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Intel Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of computer products and technologies. It delivers computer, networking, data storage, and communications platforms. The firm operates through the following segments: Client Computing Group (CCG), Data Center and AI (DCAI), Intel Foundry Services (IFS), and All Other. The CCG segment consists of platforms designed for notebooks, 2-in-1 systems, desktops, tablets, phones, wireless and wired connectivity products, and mobile communication components. The DCAI segment delivers solutions to cloud service providers and enterprise customers, along with silicon devices for communications service providers and high-performance computing customers. The IFS segment refers to full stack solutions created from the foundry industry ecosystem. The All Other segment represents results from other non-reportable segments and corporate-related charges. The company was founded by Robert Norton Noyce and Gordon Earle Moore on July 18, 1968, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Intel Corp.

Intel Corp

Intels weaker-than-expected outlook, tied to slowing PC demand, memory costs and supply bottlenecks, is driving the sharp selloff despite stronger data-center and AI growth. Traders are divided between those questioning Intels recovery and warning of further downside and dip-buyers who view the reaction as an overreaction.

Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational technology company, which engages in the provision of online retail shopping services. It operates through the following segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The North America segment offers retail sale of consumer products, including from sellers, advertising, and subscriptions services through North America-focused online and physical stores. The International segment focuses on retail sale of consumer products, including sellers, advertising, and subscription services through internationally focused online stores. The AWS segment is composed of global sales of computers, storage, databases, and other services for start-ups, enterprises, government agencies, and academic institutions. The company was founded by Jeffrey P. Bezos in July 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Amazon.com Inc.

Amazon.com Inc

Amazons post-earnings selloff is centered on heavy AI infrastructure spending and worsening free cash flow, alongside modest misses and a softer outlook. Traders are split between concerns that spending may not earn adequate returns and optimism that accelerating AWS growth will justify the investment.

Reddit, Inc. operates an entertainment, social networking, and news website where registered community members can submit content. The firm provides online news services where users can select and rank web content. It also offers a personalized filter on the day's story, using previous votes to determine what new things the user might like to read. The company was founded by Steven Ladd Huffman and Alexis Ohanian on June 23, 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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Reddit Inc

Reddit shares are under pressure after strong quarterly results were overshadowed by a below-consensus outlook, weaker U.S. user metrics and declining search referrals. Traders are debating whether the selloff is an overreaction to those growth concerns or whether a planned login requirement could further reduce traffic and engagement.

Bitcoin is the world's first decentralized cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. It enables peer-to-peer electronic cash transactions without intermediaries like banks or governments, operating on a blockchain secured by Proof of Work mining and the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm.   With a fixed supply cap of 21 million coins and programmatic halvings every four years that reduce miner rewards, Bitcoin is designed as a deflationary digital asset often called "digital gold." Its value stems from solving the double-spending problem without trusted intermediaries, creating the first truly scarce digital asset with censorship resistance and permissionless access that no government, corporation, or individual can control.  Bitcoin operates as a decentralized peer-to-peer network where transactions are recorded on a public ledger called the blockchain, distributed across thousands of computers globally. Transactions are grouped into blocks added approximately every 10 minutes through mining, where specialized computers compete to solve complex mathematical puzzles.   Bitcoin has achieved mainstream adoption through multiple vectors. The January 2024 SEC approval of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs opened Bitcoin investment to traditional finance participants, and corporations like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) are using Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset to protect against currency debasement, offering MSTR holders amplified exposure to Bitcoin.   The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to evolve with innovations like Ordinals, which emerged in January 2023 to enable NFT-like functionality directly on Bitcoin, and BRC-20 tokens, an experimental standard for creating fungible tokens using Ordinal inscriptions. BTCFi (Bitcoin Finance) represents emerging financial applications extending beyond Bitcoin's traditional role, with protocols like Babylon allowing Bitcoin holders to stake BTC to secure Proof of Stake chains.

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A reported major Binance security breach and suspended withdrawals are driving Bitcoin discussion alongside the crypto selloff, with traders debating whether the exchange incident threatens broader confidence or is a short-term scare. Some fear further downside and security risks, while others argue Bitcoin itself was not hacked and view the pullback as a buying opportunity.

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. engages in the operation of healthy grocery stores. The firm specializes in fresh, natural and organic products. Its products include fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, grocery, meat and seafood, deli, bakery, dairy, frozen foods, body care and natural household items. The company was founded by Stan Boney, Shon Alexander Boney, and Kevin K. Easler on July 11, 2002 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

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Sprouts earnings report and sharply weaker outlook including declining comparable sales and lower guidanceare driving the steep selloff, with analyst downgrades adding pressure. Traders are divided between calling the move an overreaction and buying the dip, and arguing that softer demand and business headwinds could keep the stock under pressure.

