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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.

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Intels weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter outlook, amid PC weakness and supply constraints, overshadowed a stronger third-quarter report and drove a sharp selloff. Traders largely criticized the guidance and execution, while some called the drop an overreaction and viewed the shares as oversold.

Sandisk Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and provision of storage devices and solutions based on NAND flash technology. Its products include solid state drives, memory cards, and USB flash drives. The company was founded on February 5, 2024 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

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SanDisks strong quarterly results and upbeat outlook, supported by booming AI data-center NAND demand, are drawing attention alongside its announced 8-for-1 stock split. Traders are debating the sharp, volatile selloff despite the positive report, attributing it variously to profit-taking and a broader tech-sector risk-off move, while others question whether growth and memory pricing can remain sustainable.

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 quarterly results and outlook sparked a selloff, as investors focused on slight misses against expectations, softer forward guidance, and heavy AI infrastructure spending that is weighing on cash flow. Traders are split: bears see spending and cash-flow risks, while bulls point to strong AWS growth and view the drop as an overreaction.

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 a strong Q3 earnings beat was overshadowed by weaker-than-expected Q4 revenue guidance, slowing user growth and a decline in U.S. daily active users, alongside concerns about falling Google search referrals. Traders debate whether the selloff is excessive given revenue growth and profitability, while others worry that a planned login requirement could further limit traffic and monetization.

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Mega-cap tech weakness and earnings reactions are weighing on QQQ, with traders pointing to Googles selloff, Intels weak outlook, and Amazons results. The dominant debate is whether heavy AI spending is failing to show sufficient returns and signaling a broader tech unwind, or whether the pullback is a buying opportunity amid sector rotation.

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of cell therapies using autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) for the treatment of cancer. Its products include Amtagvi (lifileucel), and Proleukin (aldesleukin). The firm also develops investigational TIL therapies for other solid tumor cancers. The company was founded by Robert T. Brooke on September 17, 2007 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

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Updated lifileucel lung-cancer trial results sparked a sharp selloff: the overall response rate remained around one in four, while a small, retrospectively identified biomarker subgroup showed a much higher response rate. Traders are divided over whether the subgroup points to a promising precision-treatment path or signals a narrower opportunity and greater uncertainty about durability, FDA approval timing, and managements presentation of the data.

Rivian Automotive, Inc. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of category-defining electric vehicles and accessories. It operates through following segments: Automotive, Software and Services. The company was founded by Robert J. Scaringe in June 2009 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

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Rivian Automotive Inc

Rivians better-than-expected third-quarter results and raised delivery outlook have put the R2 production ramp in focus. Bulls see improving execution, while skeptics point to continued losses and cash burn; speculation about a Walmart van deal remains unconfirmed.

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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Bitcoins choppy consolidation and repeated rejection near resistance dominate the discussion, with traders watching whether support holds. The community is split between expecting a deeper downturn and viewing pullbacks as accumulation ahead of a breakout, amid uncertainty around Fed policy and broader market weakness.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. engages in the semiconductor business. Its products include processors, accelerators, graphics, adaptive SoCs, FPGAs, and SOMs, and software, tools, and apps. The firm offers artificial intelligence, industries, workloads, and gaming solutions. The company was founded by W. J. Sanders III on May 1, 1969 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc

AMD is caught in a broader semiconductor pullback as traders react to Samsungs profit miss and Microsoft and Alphabet spending less on capital expenditures than expected, raising concerns about AI infrastructure demand. The community is split between seeing the decline as sector-driven pressure and expecting further downside, while bulls argue AMDs data-center and AI-chip prospects remain intact.

Strategy, Inc. engages in the development of fixed-income instruments that provide investors varying degrees of economic exposure to bitcoin. It executes bitcoin acquisition, capital management, and capital markets strategies. The company was founded by Michael J. Saylor and Sanjeev K. Bansal on November 17, 1989, and is headquartered in Tysons Corner, VA.

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Strategys quarterly results have sparked debate: bulls point to the reported earnings beat, while skeptics argue it was driven by Bitcoin gains and focus on the revenue miss and financing costs. Bitcoins selloff and concerns about dilution and preferred-share dividends are adding pressure, with traders divided over whether the drop is a buying opportunity or a sign of further downside.

