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CoreWeave goes parabolic as love for the new AI darling knows no bounds

Shares of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave surged as much as 20% today in a strong follow-through to the already warm reception to its data center deal with Applied Digital on Monday.

“CoreWeave’s new contract leasing capacity from Applied Digital is most likely driven by strong demand for AI infrastructure, and management diversifying its infrastructure needs,” Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Anurag Rana and Andrew Girard wrote. “These kinds of agreements could help CoreWeave realize its backlog into revenue much sooner, and also help it sign new customers and diversify the revenue base from clients like Microsoft, which made up 62% of total sales in 2024.”

That backlog, by the way, stood at a whopping $25.9 billion at the end of Q1.

The company rents out AI computing time on its stash of 250,000 Nvidia GPUs. Nvidia will stand to gain from this boost, as it currently owns 7% of CoreWeave.

The recently IPO’d cloud computing company has become an options market darling, and that trend is once again on display on Tuesday. As of 1:23 p.m. ET, more than 215,000 call options had changed hands on the stock, about 40% above the one-month average for a full session.

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Oracle Wall Street Revisions

Analysts revise up anything and everything they thought about Oracle

After the company’s bombshell earnings this week, Wall Street thinks Oracle’s trajectory has changed.

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Six Flags pops after reiterating its guidance as theme park attendance rebounds

Six Flags shares rose more than 7% today after the company reported a rebound in attendance and early season-pass sales heading into the fall. The nine-week period ending August 31 saw 17.8 million guests, up about 2% from the same stretch in 2024, with stronger momentum in the final four weeks. 

More importantly, Six Flags reaffirmed its full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $860 million to $910 million, showing confidence that its cost and operations strategy can stay strong for the duration of the year. Riding that wave, Six Flags also said early 2026 season pass unit sales are pacing ahead of last year, and average season pass prices are up around 3%.

The good vibes come despite a drop in in-park per capita spending, especially from admissions, where promotions and changes to attendance mix (which parks or days guests visit) have weighed. Earlier this week, the amusement giant extended a new agreement that extended its position as the exclusive amusement park partner for Peanuts™ in North America through 2030.

Despite the rally, Six Flags shares are down around 52% year-to-date.

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Rivian turns red on the year, squeezed by a recall and the looming end of the EV tax credit

Shares of EV maker Rivian are down more than 5% on Friday following the company’s recall of 24,214 vehicles due to a software issue. The stock move erases Rivian’s year-to-date gain and turns the company negative on the year.

Rivian’s 2025 model year R1S and R1T are affected by the defect, which was identified after a vehicle’s hands-free highway assist software failed to identify another vehicle on the road, causing a low-speed collision. Rivian said it’s released an over-the-air update to fix the issue.

The recall marks Rivian’s fifth this year, affecting nearly 70,000 of its vehicles.

Rivian’s shares are down more than 20% from their 2025 high, which came prior to the passage of President Trump’sbig, beautiful bill.” Through the legislation, the $7,500 EV tax credit is set to expire at the end of the month.

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Moderna, Pfizer dip after WaPo reports Trump officials’ plan to link Covid vaccines to child deaths

Vaccine makers are falling after The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration plans to link the coronavirus vaccine to 25 child deaths.

Moderna and Pfizer, the two companies who sell the vaccine in the US, fell by more than 5% and 2%, respectively. The coronavirus vaccine is virtually the only revenue driver for Moderna, while Pfizer has a larger and more diverse portfolio.

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