ServiceNow, Inc. engages in the provision of an end-to-end workflow automation platform for digital businesses. Its Now Platform is a cloud-based solution embedded with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The company was founded by Frederic B. Luddy in June 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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ServiceNows sharp post-earnings selloff is centered on a softer outlook for contracted revenue growth, despite solid revenue growth and an increased AI target. Traders are split between calling the decline an overreaction and arguing that slowing growth, lofty expectations, and AI-related uncertainty warrant a lower valuation.

Roblox Corp. engages in the provision of online gaming services. Its platform consists of Roblox Client, Roblox Studio, and Roblox Cloud. Roblox Client is an application that allows users to explore 3D digital worlds. Roblox Studio is the toolset that allows developers and creators to build, publish, and operate 3D experiences and other content accessed with Roblox Client. Roblox Cloud includes the services and infrastructure that power the human co-experience platforms. The company was founded by Erik Cassel and David B. Baszucki in March 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

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Roblox Corp.

Robloxs quarterly report sparked a sharp selloff as weaker-than-expected forward bookings guidance and a daily active user miss overshadowed its earnings beat. Bearish traders see slowing growth and monetization as evidence of deeper problems, while some investors call the reaction excessive and are buying the dip.

Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in software, health care, transportation, and other technologies. It operates through the following segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment includes products and services, such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Google Cloud segment refers to infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment relates to the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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Alphabet Inc Class A

Alphabets quarterly results sparked a record selloff as traders focused on softer Search and advertising performance and heavy AI investment that pressured free cash flow, despite strong Cloud growth. The community is split between concern that spending and AI-driven changes to Search could weigh on cash generation and ad economics, and dip buyers pointing to Cloud momentum and Alphabets longer-term AI prospects.

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Silvers steep pullback after a sharp earlier run is dominating discussion, with traders focused on persistent selling and whether the decline has found support. Bears expect further losses, while dip buyers cite oversold conditions and physical demand; explanations range from rates and dollar moves to unverified claims of market manipulation.

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MAGS is drawing attention amid weakness in mega-cap tech, with traders focused on Alphabets earnings-related selloff and concerns about slowing Search growth, AI monetization and heavy investment spending. Some see the pressure as evidence of an AI-fueled bubble and expect further downside, while others view it as a pullback in major tech leaders rather than a lasting break in the long-term story.

