Will a Buyback Wave Boost U.S. Stocks? Top Repurchasers Revealed In the fourth quarter of 2024, S&P 500 companies set a new record by repurchasing $243.2 billion of their own stock, a 7.4% jump from the prior quarter and an 11% increase year-over-year. For the full year, buybacks surged to an unprecedented $942.5 billion, up 18.5% from 2023. Top Buyback Leaders The top three players in the buyback arena are Apple, Google, and Nvidia. – $Apple (AAPL.US)$: In Q4 2024, Apple repurchased $26.5 billion in stock, up from $25.4 billion in Q3. For the full year, it spent $104.2 billion, compared to $83.9 billion in 2023. Over five years, Apple’s buybacks total $452 billion, and over a decade, a staggering $716 billion—reflecting its massive cash reserves and commitment to shareholder value. –

GTC Wraps Up, Nasdaq Halts Four-Week Dip: What's Next for U.S. Tech Investing? Last Friday, major U.S. stock indexes staged a late rally, with the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ and $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ posting weekly gains of 0.51% and 0.17%, respectively, snapping a four-week losing streak. Nvidia's GTC conference concluded, yet the stock slipped over 3% for the week. In recent weeks, two unexpected narratives have reshaped global asset valuations. First, DeepSeek’s breakthrough has spotlighted Chinese innovation, prompting a reevaluation of tech leadership. Second, shifting perceptions of “American exceptionalism” under Trump's policies have triggered a broader reassessment of global geopolitics and economics. Year-to-date, U.S. tech stocks have underperformed. Among the B

0DTE Options Volume Bigger Than Ever: Why Traders Prefer OTM Now Last week, the three major indices all closed with weekly gain. $DJIA(.DJI)$   rose 1.2%, $S&P 500(.SPX)$   gained 0.51%, and $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$   increased by 0.17%. The latter two avoided a fifth consecutive week of declines. Despite highly anticipated unveiling of its robots and new AI chips at GTC, $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$   disapointed the market and closed the week with a 3.26% decline. Recent

Trump's Tariff Moves: Market Stabilization Amid Uncertainty and the Road Ahead After four consecutive weeks of declines, the U.S. stock market showed early signs of stabilization last week, with the $S&P 500(.SPX)$   edging up 0.08% and the Nasdaq rising 0.52%. However, all eyes are now on April 2, when President Trump's reciprocal tariffs are set to take effect. The broad scope of these tariffs is expected to impact both the U.S. and global economies, and the continuation of the stock market rally is closely tied to their effects. Despite the looming deadline, a recent Bloomberg report suggests that the White House may not announce reciprocal tariffs for the automotive, pharmaceutical, and chip sectors

Tesla Sees Declining Put Option Open Interest as Shares Jump $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   investors and speculators pared their holdings of put options before shares posted their biggest one-day jump in almost five months on Monday amid optimism for a recovery in the electric vehicle maker’s sales in China. The latest data had open interest of 3.82 million contracts. Put options that give the holders the right to sell Tesla shares at a specific strike price have declined from its 10-day average of 4.37 million contracts, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomberg.  The EV giant plans to release its smart-driving assistance feature in China after completing the China regulatory approval process, Reuters

Options Market Statistics: Tesla Jumps on Tariff Hopes and Investor Interest $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   shares jumped 11% on Monday. The most traded calls are contracts of $300 strike price that expire on Mar 28 and the total volume reaching 114,501 with the open interest of 17,678. Reports say the Trump administration will likely remove some tariffs for specific industries but still apply reciprocal tariffs on April 2. Hopes for lower tariffs boosted Wall Street, especially tech stocks, lifting the three major U.S. indexes to their highest in two weeks. There was a noteworthy activity in $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$  , with $272.5 calls top

Options Market Statistics: Tesla Shares Surged After Elon Musk Told Tesla Employees to 'Hang onto Your Stock' During Elon Musk’s two months in Washington, D.C., $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   shares have been on a precipitous decline, losing over 40% of their value. At an all-hands meeting with Tesla employees on Thursday evening, Musk addressed some of those issues, while trying to reassure employees that they were still in good hands, and to “hang onto your stock.” The shares closed more than 5% higher on Friday at $248.71. “It's very difficult like for people in the stock market, especially those that look in the rearview mirror — which is most people — to imagine a future where suddenly a 10 million vehicle fle

political issues always impact the stock market, and I believe protests will do so if it is done in the right way. Tesla stock price is always volatility. It might dip lower than 200 or rise to 300. Currently, I am waiting for more dip so I can get in

Meta Joins Tesla, Nvidia in Most Active Stock Options $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ options volume jumped Thursday, joining $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, $Tesla (TSLA.US)$, $Apple (AAPL.US)$ and $Micron Technology (MU.US)$ in the five most active stock options as shares of Facebook’s parent company bounced around after entering a bear market earlier this week.  Shares of Meta rose as much as 4.5% to $610.20 before closing at $586. The stock struggled to hold on to gains after closing at $582.36 on Tuesday, a decline that took losses from its peak in February to more than 20%, meeting the technical definition of a bear market.  More than 814,800 call and put options traded Thursday. That's almost double the 20-day average of 447,790 contracts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. &nbs

