The biggest single story today is whether NVDA should be allowed to sell chips to China. Chamath Palihapitiya publicly called on the Trump administration to lift restrictions. Prediction markets remain split on the outcome. Options traders have been loading up on negative bets against NVDA all week. The chip debate is keeping the entire semiconductor sector on edge.
DELL added fuel to the AI trade. Michael Dell told Bloomberg the company added 1,000 new customers for AI servers in Q1 alone. Dell now serves 5,000 clients running NVDA chips. Shares responded positively.
Lowe's reports tomorrow as the week's first major retail print. Stifel trimmed its price target to $220 today, maintaining Hold. Analysts are watching for tariff commentary on building materials. Target follows Wednesday. Both names sit at the intersection of consumer health and trade policy.
Insider selling dominated filings this month. CRWV saw Magnetar Financial disclose $920 million in sales just weeks after CoreWeave's March IPO. At SEI, two insiders filed combined sales of $290 million. TWLO saw a board-affiliated fund sell $130 million. The pattern is consistent: insiders in high-performing 2026 names are cashing out.
Short interest in WOLF jumped 36 percentage points in a week, hitting 107% of free float. Zero shares remain available to borrow. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also issued a 30-day licence today for vulnerable nations to access stranded Russian oil — a macro wildcard worth watching into the week.
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