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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 3.7, positive 4.2, negative -0.5) on 20251028. The forces of Sentiment towards Fundamentals (2.6), Price Level (2), Sector Price Trend (1.7), Option Speculation (1.5), 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 (4.2). The extreme bullish overall sentiment (3.7) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-28 | 4% | 1.9% | 301.92 | 116 | 0.95% | 0.73% | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 5 |
| 2025-10-27 | 2% | 1.6% | 299.08 | 120 | 1.85% | 0.49% | 2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 5.9 |
| 2025-10-26 | 2% | 1.7% | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2025-10-25 | 1% | 1.6% | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 6.7 | ||||
| 2025-10-24 | 1% | 1.9% | 293.66 | 105 | 1.57% | 0.53% | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025-10-23 | 1% | 1.9% | 289.11 | 80 | 1.26% | -0.04% | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.8 |
| 2025-10-22 | 2% | 2.3% | 285.52 | 57 | -0.97% | -0.18% | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 2025-10-21 | 2% | 2.1% | 288.31 | 77 | 0.04% | 0.07% | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 2025-10-20 | 3% | 2% | 288.2 | 80 | 1.15% | 0.04% | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 6.4 |
| 2025-10-19 | 1% | 1.7% | 1.8 | 0.6 | 2.5 | -0.3 | ||||
| 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 (8) A ChatGPT Partnership Is Lifting PayPal as AI and Shopping Continue to Pair Up PayPal will extend its services to those using ChatGPT for e-commerce transactions. (https://www.investopedia.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 2 (8) OpenAI Completes For-Profit Transition, Pushing Microsoft Above $4 Trillion Valuation The startup’s conversion clears an obstacle for a potential IPO and gives Microsoft a 27% stake in the new public-benefit corporation. (https://www.wsj.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 3 (7) Amazon Q3 Preview: Will AWS Outage, Job Cuts Overshadow Earnings, Growth Plans? Amazon could show ecommerce growth better than expectations and a rebound in cloud growth according to analysts ahead of Q3 results. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 4 (-6) Amazon, UPS Slash Desk Jobs: AI Is Coming For Your Manager Companies are finding that repetitive administrative tasks can be done by AI—and the job cuts are piling up. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 5 (8) Apple Q4 Preview: iPhone 17 Fuels Earnings Optimism As Stock Hits All-Time Highs Apple reports Q4 results on Thursday with a key first look at iPhone 17 demand. Here's what experts are saying ahead of the report. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 6 (8) Microsoft shares once again surpass $4 trillion valuation, joining Nvidia The sky-high valuations highlight the investor frenzy around artificial intelligence. Earlier in the day, OpenAI said it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation after two crucial regulators, the Delaware and California attorneys general, said they would not oppose the plan. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 7 (8) Microsoft’s stock rises as new OpenAI partnership comes as a relief to investors The new agreement values Microsoft’s 27% stake at $135 billion and extends its IP rights through 2032, giving Microsoft investors “upside optionality.” (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 8 (4) Is OpenAI's Microsoft partnership a threat to Apple? Apple's (AAPL) market cap has crossed past $4 trillion on Tuesday. This comes after Microsoft (MSFT) and OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) agreed to a new for-profit deal, with Microsoft's stake now valued at $135 billion. Prairie Operating Co. EVP Market Strategy Lou Basenese discusses what this news could mean for Apple. The iPhone maker is due to report fiscal fourth quarter earnings results after the market close this Thursday, October 30. Basenese is also the founder of TheBigSkinny.com. Also catch Lou Basenese weigh in on Amazon's (AMZN) latest round of layoffs and what it may be signaling about the broader US economy. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Opening Bid. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 9 (7) A ChatGPT Partnership Is Lifting PayPal as AI and Shopping Continue to Pair Up PayPal will extend its services to those using ChatGPT for e-commerce transactions. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 10 (-3) Apple seeks to end Apple Pay trade secrets lawsuit (Reuters) -Apple urged a federal judge to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit by a company that accused the iPhone maker of stealing its technology to create the lucrative mobile wallet Apple Pay. In a Monday night filing in Atlanta federal court, Apple said if the case is not dismissed, it should be transferred to a Texas judge who recently dismissed Fintiv's related patent case. Fintiv, based in Austin, Texas, accused Apple of misappropriating technology for Apple Pay that it had once sought to license from CorFire, a Georgia company that Fintiv bought in 2014. