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Tech gains are rotating away from Magnificent Seven stocks into the optical technology space, with companies like Marvell, Cahir, and Lumentum showing strong performance due to capital expenditure trends and sector rotation.

Financials are underperforming due to an unfavorable yield curve, private credit issues, and after a big rally last year, making other sectors more attractive for growth, leading to a lack of investor interest.

"The silver trade is still alive and well... Tesla has been on the buy list. One of the optical names that is down a lot today, AAOI is the ticker." Retail investors on platforms like Robinhood are actively rotating out of the mega-cap "Magnificent 7" tech stocks to lock in profits. They are redeploying capital into beaten-down momentum plays (EVs, optical tech) and utilizing precious metals as a geopolitical hedge against inflation and war. WATCH. Retail flows are shifting toward contrarian dip-buying and hard asset hedges, which can create volatile, short-term momentum swings in these specific assets. Retail dip-buying in heavily shorted or fundamentally challenged stocks (like AAOI) can lead to catching falling knives if institutional selling persists.