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Hewlett Packard Enterprise emerged as one of the most overbought stocks as the market grappled with seesawing volatility this week. Market uncertainty gave investors whiplash over the past few trading sessions, with the S & P 500 jumping to new record highs to kick off the week. But a sell-off in chip stocks on Friday ultimately dragged the broad market index lower and broke its nine-week win streak. Still, investors piled into several individual stocks this week, pushing them into overbought territory. CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to identify such names, based on their 14-day relative strength index,…

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Cattle are herded in a stable on June 5, 2026 in Dublin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a second case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in Texas.The latest detection was found in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, roughly 5.6 miles from the first confirmed case announced earlier this month, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said Friday. Additional samples collected from the surrounding area have tested negative so far.New World screwworm larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, creating severe wounds that can be fatal if…

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At some point during the fog of 2021 or 2022, I noticed that my son’s preferred brand of fruit snacks had switched from including 0.9 ounces per pouch to 0.8 ounces per pouch. Most shrinkflation is meant to fly under the radar, but in this case, I just happened to notice it. It felt bad! It’s tangible evidence that your money is not going as far as it did in the very recent past. A little over a year ago, AMD launched the Radeon RX 9070 for a suggested retail price of $549. This month, it’s launching the similarly named…

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It’s been one of the wildest stock markets on record lately but you wouldn’t have known it looking at the Cboe Volatility Index. Friday’s sell-off just made things a lot clearer. The non-stop, two-month 80% rally in semiconductor stocks that added roughly half a trillion dollars in market cap to the Nasdaq 100, spurred one of the most successful ETF launches in history, and birthed dozens of eye-popping, parabolic single stock moves, finally hit a wall on Friday as the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) dropped almost 10% at its low.The VIX, which had just touched the lowest level since January…

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An avalanche of selling on Friday crushed the stock market, a dramatic reversal from record highs earlier in the week. Chip stocks nosedived in the final trading session of last week. There were pockets of weakness in tech ever since Club name Broadcom disappointed on earnings. However, the sell-off on Friday was next-level after a strong jobs report dashed hopes of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut and sent the 10-year bond yield soaring above 4.5%. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq plunged 2.6% and 4.2%, respectively, on Friday, making Tuesday’s record-high closes seem like a distant memory. The…

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In one very small, and at least to date obscure, corner of the crypto market, investors are rushing in rather than heading for the exits. So-called HYPE exchange-traded funds are taking in new assets from investors at a time when the leading crypto bets, including bitcoin and ether, are tanking. In May, Bitwise and 21shares launched spot ETFs tracking indexes for HYPE, a decentralized crypto asset that operates on its own blockchain, hyperliquid. The products, which trade under the tickers BHYP and THYP, have raised close to $150 million in assets and since launch have mostly experienced positive net inflow…

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