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Zip Co Ltd (ASX: ZIP) shares have fallen more than 50% over the past year, but UBS sees the sell-off as a buying opportunity and points to sound fundamentals. In FY25 results released in mid-August, total income rose 24.6% to $1.35 billion, while record cash EBTDA climbed 57.9% to $268.9 million. Total transaction volume grew 27.2% to $16.7 billion, led by 42.5% growth in the US market. Net bad debts rose from 1.52% to 1.77%, in line with management's expectations.

Hedge funds' net exposure to Magnificent 7 stocks has climbed to 22% of their total US exposure, according to Goldman Sachs data. That is above the peak recorded in June 2024. Net exposure to semiconductor stocks has risen to 12%, just below the 14% record high. US semiconductor imports hit a record $15.4 billion in August.

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra configuration with RTX Spark, 128GB of unified memory and a 1TB SSD is listed as out of stock on the company's product page at $5,899.99. The machine shares its 128GB of memory dynamically between CPU and GPU, can run 120B-parameter AI models locally and supports a context window of up to one million. That combination appeals to developers, researchers and businesses focused on keeping sensitive data private. The sellout points to strong demand for high-performance local AI computing hardware.

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Marvell Technology is upgraded to 'Buy' as management projects $70–90 billion in revenue by FY2031, far above consensus. Click to read in detail about MRVL.

AI company Anthropic is expected to debut on public markets next month, aiming to raise up to $100 billion at a valuation of about $2 trillion. Revenue rose twelvefold last year to almost $4.6 billion, but the company still posted operating losses of more than $8 billion. It also anticipates spending $518 billion on cloud computing and infrastructure in coming years, underscoring the scale of capital required.

AST SpaceMobile shares fell 15% to about $49 on Friday afternoon, extending a 6.13% decline in the prior session. The drop came amid an industry-wide selloff after SpaceX confirmed it agreed to buy 800 MHz of low-band spectrum from Grain Management in a deal estimated at $8 billion. AST chair and CEO Abel Avellan responded in a post on X, saying the company can deploy “critical lowband and midband spectrum that no one can match!”

Oracle shares rose about 5% on Friday, recouping losses from the prior session as investors revisited concerns tied to OpenAI. The selloff followed a report that put OpenAI’s annualized revenue at roughly $50 billion, below earlier estimates of nearly $70 billion, raising questions about its ability to support a $300 billion cloud agreement with Oracle. Oracle’s latest quarterly results also helped sentiment, with revenue up 30% year over year to $19.3 billion.

Longview Asset Management, the Henry Crown family office and General Dynamics’ largest shareholder, reduced its holding by nearly 10% between August 26 and October 1, selling about $1 billion of stock. In September, the firm accounted for 9.6% of all General Dynamics shares traded, while the stock fell 13% over the same period. The sales stood out as broader markets strengthened, with the S&P 500 rising during that time.