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Options Market Statistics: Tesla Stock Climbs After Receiving Ride-Hailing Permit $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$   shares rose 4% on Wednesday. The most traded calls are contracts of $240 strike price that expire on Mar 21 and the total volume reaching 131,796 with the open interest of 14,649. Chief Executive Elon Musk's company received the green light on Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission for a transportation charter-party carrier permit. That gives Tesla the ability to transport employees in company-owned vehicles before potentially later transporting members of the public. While technically a step toward the Tesla robotaxi, the permit is related to taxis, not fully autonomous vehicles. Musk h

Options Market Statistics: Nvidia Stock Fell Post-GTC Despite New AI Chip Announcements $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$   shares fell 3% on Tuesday. The most traded calls are contracts of $120 strike price that expire on Mar 21 and the total volume reaching 141,681 with the open interest of 199,611. At its annual GTC conference on Tuesday, Nvidia introduced new chips designed for AI model development and deployment.  CEO Jensen Huang unveiled Blackwell Ultra, a chip family set to launch in the second half of this year, along with Vera Rubin, the next-generation GPU expected in 2026.  Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in late 2022, Nvidia's revenue has surged over sixfold, driven by its dominance in the hi

Alibaba's Options Volume Jump Over Palantir's $Alibaba(BABA)$  's options volume jumped above  $Palantir Technologies Inc.(PLTR)$  's, landing the Chinese ecommerce giant in the six most active stock options, as online retail sales in the Asian country expanded in the first two months of the year. Shares of Alibaba jumped Monday by as much as 5.1% to $148.24, their highest intraday level since November 2021. The rally came after data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed China's online retail sales rose 7.3% in January to February to about 2.28 trillion yuan ($315 billion). Online sales of physical goods rose 5% to 1.86 trillion yu

Will the Mining Industry Bloom Under Trump? How Investors Can Get Ahead Donald Trump's return to the White House has put U.S. mining in the spotlight. His "Unleashing American Energy" executive order, signed on day one, aims to boost domestic mineral production, igniting investor interest. Is this a golden moment for mining stocks? Opportunities beckon, but uncertainties remain—here's how to navigate the terrain. Trump's Mining Playbook: Policy Signals Take Shape Trump is pushing to revive American mining. On March 12, a 25% tariff hit all imported steel and aluminum, from raw materials to auto parts, to bolster local producers. His "Addressing the Threat of Copper Imports" order highlights copper and rare earths as strategic priorities, with plans to expand domestic output. The U.S. is ri

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Bitcoin Seeks Comeback After Record $53 Billion Drawdown from ETFs: Bitcoin Chatter $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ is attempting to stage a comeback after losing its shine to gold amid an exodus of hedge funds from exchange-traded funds backed by the largest cryptocurrency.  Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a record drawdown since Feb. 10, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas wrote in a note yesterday.  Since the start of the year through Thursday, Bitcoin has tumbled 14% as investors shunned riskier assets amid growing anxiety over the impact on the US and global economy from Trump tariffs and retaliatory tariffs from its trading partners. That contrasts with an almost 14% gain in spot gold. Based on Balchunas’s analysis, that’s not the only culprit behind the sell-off seen in Bitcoin spot ET

Options Market Statistics: Nvidia Shares Rise as Foxconn Results Boost Investor Confidence $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$   shares surged 5.27% on Friday. The most traded calls are contracts of $120 strike price that expire on Mar 14 and the total volume reaching 322,078 with the open interest of 76,119. Nvidia's stock was rising on Friday after a key supplier's latest earnings report appeared to bode well for the artificial-intelligence trade amid a wider market rally. Results from Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn, appeared to be giving the stock a boost. Foxconn recently said it was building the world's largest manufacturing site for servers to house Nvidia's GB200 Superchips in Mexico. That guidance could be see

Intel Pole-Vaults Over Amazon to be Fourth Most Active Stock Option $Intel (INTC.US)$ pole-vaulted over $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ to become the fourth most active stock option Thursday after the semiconductor company named a new chief executive officer, sending shares climbing almost 15%. Former $Cadence Design Systems (CDNS.US)$ CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who will take the helm at Intel beginning March 18, vowed Wednesday to remake the company, telling its employees “I’m confident we can turn our business around.” Almost 1.3 million call and put options changed hands. That surpassed Amazon's options volume of 587,340 contracts. Only $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$, $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ and $Apple (AAPL.US)$ recorded higher options volume.  Shares of Intel climbed to $23.70, bolstering the odds that many of the call o

Investors Celebrate Intel's New CEO, Driving Shares Higher $Intel(INTC)$   shares surged 14% on Thursday. The most traded calls are contracts of $25 strike price that expire on Mar 21 and the total volume reaching 59,849 with the open interest of 79,089. Intel announced late Wednesday that its board had appointed Tan as CEO after a three-month search following the sudden retirement of previous CEO Pat Gelsinger. Tan previously served as chief executive of $Cadence Design(CDNS)$  . He will join the company effective March 18. The announcement stoked optimism from investors, who sent the stock marking the biggest single-day gain in nearly a month. Bank of Americ

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