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Nvidia was king of the retail stocks last week

JPMorgan’s weekly tally of top traded shares among the retail crowd showed the AI chipmaker retaking the top spot from Tesla.

Matt Phillips

April was a record month for retail trading activity according to JPMorgan analysts tracking the space.

A weekly update from the bank noted that retail traders bought a record $40 billion in shares last month, beating the record set in March amid ongoing and massive dip-buying.

Analysts said that retail buyers swamped the market on up and down days. For instance, they snapped up shares both on April 3, when the S&P 500 was routed by President Trump’s Rose Garden tariff announcement, as well as on April 9, when the S&P had its best day since 2020 after Trump announced a planned tariff pause.

Their top buys won’t be much of a surprise, led by Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, and Palantir.

For the record, the frenzy of activity didn’t seem to bear financial fruit. JPM analysts estimate that retail traders lost 2% in April, compared to a drop of 0.8% for the S&P 500. For the year through the end of April, retail traders were down 9%, more than double the S&P 500’s decline of 4.2%, JPM estimated.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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