THE DAILY BULLETIN
FRIDAY · MAY 15, 2026

AI remains in the driver’s seat.

The AI trade roared back to life Thursday, dragging the S&P 500 above 7,500 for the first time ever and reminding everyone why this rally just won’t quit.

Nvidia’s seven-day tear has its market cap flirting with $6 trillion. Cisco popped 13% on a solid outlook. Ford kept climbing on its AI bet.

And Cerebras Systems? The chip startup ripped68% in its trading debut — the kind of first-day move that screams “the animal spirits are alive and well.”Applied Materials added to the after-hours buzz with strong guidance.

But this wasn’t just a tech story. Retail sales advanced for a third straight month, with nine of 13 categories posting gains, even as war-driven energy prices have been hitting wallets at the pump. April retail sales echoed what we’ve heard across corporate conference calls for weeks now: The US consumer remains resilient despite soaring gas prices. When it comes to stocks though, tech is in the driver’s seat right now, not the consumer.

— BRET KENWELL, US INVESTMENT ANALYST, ETORO

The earnings backdrop keeps doing the heavy lifting. Q1 S&P 500 profits likely grew around 27% year-over-year — the sixth straight quarter of double-digit growth.

For anyone who froze during March’s war-driven slide, Bellwether Wealth’s Clark Bellin has a message: “It’s not too late.”

Translation: the bid is broad, the earnings are real, and the wall of worry is still tall enough to climb.

OPTIONS FLOW · MOST ACTIVELY TRADED

Mega-caps muscle in. Vol/OI flashes loud.CONTRACTRET.VOL/OIPOWERIVAIF
$13 Call+1800%1.2375%7452POET
$20 Call+532%1.0576%8252GOOG
$395 Call+425%1.4592%3553NBIS
$230 Call+370%2.7491%7164QCOM
$200 Put+328%3.4062%8850

The read: Ford’s $13 call stole the show with a +1800% return. GOOG and NBIS headline the high-conviction camp, while QCOM’s $200 put is the only bear on the list.

⚡ CAPITAL MARKETS

The biggest debut of the year is just the appetizer.

This one’s going down as a blockbuster IPO.Cerebras Systems (CBRS) priced its long-awaited IPO at $185 a share, raising $5.5 billion in the process.

Shares skyrocketed to open at $350 on the Nasdaq, nearly doubling out of the gate and pegging the AI chip designer’s market cap at roughly $75 billion.

The deal was more than 25x oversubscribed — the kind of demand profile that explains why SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are all reportedly eyeing the public markets themselves.

Translation: the IPO window is wide open, the AI trade still has legs, and the next wave of names waiting in the wings just got a green light.

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A.I. SCORING · SINGLE-TICKER SENTIMENT

Today’s spotlight: PLTR.

PLTR

Palantir Technologies Inc. — Class A Common Stock

A.I. SCORING

77.78%

Bullish · 1 Hour

NEWS SENTIMENT

+37.57

Positive headline pressure

POPULAR CONTRACTSCONTRACTC/PSTRIKEPRICEEXPIRYVOLITM.PLTR270617C100Call10050Jun 17 2767657%.PLTR270115C105Call10540.87Jan 15 2745461%.PLTR261218C100Call10043.4Dec 18 2624766%.PLTR270115C110Call11037.68Jan 15 275858%.PLTR260605C105Call10529.53Jun 5265694% 

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NEWS FEATURE

INDUSTRIALS & AI CAPEX

Caterpillar is trading like a chip stock now.

The 45-day correlation between the S&P 500 Industrials sector and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index just hit 0.75, near the highest level since June.

The picks and shovels are now the story

Industrials sell the picks and shovels for the AI buildout. Vertiv makes the cooling. Eatonwires the power. Caterpillar ships backup generators to data centers. GE Vernovabuilds the turbines.

Renaissance Macro’s Neil Dutta counts 15 non-tech names with a combined $2 trillion in market cap that are now moving as a derivative of AI capex.

Nvidia reports next week. The whole industrial complex is now along for the ride.THE SIGNAL

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DARK POOL ACTIVITY · INTRADAY

Yesterday’s Institutional FootprintsTICKERPRICEPERFCHGNEWSAIDARKTGEN$6.26+22.60%+1.15070%+383.01%SEDG$50.16+18.70%+7.92086%+229.59%POET$22.88+31.50%+5.48-367%+287.88%WYFI$29.50+15.60%+3.98—64%+310.22%RDW$14.51+21.40%+2.55+1663%+231.93%FRMI$7.37+16.10%+1.02—75%+574.73%BRCC$1.53+14.20%+0.19-5060%+355.58%ENPH$48.00+14.80%+6.19+4967%+346.48%SLS$7.50+15.70%+1.02-7467%+215.70%VLN$3.61+21.30%+0.63+1760%+172.66%

The read: FRMI leads the tape with a +574% dark-pool surge, paired with a 75% AI Score. Clean energy and small-cap biotech/specialty dominate the board.

WHAT’S IN THIS EDITION

Lead — AI Remains in the Driver’s Seat
Options Flow — Today’s most active contracts
Capital Markets — Cerebras IPO debut
News Feature — Caterpillar and AI capex
A.I. Scoring — PLTR sentiment spotlight
Dark Pool Movers — Institutional footprints

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