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JUST IN: $AMD surged 7.3% today to close at $552.90, capping a 37% run in one week while $NVDA slid after hours. Is AMD becoming the second engine of the AI trade?
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β€’ CoreWeave's blowout quarter and raised guidance lit up the whole AI chip complex β€’ Google Cloud's new TPU systems run on AMD EPYC host processors β€’ Oppenheimer upgraded $AMD to Outperform with a $600 target, and Freedom Capital started coverage at Buy with $620 β€’ UBS says server CPU shipments jumped 31% last quarter, with AMD holding about 28.4% share as $INTC loses ground β€’ AMD's data center revenue hit a record $8.5B last quarter, up 97% year over year
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JUST IN: Japan producer prices came in HOT at 7.1% year over year, above the 6.5% expected.
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β€’ October's print accelerated from September's 6.8%, keeping factory gate inflation above 6% for a sixth straight month β€’ The Bank of Japan data shows raw materials, oil, industrial metals and the weak yen are keeping producer prices elevated β€’ Producer prices feed through to consumer prices, so the hot print keeps pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates again, which would support the yen and squeeze exporters
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JUST IN: Nvidia $NVDA is down over 7% in after hours trading after the Wall Street Journal reported the board is preparing to remove CEO Jensen Huang.
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β€’ The reported board move follows today's New York Times report of a second Huang relationship, with health care VP Kimberly Powell, a direct report β€’ $NVDA closed the regular session up 2.9% at $173.73, then reversed after hours toward $160, down as much as about 9% at the low β€’ Nvidia declined to comment, no decision has been announced, and the board investigation is already running ahead of earnings on November 17 β€’ Partner CoreWeave $CRWV also slid about 8% after hours on the news
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JUST IN: Nvidia $NVDA falls in after hours trading after a New York Times report says CEO Jensen Huang had a second extramarital relationship, this time with a senior Nvidia executive who reports to him.
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β€’ The Times names Kimberly Powell, Nvidia's vice president of health care, citing five people who worked at the company β€’ Two of the people say the pair were caught on video at a San Jose hotel during GTC in March, though the Times says it has not seen the video β€’ $NVDA fell about 3% to 4.5% after hours, and Polymarket odds of Huang resigning or being removed by year end jumped to about 31% β€’ This lands while the board's independent investigation into the earlier reported relationship is already running, with Nvidia earnings on November 17
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JUST IN: United Airlines $UAL is restricting unauthorized third party AI agents from booking, servicing or purchasing travel on its platforms, citing privacy, security and FAA and DOT regulatory risks.
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β€’ United says sharing account credentials with AI assistants can expose personal data and lead to unintended purchases or use of MileagePlus miles β€’ Automated check in could also miss required safety acknowledgments, United says β€’ Bookings made by third party agents before Nov 11 will not be canceled β€’ AI research and planning tools that do not access United accounts remain allowed
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Happy Remembrance Day to our Canadian friends, and Happy Veterans Day to our American friends. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Today we pause to remember all who served, and those who never came home. Lest we forget. 🌺
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JUST IN: Baird downgrades Nvidia $NVDA to Neutral from Outperform and slashes its price target to $200 from $500, citing CEO uncertainty and AI spending risks.
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β€’ Rating: Neutral, down from Outperform β€’ Price target: $200, cut from $500 β€’ Baird is one of only a few of 64 LSEG tracked analysts at hold or lower β€’ Analyst Tristan Gerra flagged Huang CEO uncertainty during the board review, a possible new H200 export ban on China, and an estimated $5 billion inventory write-down risk
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Small caps watch list for this morning, on the move in pre-market with high volume: 🟒 $SHFS +66.04%, $0.03, 287.3M shares pre-market 🟒 $HUHU +51.01%, $0.60, 13.2M shares pre-market 🟒 $RCT +41.37%, $0.04, 155.5M shares pre-market 🟒 $YMAT +32.5%, $1.32, 12.5M shares pre-market 🟒 $LICN +14.73%, $0.05, 47.9M shares pre-market
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JUST IN: OpenAI's quarterly revenue jumped about 50% to $10 billion in Q3, its first quarter ever above $10 billion, even as its operating loss widened to $10.9 billion.
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β€’ Q3 revenue: $10 billion, up about 50% from Q2 β€’ Operating loss: $10.9 billion, vs $10.1 billion in Q2 β€’ Adjusted operating margin: -109%, improved from -150% in Q2 β€’ Figures shared with investors on Tuesday, reported by the WSJ and Reuters
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Crypto Close: A red day after hot CPI hit risk assets, with $ZEC down the most among the top coins and only $TRX in green. πŸ”΄ $BTC -2.0% πŸ”΄ $ETH -4.0% πŸ”΄ $BNB -1.9% πŸ”΄ $XRP -3.9% πŸ”΄ $SOL -4.5% 🟒 $TRX +0.2% πŸ”΄ $ZEC -10.7%
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Closing prices: $BTC $73,764, $ETH $2,052, $BNB $680, $XRP $1.06, $SOL $83.43, $TRX $0.318, $ZEC $1,044. Liquidations hit about $716 million in 24 hours, mostly longs, per CoinGlass. Total crypto market cap fell to about $2.44T.
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JUST IN: Costco $COST declares a $30 per share special cash dividend worth about $13.3 billion and reauthorizes a $4 billion share buyback.
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β€’ Special dividend: $30 per share, about $13.3B in total β€’ Payable: December 4, 2026 β€’ Record date: November 24, 2026 β€’ Buyback: up to $4B reauthorized, expiring November 2030 β€’ The new buyback replaces the 2023 program, under which $3.1B had been repurchased
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