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 11 (8) Microsoft’s stock rises as new OpenAI partnership comes as a relief to investors The new agreement values Microsoft’s 27% stake at $135 billion and extends its IP rights through 2032, giving Microsoft investors “upside optionality.” (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 12 (7) $500 Billion & Counting: Next Chapter In Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Revealed ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero (https://www.zerohedge.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 13 (10) Apple crosses $4 trillion market cap for the first time Apple reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Microsoft reports earnings on Wednesday. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 14 (8) Microsoft stock rises 4% after OpenAI deal with stake valued at $135 billion Microsoft stock rises 4% after OpenAI deal with stake valued at $135 billion (https://www.investing.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 15 (8) OpenAI may move forward with new business structure, partnership with Microsoft, regulator says OpenAI said Tuesday it has reorganized its ownership structure and converted its business into a public benefit corporation and a crucial regulator, the Delaware attorney general, said she approved the plan. Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings said in a statement she did not object to the proposal, seemingly bringing to an end more than a year of negotiations and announcements about the future of OpenAI's governance and the power that for profit investors and its nonprofit board will have over the organization's technology. The company also said it has signed a new agreement with its longtime backer Microsoft that gives the software giant a roughly 27% stake in OpenAI's new for-profit corporation but changes some of the details of their close partnership. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 16 (5) Big Tech's earnings will focus on AI and iPhones Big Tech's earnings are coming, and AI will be top of mind. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 17 (8) Microsoft, OpenAI agree to new for-profit deal. Windows maker gets 27% stake. Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday said they have reached a new agreement that lets the ChatGPT developer move forward with its plans to transform into a for-profit public benefit corporation. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 18 (8) PayPal partners with OpenAI — and more reasons its stock could see its best day in 3 years PayPal is also instituting its first dividend, boosting its full-year forecast and sharing new numbers around Venmo. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 19 (9) PayPal Shares Soar Most On Record After "Chat To Checkout" Deal With OpenAI ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero (https://www.zerohedge.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 20 (8) PayPal Raises Earnings Guidance After Announcing OpenAI Deal PayPal Holdings Inc. raised its full-year earnings guidance and announced a tie-up with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet into ChatGPT, sending its shares soaring in early New York trading. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 21 (-7) Amazon to Cut 14,000 Jobs as CEO Jassy Taps AI to Reduce Costs Amazon.com Inc. plans to eliminate roughly 14,000 corporate jobs just months after Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy warned that AI will shrink the company’s workforce. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 22 (8) PayPal shares surge 14% after OpenAI deal to become the first payments wallet in ChatGPT The move makes PayPal an early part of OpenAI's efforts to broaden ChatGPT's use for e-commerce. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 23 (7) Meta's AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI's Sora The Meta AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since the company launched Vibes and began paying creators to make AI-generated videos. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 24 (8) Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years Following a 38% jump in Alphabet shares in the third quarter, Wall Street will be paying close attention to the company's comments on its AI strategy. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 25 (-5) Amazon laying off about 14,000 corporate workers as it invests more in AI The company said it's cutting roles in order to help make the company leaner and less bureaucratic, while it looks to invest in generative AI. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 26 (8) Nvidia, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft Are 'Big Winners' With Rising Earnings Revisions, Says Gary Black Ahead Of Earnings Gary Black names Nvidia, Alphabet, Meta & Microsoft 'big winners' with rising earnings revisions as the Mag 7 reports earnings this week. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 27 (6) Big Tech earnings will be markets' 'biggest driver' this week NYSE senior market strategist, Michael Reinking, joins Morning Brief host Julie Hyman to discuss this week's many market catalysts, highlighting Big Tech earnings in particular as the primary market driver. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 28 (8) ORACLE says there is real value in AI as demand far outpaces supply Oracle CEO Mike Sicilia said on Tuesday that he is not concerned about an "AI bubble," adding that there is real value in artificial intelligence as demand far outpaces supply. He was speaking at a panel the annual Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit in Riyadh. