IPO Bonanza, AI Selloff, and $160 Oil Fantasies: The Week That Tried to Break the Bull
Sentiment whiplash was the theme of the week — chips crashed, then bounced, Apple underwhelmed, and the IPO pipeline just got very crowded
Ticker Ratings
| Ticker | Rating | Entry Price | Current | $ Gain | % Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTC INTEL CORP | buy | $112.40 | — | — | — |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | hold | $301.15 | — | — | — |
| GOOG Alphabet Inc. | hold | $362.60 | — | — | — |
| AVGO Broadcom Inc. | hold | $402.33 | — | — | — |
| NVDA NVIDIA CORP | buy | $210.25 | — | — | — |
| UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | buy | $107.72 | — | — | — |
| DAL DELTA AIR LINES, INC. | buy | $79.20 | — | — | — |
| JBLU JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP | hold | $4.76 | — | — | — |
| BTC Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF | sell | $62690.00 | — | — | — |
| GEO GEO GROUP INC | buy | $26.80 | — | — | — |
| CXW CoreCivic, Inc. | buy | $24.75 | — | — | — |
| SRAD Sportradar Group AG | buy | $15.79 | — | — | — |
| MTN VAIL RESORTS INC | sell | $132.00 | — | — | — |
| AVO Mission Produce, Inc. | sell | $9.69 | — | — | — |
| GE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO | buy | $323.94 | — | — | — |
Let's start with the chaos. $AVGO's guidance miss triggered a 4.7% NASDAQ drop and a 10%+ semiconductor ETF wipeout in under two days — the kind of move that makes you question every life choice. Then $INTC swooped in like the nerd who gets the last laugh, surging over 11% after reports Google is ordering 3 million+ specialized AI chips from them for 2028. Intel is now up roughly 200% year-to-date. Yes, that Intel.
Meanwhile, $AAPL held its WWDC, unveiled a shiny new Siri powered partly by Google's $GOOG Gemini models, popped 2.7%, then immediately gave it all back in a textbook 'sell the news' fade. Tim Cook's final WWDC as CEO ended with a lukewarm standing ovation from the market. Elsewhere, OpenAI confidentially filed its S-1 with Goldman and Morgan Stanley eyeing an autumn listing — joining SpaceX (rumored $1.75 trillion valuation, somehow) and Anthropic in the most overhyped IPO pipeline since 1999.
Oil swung between $91 and $97/barrel as Israel-Iran exchanges rattled markets, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is planning for $90–$110 oil indefinitely, and one analyst on YouTube is screaming $160/barrel into the void. The Fed isn't cutting — May jobs came in at 172,000 vs. 80,000 expected — and rate hike odds are now in the conversation. Somehow, airline demand is still a record summer. Consumers are feral.