Retail buyers buzzed about 5 shares this week, from Oct. 13 to Oct. 17, on platforms like X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, amid authorities shutdown, banking earnings and AI enthusiasm.
The shares, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Rigetti Computing Inc. (NASDAQ:RGTI), Palantir Applied sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), spanning automotive, quantum computing, AI, nuclear power, and banking sectors, mirrored various retail pursuits.
Tesla
- Tesla launched the inexpensive Mannequin Y Commonplace in Europe and reported robust China gross sales earlier this week. In the meantime, later within the week, the NHTSA started probing FSD after incidents, however Tesla’s Mannequin S earned a spot in TIME’s Invention Corridor of Fame, and power deployments set third-quarter data.
- Skeptical retail buyers questioned TSLA’s present buying and selling worth vary.
- The inventory had a 52-week vary of $212.11 to $488.54, buying and selling round $419 to $425 per share, as of the publication of this text. It was up 13.04% year-to-date and 94.10% over the yr.
- Benzinga’s Edge Inventory Rankings confirmed that the inventory had a stronger worth development within the quick, medium, and lengthy phrases, with a poor worth rating. Extra efficiency particulars can be found right here.
Rigetti Computing
- RGTI surged at the start of the week, fueled by JPMorgan’s $10 billion quantum funding information. It additionally acquired $5.7 million in Novera QPU orders for 9-qubit techniques, signaling enterprise traction, constructing on a $5.8 million Air Power contract. Nevertheless, valuation issues over and $201 million 2024 losses triggered a dip within the worth later within the week.
- Retail buyers have been evaluating RGTI positive aspects with returns from holding the yellow metallic, gold.
- The inventory had a 52-week vary of $0.91 to $58.15, buying and selling round $45 to $47 per share, as of the publication of this text. It was up 139.85% year-to-date and 4,949.47% over the yr.
- The inventory had a stronger worth development within the quick, medium, and lengthy phrases, as per Benzinga’s Edge Inventory Rankings. Different efficiency particulars can be found right here.
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Palantir Applied sciences
- PLTR confronted volatility from a resurfaced Military safety memo, inflicting a previous dip this week. It additionally noticed International X Japan trim its stake by $2.55 million, and CEO Alex Karp held strategic AI talks with South Korean corporations, boosting world growth buzz.
- In the meantime, some retail buyers have been seen regretting not having a place in PLTR.
- The inventory had a 52-week vary of $40.90 to $189.46, buying and selling round $173 to $178 per share, as of the publication of this text. It was up 136.89% YTD and 324.10% over the yr.
- In line with Benzinga’s Edge Inventory Rankings, it had a powerful development rating, and it was sustaining a stronger worth development over the quick, medium, and lengthy phrases. Extra efficiency particulars can be found right here.
Oklo
- OKLO surged at the start of the week after breaking floor on its Aurora micro-reactor at Idaho Nationwide Lab and securing DOE choice for a sophisticated nuclear gasoline pilot, boosting its AI knowledge heart power narrative. Nevertheless, valuation debates intensified on X later within the week, and the inventory plunged.
- Traders have been livid with the decline within the inventory by the tip of the week.
- The inventory had a 52-week vary of $14.11 to $193.84, buying and selling round $155 to $160 per share, as of the publication of this text. It was up 642.06% year-to-date however 930.77% greater over the yr.
- It maintains a stronger worth development over the quick, medium, and lengthy phrases, as per Benzinga’s Edge Inventory Rankings. Extra efficiency particulars can be found right here.
JPMorgan Chase
- JPMorgan Chase kicked off banking earnings this week with better-than-expected third-quarter outcomes. However the financial institution put aside $3.4 billion for credit score loss provision, and CEO Jamie Dimon warned of credit score “cockroaches” after Tricolor Holdings’ chapter.
- At the same time as JPM centered on dangerous mortgage prevention, retail buyers mentioned that the financial institution may seemingly proceed investing in different smaller banks.
- The inventory had a 52-week vary of $202.16 to $318.01, buying and selling round $295 to $299 per share, as of the publication of this text. It was up 24.39% year-to-date and 33.03% over the yr.
- Whereas this inventory had a powerful development rating, Benzinga’s Edge Inventory Rankings confirmed that it had a weaker worth development within the quick time period however a powerful development within the medium and lengthy phrases. Extra efficiency particulars can be found right here.
Retail focus blended meme-driven narrative with future outlook and company information movement, because the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq witnessed uneven market motion in the course of the week.
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