The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.75%-4.00%, the first hike since 2023. This led to a 'risk-off' tone in broader markets, while AI infrastructure and cybersecurity sectors saw significant activity.
Week's Verdict
Indexes
The S&P 500 (SPY) closed down 0.12%, while the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) gained 0.63% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) fell 0.48%.
Biggest Moves
PS Pershing Square Inc.
32.28% — Investor enthusiasm around Bill Ackman's newly disclosed Netflix stake, the pending launch of the Pershing Square Ventures fund, and recent analyst price target increases.
TEM Tempus AI Inc. Class A Common Stock
31.91% — An analyst price target hike, a new ARPA-H award for autonomous AI in cardiology, and a large disease-specific whole-genome and clinical-outcomes dataset initiative.
TWST Twist Bioscience Corp
31.26% — A new agreement to provide antibody characterization data and services to Eli Lilly's AI/ML TuneLab platform, reinforcing its role in AI-enabled biologics discovery.
JBHT JB Hunt Transport Services Inc
-13.39% — An unexpected mid-quarter profit warning citing a sharp acceleration in operating expenses, particularly rising diesel fuel prices and elevated driver costs.
DKNG DraftKings Inc
-12.09% — No credible dominant catalyst found for the week's move.
CHTR Charter Communications Inc
-12.07% — No credible dominant catalyst found for the week's move.
What Smart Money Did
NBIS Nebius Group N.V.
among the most-bought names in our tracking this week — a strategic partnership with Palantir and broad-based price increases across its on-demand GPU cloud services.
CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd
among the most-bought names in our tracking this week — unveiled its 224G-based ZeroFlap optical transceiver family for AI networks, coupled with a Seeking Alpha piece arguing the market is mispricing its AI infrastructure role.
CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc
tracked analysts were net sellers — an influential essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warning of catastrophic cybersecurity vulnerabilities posed by misaligned AI agent swarms.
MSTR MicroStrategy Incorporated
tracked analysts were net sellers — a sharp rally in Bitcoin, which broke above $80,000, fueled by a favorable SEC regulatory decision allowing regulated Tokenized Securities Venues to trade tokenized versions of U.S. stocks.
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