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DKS Stock Faces Wall Street Downgrades After Record Single-Day Drop – Nike Turnaround Now In Question 

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<ul class="summary-bullets"><li>Truist, Telsey Advisory and KGI Securities all downgraded DICK’S, while Barclays sharply lowered its price target but kept an ‘Overweight’ rating.</li><li>Telsey said weaker athletic apparel and footwear demand could “delay the turnaround” it had expected from Foot Locker by several quarters.</li><li>Truist also downgraded Nike, saying DICK’S results add uncertainty around the athletic footwear giant’s turnaround.</li></ul>DICK’S Sporting Goods (DKS) stock selloff extended into pre-market trading on Wednesday, with shares trading near a three-year low after a record one-day plunge and a wave of Wall Street downgrades, with Nike (NKE) caught in the crossfire.The pressure followed a quarterly report that highlighted weaker demand at Foot Locker and prompted the retailer to cut parts of its full-year outlook.In a note to investors cited by TheFly, Truist downgraded Dick's Sporting to ‘Hold’ from ‘Buy’ and kept a $135 price target, while Telsey Advisory downgraded the shares to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ with a $145 price target, down from $255. KGI Securities downgraded DKS shares to ‘Neutral’ from ‘Outperform’ with a $135.10 price target.DKS stock fell as much as 0.7% in pre-market trade and was among the top trending tickers on Stocktwits at the time of writing. It plunged over 30% in the previous session, clocking its biggest single-day drop on record.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/DKS_1_84b88e7e9b.png" alt="DKS1.png" width="2400" height="1240"><figcaption>DKS stock’s historical single-day gains on August 26 as of 6:00 a.m. ET. | Source: Koyfin</figcaption></figure>The stock is now nearly 50% below its 2026 high of $244.38, putting it near levels last seen in late 2023. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around DKS shares trended in ‘extremely bullish’ territory over the past day, accompanied by chatter at ‘extremely high’ levels.&nbsp;<figure class="image"><img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/DKS_2_f4d91975d8.png" alt="DKS2.png" width="2400" height="1240"><figcaption>DKS stock price performance over the past 3 years on August 26 as of 6:00 a.m. ET | Source: Koyfin</figcaption></figure><h2 class="st-heading-2">Why Did Wall Street Downgrade DKS Stock?</h2>Telsey pointed to slowing demand for athletic apparel and footwear, along with Foot Locker’s greater exposure to the softer lifestyle footwear market. The firm said those trends could “delay the turnaround” it had expected at DICK’S for at least several quarters. Telsey also noted that the slowdown appeared to accelerate as the second quarter progressed.Telsey added that there’s unlikely to be a meaningful inflection at Foot Locker until brands introduce more product innovation or DICK’S makes significant changes to the retailer’s footwear assortment.Barclays also cut its price target, though it kept an ‘Overweight’ rating. Analyst Adrienne Yih lowered the target to $150 from $280, citing the company’s second-quarter sales and earnings miss and negative comparable sales at Foot Locker.<h2 class="st-heading-2">Nike Gets Downgraded On DKS Foot Locker Weakness</h2>The weakness is also putting pressure on other athletic and footwear stocks, with Nike among the names facing renewed scrutiny.Truist downgraded the stock to ‘Hold’ from ‘Buy’ and lowered its price target to $42 from $47. The firm said DICK’S results "signal incremental murkiness" around Nike’s turnaround.Truist pointed to DICK’S decision to lower its fiscal 2026 guidance because of deteriorating footwear trends and said it is now "incrementally cautious" on Nike.The firm said it wants greater clarity on Nike’s cleanup efforts and the product pipeline expected in 2027 before becoming more constructive on the shares.NKE stock edged 0.3% lower in pre-market trade. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around the company trended in ‘neutral’ territory over the past day, with chatter rising to ‘high’ from ‘normal’ levels.&nbsp;Read also:&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/trump-economic-day-day-china-problem-iran-sanctions-paul-krugman/cZYknP6RJ8q">Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Has A China Problem – And Paul Krugman Says It Could Keep Iran Sanctions From Working</a>For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.

Retail sentiment on the stock turned ‘extremely bullish’| Source: Wikimedia Commons

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DKS Stock Faces Wall Street Downgrades After Record Single-Day Drop – Nike Turnaround Now In Question

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