The optical names took the worst of it at the close, with Ciena down 10.49% and Lumentum and Applied Optoelectronics close behind. Shopify's gain led a much tamer move on the other side of the 382-stock board.
C3.ai is up 9.97% at the open, leading a board where ServiceNow, Salesforce, Shopify and Intuit all gained 3.5% or more. Applied Optoelectronics is down 6% on the other end of the same board.
Three years ago, $10,000 split between Shopify and Amazon looked like the same e-commerce bet. Shopify's half is now worth $30,678 against Amazon's $19,959, a gap of more than $10,700 on identical money.
Cramer says the 30-year Treasury yield is the highest in 24 years, with over 40% of S&P 500 names in a bear market
Public backlash against AI and data centers is the new narrative risk that could make October ugly
Goldman Sachs called the most beaten-down of a caller's bank ideas alongside Capital One and BNY Mellon
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Cramer's message: public perception is now the AI trade's problem, and he thinks that plus long-end yields sets up a rough October. He still wants Goldman Sachs on weakness, calling it the most beaten-down of the bank names raised by a caller.
NuScale Power closed 16.8% higher at $11.33, the widest single-name gain across our 111-stock priority list. At the other end, GoPro lost 15%, with Expedia, Shopify, Astera Labs and Baidu all down 7% or more.