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KLAC

Financial giants have shown a bearish sentiment towards KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) through unusual options activity. Analysis reveals 50% bearish trades, with significant puts and calls indicating a price range of $660 to $940. Analysts have mixed ratings, with a consensus target price of $893.6.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 06, 2024 | 5:45 pm

SAVA

Market whales have taken a significant interest in Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ:SAVA) options, with a mix of bullish and bearish sentiments. The options activity suggests a price range of $20.0 to $40.0. Cassava Sciences is currently trading at $27.58, down by 21.38%, with an anticipated earnings release in 2 days.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 06, 2024 | 5:45 pm

BIDU

NVDA

Chinese tech giants Huawei and Baidu are increasing their purchases of Samsung's high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors in anticipation of new U.S. export restrictions. This move comes as the U.S. plans to introduce an export control package targeting China's semiconductor industry. Baidu's stock has seen a 44% decline over the past year, while Micron Technology has already ceased selling HBM products to China due to previous sanctions. Nvidia continues to develop AI chips compliant with U.S. regulations.

Portfolio Pulse from Anusuya Lahiri

August 06, 2024 | 5:39 pm

LUMN

PLTR

Jim Cramer praised Palantir Technologies Inc (PLTR) for proving the AI story is real, highlighting its strong Q2 performance with a 27% revenue increase and significant growth in customer count. Lumen Technologies Inc (LUMN) also secured $5 billion in new AI-related business. Cramer criticized journalists for downplaying AI's impact and emphasized that recent earnings reports show continued investment in AI development.

Portfolio Pulse from Adam Eckert

August 06, 2024 | 5:37 pm

MSFT

OpenAI has introduced a new feature called Structured Outputs in its API, ensuring that model-generated outputs conform exactly to developer-supplied JSON schemas. This feature addresses the limitations of previous models and improves the reliability of generating structured data from unstructured inputs. The new model, gpt-4o-2024-08-06, scores a perfect 100% in following complex JSON schemas, compared to less than 40% for gpt-4-0613.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 06, 2024 | 5:35 pm

BLDR

ENVX

FDX

LYFT

SPR

UNP

XPO

ZIM

The article highlights significant options activity for several industrial stocks, indicating potential trading opportunities. Notable mentions include bullish sentiment for UNP, LYFT, XPO, FDX, and ZIM, and bearish sentiment for BA, GE, BLDR, ENVX, and SPR.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 06, 2024 | 5:35 pm

AAPL

AKAM

CSCO

DELL

NVDA

PANW

SMCI

TSM

The article highlights significant options activity for several information technology stocks, indicating potential trading opportunities. Notable bullish sentiment is observed for NVDA, CSCO, NN, and TSM, while bearish sentiment is noted for MU, AAPL, and PANW. Neutral sentiment is seen for SMCI, DELL, and AKAM.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 06, 2024 | 5:35 pm

CZR

The Nevada Supreme Court has denied Caesars Entertainment's request to reconsider a case involving Tipping Point Gaming (TPG). Caesars now faces a new trial on fraud and other tort claims after the court reversed a previous decision. The case centers on Caesars allegedly preventing TPG from entering contracts with potential suitors, including Accel Entertainment.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 06, 2024 | 5:31 pm

WELL

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years with an average annual return of 15.75%, resulting in a $100 investment growing to $919.93. The company currently has a market capitalization of $70.11 billion.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 06, 2024 | 5:30 pm

WSO

Watsco (NYSE:WSO) has significantly outperformed the market over the past 20 years, delivering an average annual return of 15.34%. A $100 investment in WSO 20 years ago would be worth $1,718.99 today. The company currently has a market capitalization of $18.59 billion.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 06, 2024 | 5:30 pm