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<ul class="summary-bullets"><li>BWET holds crude-tanker freight futures rather than oil, ships or shipping-company shares.</li><li>Hormuz disruption drove some tanker rates from $75,000-$100,000 per day to nearly $470,000.</li><li>Failed reopening efforts and renewed tanker attacks have kept vessels scarce and freight costs elevated.</li></ul>One of 2026’s biggest investment winners does not own technology stocks, cryptocurrency or even crude oil.&nbsp;However, it does track the cost of getting oil onto a ship and through increasingly dangerous waters.The&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/BWET">Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET)</a> has surged 2,928% this year as months of disruption around the Strait of Hormuz sent freight costs soaring, eclipsing even leveraged bets on semiconductor and energy stocks.<h2 class="st-heading-2">BWET Leaves Rival ETFs Behind</h2>BWET’s year-to-date percentage gain is nearly 12 times the 244% advance in the MicroSectors U.S. Big Oil Index 3X ETN (NRGU) and almost 15 times the 199% rise in the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (SOXL).<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/bwet_vs_etfs_607a896632.png" alt="bwet vs etfs.png">Other strong energy performers lag far behind. The MicroSectors Oil &amp; Gas Exploration &amp; Production 3X Leveraged ETN (OILU) has gained about 148%, while the Direxion Daily S&amp;P Oil &amp; Gas Exploration &amp; Production Bull 2X Shares ETF (GUSH) has risen 119%.Among semiconductor ETFs, the First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (FTXL) has advanced 82% and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) about 77%. The S&amp;P 500, tracked by SPY, had gained 12% through Wednesday, while the Nasdaq Composite was up 13%.&nbsp;<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/bwet_vs_broader_market_d4fd472e10.png" alt="bwet vs broader market.png">BWET has also dwarfed the wider energy rally. Its 2,928% gain is about 19 times WTI crude’s 151% advance, 25 times the United States Oil Fund (USO) 's 117% return, and 61 times the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) 's 48% gain.&nbsp;<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/bwet_vs_energy_80a74d888d.png" alt="bwet vs energy.png"><h2 class="st-heading-2">Inside BWET’s Freight Bet</h2>Launched in May 2023, BWET is a specialized commodity-pool ETF that holds near-dated crude-tanker freight futures rather than oil, shipping stocks, or physical vessels. Its exposure is concentrated in the Baltic Exchange’s TD3C route: very large crude carriers hauling oil from the Middle East Gulf to China. A smaller allocation tracks Suezmax shipments from West Africa to Europe.&nbsp;The Gulf-to-China route passes through Hormuz, making the fund particularly sensitive to the availability of ships willing to cross the strait. Higher freight futures can lift BWET even when oil prices fall. Conversely, an easing of shipping constraints can hurt the fund without requiring a comparable decline in crude.<h2 class="st-heading-2">Shipping Shortage Fuels BWET&nbsp;</h2>The disruption began after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February when Tehran effectively closed Hormuz to most commercial traffic. Before the war, about 125 large commercial ships crossed daily. Gulf supertanker hire rates were around $75,000 to $100,000 a day.By late June, tanker rates for voyages through Hormuz had surged to nearly $470,000 a day, while rates outside the strait jumped to $190,500 from $106,500 in just one week. The problem wasn't just demand for oil. Ships were stranded, owners were refusing voyages, and the vessels available to carry remaining cargo commanded exceptional prices.<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/bwet_surge_1e621a924a.png" alt="bwet surge.png">Insurance is another hurdle. At the APPEC industry conference on Wednesday, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) said transit costs ran from $10 million to $20 million per voyage, and cargo-insurance bills hit nearly $10 million. Additional war-risk coverage for leaving the Gulf, previously negligible, could reach “10 percent of the cargo.”BWET does not track insurance costs directly. However, higher war-risk premiums can discourage ships from entering the Gulf, tighten available capacity and increase the freight rates underlying the fund’s futures.&nbsp;<h2 class="st-heading-2">BWET Swings On Hormuz Hopes&nbsp;</h2>June briefly offered a way out. The U.S. lifted its blockade of Iranian ports on June 18 under an agreement that promised 60 days of toll-free passage and the restoration of commercial traffic within 30 days. Some stranded tankers escaped. But mines, rival transit corridors and renewed attacks kept the route far from normal.Middle East-to-China VLCC rates fell to about $287,000 a day by June 30 from more than $500,000 before the peace announcement. The ceasefire subsequently broke down, and Washington reimposed its blockade in mid-July. BWET had already shown how quickly diplomacy could reverse the trade. The ETF fell about 13% at the open on April 9 after Iran said it would allow safe passage, then rebounded when tanker traffic was halted again.<h2 class="st-heading-2">Hormuz Tanker Attacks Revive Freight Risk&nbsp;</h2>The latest round of violence has further narrowed the pool of willing operators. U.S. forces said they destroyed five Iranian crude tankers on Tuesday following attempted missile attacks on an American warship, after striking three tankers days earlier. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard separately claimed attacks on two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers.The violence has also threatened shuttle vessels carrying Gulf crude to larger tankers waiting outside Hormuz, which is a workaround to keep risk-averse ships away from the strait. Only six tracked commodity ships crossed the strait on Tuesday, far below the 125 daily transits recorded before the war. The tally excludes vessels operating with tracking systems switched off, but major shipping companies are reluctant to return.&nbsp;Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Japan’s second-largest shipping company with a fleet of more than 900 vessels, said normal operations were unlikely to resume soon. CEO Jotaro Tamura said it was “difficult to see operations resuming in any form by the end of the year.”<h2 class="st-heading-2">How Do Retail Traders Feel About BWET?</h2>On Stocktwits, retail sentiment for BWET flipped dramatically to ‘extremely bullish’ from ‘extremely bearish’ levels three months ago amid a 900% surge in message volume over the past month. The ticker’s watcher base has also jumped 45% over the past month and 75% in the last quarter, indicating healthy retail interest in the ETF.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/bwet_ss_2deb7868d9.png" alt="bwet ss.png" width="643" height="346"><figcaption>BWET sentiment and message volume as of September 10 | Source: Stocktwits</figcaption></figure>One user&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/howardlindzon/message/663937776">said</a>, “$BWET anything can happen from here. $1000 or $100 would not suprise me.”<stembedurl>https://stocktwits.com/howardlindzon/message/663937776</stembedurl>Another user&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/Batman9988/message/663854862">said</a>, “BWET has been the best performing non-leveraged ETF this year even beating SanDisk as far as percentage wise. It will dramatically decline in price when the war ends or another fake ceasefire but right now it just keeps climbing.”<stembedurl>https://stocktwits.com/Batman9988/message/663854862</stembedurl>For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.Read Next:<a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/rklb-asts-spcx-pl-trump-task-force-10000-annual-space-operations-2035/cZt96DQRJCf"> RKLB, ASTS, SPCX, PL In Focus: New Trump Task Force Targets 10,000 Annual Space Operations By 2035&nbsp;</a>

Iran's medium-sized oil tankers continue to wait off the coast of Bandar Abbas at the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan Province, Iran on September 09, 2026. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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