↘️ Concentrix (CNXC) -22%. The AI‑based customer experience platform missed second‑quarter profit expectations and lowered its full‑year revenue guidance from $10.04–10.18B to $9.93–10.03B. CEO Chris Caldwell stated that clients are increasingly cutting overall spending to cope with financial pressure. Several buyers have completely dropped support in some areas. ↗️ Enphase Energy (ENPH) +12%. The US. is preparing a ban on imports of foreign inverters that connect solar plants and batteries to the grid. ↘️ Logitech International (LOGI) -5%. Bank of America downgraded the stock to Underweight from Neutral. Analysts warned that demand for products from the Swiss peripheral maker will deteriorate significantly over the next 12–18 months. Price increases of 5–20% on PCs, tablets, smartphones, and gaming systems driven by higher memory costs from major OEMs will reduce consumer interest in Logitech accessories, including gaming peripherals, mice, webcams, and headsets. ↗️ AeroVironment (AVAV) +33%. The manufacturer of drones, counter‑drone systems, and high‑altitude space platforms reported earnings per share and revenue above expectations. Fiscal 2027 revenue is forecast to increase approximately 10%. ↘️ Strategy (MSTR) -5%. Bitcoin $58,700.

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Top trading ideas for this week 🟡 Nike (NKE). Report on June 30 after market close. Last Friday, KeyBanc analysts downgraded Nike due to a slowing recovery, problems in China, leadership uncertainty, and guidance below consensus. Other experts also lowered their recommendations on NKE in June. Despite this, prices look very attractive given the company's brand and status. The stock last traded at $40 in 2014. We're not suggesting going all in, but it's worth a look for the long term. This isn't a play for unexpected moves, but it's interesting as an investment. Prices might get even better after the report. 🟡 General Mills (GIS). Report on July 1 before market open. One of the world's largest food producers. Another real‑sector company with decent dividends around 6%. Down 22% over six months, but up 7% over the last week. More of a long‑term dividend story — the stock moves slowly. 🔴 Crypto stocks: Strategy, Coinbase, BitMine. A very dangerous situation for Bitcoin — no bounce from $60,000 has materialised yet, and a small market trigger could be enough for serious sell‑offs. We expect elevated volatility in crypto stocks over the next 1–2 weeks. 🔴 Space stocks: Intuitive Machines, AST SpaceMobile, Rocket Lab, Planet Labs, Tema Space Innovators ETF. Over the past month, nearly all space companies have dropped 40–50%. We're not urging you to jump in, but it's worth watching which ones are holding up better than the market — prices look fairly attractive for the medium term. 🔴 AeroVironment (AVAV). Report on June 29 after market close. A manufacturer of drones, counter‑drone systems, and high‑altitude space platforms. The company is a key supplier to the Pentagon and allied governments. A gap after the report and strong intraday moves are highly likely. Choose what suits you best: 🟡 Medium risk, for traders with some experience; 🔴 High risk, for professionals.

Micron and pharma saved the market. Crypto and the Iran truce are hanging by a thread 🔽 U.S. indices closed the week in the red, with the SPY down 2.38% and the Nasdaq losing 4.6%. The technology sector led the declines: Arm Holdings -23%, Western Digital -21%, Oracle -19%, Seagate Technology -15%. 🤖 The main factor behind the giants' decline remains the same — investor concerns over inflated valuations and massive spending on AI infrastructure. The correction could have been even deeper if not for Micron's report. The memory chip maker significantly beat all analyst expectations due to explosive demand for DRAM and NAND memory. 💊 Unexpectedly, pharmaceutical stocks also supported the market: AbbVie +17%, Merck & Co +13%, Johnson & Johnson +11%, Eli Lilly +10%. 🪙 Bitcoin is trading around $60,000, but no rebound or serious buying from these levels is visible yet. 🌎 Over the weekend, the situation around the Strait of Hormuz escalated sharply. The U.S. violated the first clause of the Islamabad ceasefire memorandum. ❗️ The coming week will be shortened. U.S. Independence Day falls on Saturday, so markets will be closed on Friday. 📰 On Thursday, unemployment data will be released. Some economists believe the labor market has overcome the stagnation with low hiring and employment levels that characterized most of 2025 and early 2026. Labor market statistics and rising inflation fuel speculation about a possible rate hike. At least half of the Fed's board members expect a hike this year. 📌 The most interesting reports this week: Constellation Brands, Nike, General Mills, FactSet, MSC Industrial Direct, UniFirst. UTEX