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 29 (-6) Amazon to cut 14,000 jobs. Credit — or blame — goes to AI. Amazon.com on Tuesday announced job cuts of 14,000, as the megacap tech company said it needs to better prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 30 (8) PayPal is partnering with OpenAI — and more reasons its stock is soaring PayPal is also instituting its first dividend, boosting its full-year forecast and sharing new numbers around Venmo. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 31 (7) Microsoft’s stock is in need of a jolt. Here’s how earnings could fuel a breakout. Microsoft reports earnings on Wednesday, and analysts see the potential for further acceleration in its cloud business as well as major benefits from a Windows refresh cycle. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 32 (0) AI is gobbling up power and money — and sidelining this big issue, Blackstone and BlackRock CEOs say The biggest minds in finance weighed in on AI, investing and the U.S. economy at a Saudi Arabia conference on Tuesday. (https://www.marketwatch.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 33 (-7) Chegg slashes 45% of workforce, blames 'new realities of AI' The online education company said the combination of artificial intelligence and diminished traffic from search engines like Google has hurt the business. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 34 (7) Microsoft Q1 Preview: With 2 'Near-Term Monopolies,' Analyst Says Outperformance To Continue Microsoft is one of the biggest companies reporting this week and its Q1 results could highlight AI growth. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 35 (7) Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Tue. Oct 28, 2025 | |
| 36 (6) Meta Platforms Q3 Preview: Facebook Parent Has 10 Straight Double Beats, Is Number 11 On The Way? AI could be a key theme in Meta Platforms' Q3 results with recent AI-related job cuts and increased spending on AI initiatives. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 37 (7) Zuckerberg appoints former metaverse executive to boost AI efforts Mark Zuckerberg has appointed longtime lieutenant Vishal Shah to a key role in Meta’s artificial intelligence team, the latest in a string of... (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 38 (2) Meta Shifts Metaverse Executive to AI Following Job Cuts Meta Platforms Inc. moved its top metaverse executive to oversee AI products following hundreds of job cuts last week, a sign the company is still working to structure its teams even as it spends aggressively to compete in the heated artificial intelligence race. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 39 (8) Alphabet Stock Is Hitting Fresh Highs: What's Driving The Momentum? Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) shares are trading higher on Monday after multiple analysts raised price targets on the stock. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 40 (6) Meta appoints insider Vishal Shah to key AI role Meta is competing against Microsoft and startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic to build the most sophisticated AI models. Shah was in charge of product management for Instagram at Meta for over six years, before becoming vice president of Metaverse — the company's concept for a three-dimensional virtual world — in 2021. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 41 (2) Cinven Said to Mull €3 Billion Sale of Software Maker Think-Cell Private equity firm Cinven is considering a sale of German software company think-cell, which could be valued at as much as €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in a deal, according to people familiar with the matter. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 42 (8) Buyout Giant Vista Buys Nexthink Stake From Permira in Bet on AI Vista Equity Partners snapped up a majority stake in Nexthink SA, valuing the Swiss-American software company at $3 billion, the firm said in a statement. (https://www.bloomberg.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 43 (8) Apple's Upcoming Foldable iPhone Model Will Drive Major Upside: Analyst Apple is expected to report strong earnings driven by high demand for iPhone 17 and anticipation for foldable iPhone 18. (https://www.benzinga.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 44 (8) Guggenheim upgrades Microsoft, citing AI monetization opportunity in Office Guggenheim's $586 price forecast implies that shares of Microsoft could rise 12% from here. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 45 (0) Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Microsoft, Berkshire, Apple, Tesla, Honeywell & more Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday. (https://www.cnbc.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
| 46 (9) Microsoft Upgrade Leaves 99% of Analysts Bullish on the Stock The upgrade means nearly 99% of analysts tracked by Bloomberg currently recommend buying the stock. Of the 73 who follow Microsoft, the only holdout is Hedgeye Risk Management, which has a neutral rating on the company. Guggenheim’s upgrade reflects the optimism about Microsoft’s strong position to capitalize on artificial intelligence breakthroughs. (https://finance.yahoo.com/) Mon. Oct 27, 2025 | |
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