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| The price action of Information Technology (XLK) sector is shaped by numerous forces, ranging from broad macroeconomic trends to company-specific performance and market structure. The overall sentiment for Information Technology sector is very positive (overall 3.2, positive 3.7, negative -0.5) on 20251018. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.7), Price Level (2), Option Speculation (1.5), Sector Price Trend (0.6), Broad Market Trend (0.5), and Valuation Sentiment (-1) will drive up the price. The forces of and Market Risk Prefrence (0) will drive down the price. 'Buy the dips' is the preferred trading strategy. Hourly SMA 20 trend line is likely to provide a support from any pullbacks. The swing to upside will be significant considering the high positive sentiment forces (3.7). The extreme bullish overall sentiment (3.2) may signal the top of this uptrend. The sentiment for Broad Market Trend is calculated based on SPY trend. The sentiment for Sector Price Trend is calculated based on XLK trend. The sentiment for Option Speculation is calculated from put/call ratio. The Risk Prefrence is calculated from Bitcoin price trend. Price Level sentiment is positive when oversold, and negative when overbought. Valuation Sentiment, and Sentimentals towards Fundamentals are extracted from headlines and market commentary. All sentiment scores are normalized on a -10 - +10 scale. |
| Date | Attention | Average Attention | Price | Price Level | Change | SMA10 Trend | Market Sentiment | Trend Sentiment | Fundamentals | News Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 | 3% | 1.7% | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2025-10-17 | 1% | 1.6% | 284.92 | 60 | 0.13% | 0% | 2.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| 2025-10-16 | 4% | 1.6% | 284.54 | 60 | 0.08% | -0.04% | 1.1 | -0.5 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 2025-10-15 | 1% | 1.1% | 284.32 | 60 | 1.03% | -0.04% | 1 | -0.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2025-10-14 | 1% | 1.1% | 281.42 | 46 | -1.32% | 0% | 0.9 | -0.5 | 2.7 | 6.3 |
| 2025-10-13 | 1% | 1.1% | 285.18 | 67 | 2.42% | 0.18% | 0.6 | -0.3 | 2.2 | 7.7 |
| 2025-10-12 | 1% | 1.1% | 0.8 | -0.6 | 2 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2025-10-11 | 2% | 1% | 0.7 | -0.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||||
| 2025-10-10 | 1% | 0.7% | 278.44 | 38 | -4.05% | -0.04% | 0.7 | -0.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
| 2025-10-09 | 1% | 0.9% | 290.2 | 91 | -0.17% | 0.46% | 1.4 | 1 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| Both emotion scores and sentiment scores are calculated in a -10 - +10 scale. | The price level reaches 100 at Bollinger upper band, and zero at lower band. |
| 1 (7) Analyst Sees Apple as ‘Eventual Winner on AI at the Edge,’ Keeps $270 Target Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching Closely. On October 15, BofA Securities maintained its Buy rating and $270.00 price target on the stock. The firm noted that iPhone shipping dates across Apple’s website and various carrier platforms over the past two weeks demonstrate stable delivery timeframes for iPhone 17 Pro […] (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 2 (8) Microsoft (MSFT) Rated Overweight at Morgan Stanley Amid Strong Azure AI Demand Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the AI Stocks Analysts Are Watching Closely. On October 16, Morgan Stanley reiterated the stock as “Overweight” and said that Microsoft is a “core holding.” According to the firm, the company reported robust Q4 results and strong demand for Azure AI. However, there are concerns about OpenAI’s relationship and whether […] (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 3 (8) AI Stocks Contribute $5 Trillion To US Household Wealth, JPMorgan Reveals JPMorgan reports that investments in AI stocks have significantly boosted US household wealth by an impressive $5 trillion over the past year. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 4 (7) Meta Lures Gen Z Talent With Six-Figure Salaries Amid Shrinking Job Opportunities — Here's How Much It's Offering Meta is reportedly offering hefty paychecks for entry-level software engineering roles, a move seen as a response to the challenging job market for recent graduates. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 5 (7) What Is One of the Best Cloud AI Stocks to Buy Right Now? DigitalOcean is a small cloud platform that's accelerating its AI efforts. (https://www.fool.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 6 (6) Why this analyst says the AI bubble is 17 times bigger than the dot-com bust The AI faithful believe the technology will disrupt virtually every aspect of modern life, from phone operating systems to pharmaceuticals to finance. And even if there is a bubble, proponents say, the dot-com bubble gave us companies like Amazon, and the internet became, well, the internet. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 7 (-2) Blackstone says Wall Street is complacent about AI disruption Wall Street investors are underestimating artificial intelligence’s potential to make entire industries obsolete, Blackstone’s president has... (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Sat. Oct 18, 2025 | |
| 8 (2) Oracle stock drops 7% as some skeptics question lofty AI targets Oracle has become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI infrastructure boom, with its shares up 75% so far in 2025. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 9 (-5) Oracle's Stock Was a Big September Winner. Why Has It Turned South? Shares of the cloud computing and software giant were recently one of the day's biggest S&P 500 decliners. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 10 (-5) Oracle stock tumbles as investors weigh ambitious financial targets Oracle stock reversed Thursday's gains as investors weighted its aggressive revenue and gross margin forecasts. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 11 (8) Is Oracle the next big cloud giant? Why these analysts think the stock can rally nearly 30% from here. The company has laid out an aggressive new forecast, with a path to nearly quadrupling revenue by fiscal 2030 and a backlog that has already crossed the $500 billion mark. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 12 (8) JPMorgan estimates 30 AI stocks have made Americans $5 trillion richer in the last year JPMorgan analysts say that the market's top 30 AI names now account for about 44% of the value of the S&P 500. (https://www.businessinsider.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 13 (5) Why AMD’s stock can keep soaring — even after nearly doubling this year Also: A credit hiccup for banks, decision time for Medicare recipients, Bitcoin’s drop, and a “dumb” stock market. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
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| 15 (8) UBS lifts U.S. equities view on favorable macro backdrop, strong AI spending UBS lifts U.S. equities view on favorable macro backdrop, strong AI spending (https://www.investing.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 16 (5) Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Just Sold All of His Palantir Shares and Is Piling Into This Quantum Computing Stock With a Massive Catalyst on the Horizon Tudor Investment Corporation just exited its stake in Palantir and initiated a position in Rigetti Computing. (https://www.fool.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
| 17 (-5) Salesforce is down 26% in 2025. What's next for AI agent giant? Salesforce (CRM) stock is down by nearly 26% year-to-date in 2025 as it deploys more agentic AI applications, CEO Marc Benioff saying that the agentic AI revolution "is going to be magic" at the 2025 Dreamforce conference. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Stephanie Aliaga comments on Salesforce's business approach to AI agents, while Yahoo Finance senior reporter Ines Ferré discusses the tone of this year's Dreamforce event. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Opening Bid. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Fri. Oct 17, 2025 | |
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