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SpaceX IPO speculation is driving real money into Echostar, the Colorado-based networking company listed on the Nasdaq. Traders are piling into options as the market wakes up to the fact that Echostar holds an estimated three percent stake in SpaceX, making it one of the few publicly traded proxies for the private launch giant. Volume is climbing and attention is following.
Shifting to equipment rentals, United Rentals has crossed above its average analyst twelve-month price target of one thousand forty six dollars and twenty two cents, with shares now trading around one thousand fifty six dollars and fifty eight cents. That's a meaningful threshold because analysts now face a decision — raise their targets or downgrade the stock. Watch for a wave of revised estimates in the days ahead.
And on the macro side, strategist Larry McDonald is sounding an alarm on tech. He argues investors are treating technology stocks as the safe haven trade, a posture he says mirrors conditions last seen in two thousand twenty. McDonald is pushing hard assets instead, warning that a significant rotation out of tech could be closer than the consensus believes. It's a contrarian call, but the underlying data he's pointing to deserves serious attention.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
