Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Palantir Technologies Inc.

McDonald's Corporation

LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, Societe Europeenne

Airlines cut flights due to shortages and rising fuel costs. SpaceX before IPO increases Elon Musk's influence in the company and limits investors' rights. AMD and Palantir report revenue and profit growth. LVMH is preparing a sale of assets. The main events from 4 to 8 Ma - in our review.

Crisis in the airline industry, SpaceX and Musk's credentials, Palantir's frustration - top news of the week

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

AAR Corp.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Southwest Airlines Co.

Air China Limited

Air Asia Co., Ltd.

Air Canada

The sharp, approximately <a href="https://www.iata.org/en/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/">twofold</a> increase in jet fuel prices that has occurred since the beginning of the war between the US and Iran is forcing the airline industry to change its business strategy. Companies are raising fares, making baggage more expensive, cutting back or canceling flights altogether. And still there is already one victim of this crisis.

Prices higher, forecasts worse, flight cancelations: how airlines are weathering the fuel crisis

Upwork Inc.

BILL Holdings, Inc.

Cloudflare, Inc.

On Thursday, Ma. 7, three technology companies announced large-scale staff cuts, directly linking them to the introduction of artificial intelligence, MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ai-is-coming-for-your-job-after-all-these-new-announcements-prove-it-3fa74d86?mod=home_lead">noted</a>. The market reacted ambiguously: shares of some companies fell sharply, while in other cases investors positively perceived the business bet on AI and cost cutting.

Three software companies announced layoffs of up to 30% of their workforce. Is AI taking away jobs?

Intel Corporation

MICRON SOLUTIONS INC

Sandisk Corporation

Both indices show the longest streak of increases since 2024

The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq achieved a sixth straight week of gains. Reports supported optimism

Nebius Group N.V.

Uber Technologies, Inc.

A US regulator has launched an investigation into a series of accidents involving the unmanned cars of startup Avride after reports of risky maneuvers and collisions, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-opens-probe-into-start-up-avride-self-driving-crashes-texas-2026-05-08/">reports</a>. Last year, Nebius Group, which is headed by Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh, together with Uber announced an investment of $375 million in the company, with Avride being part of Nebius Group.

Avride robot cab accident is under investigation in the USA. Nebius and Uber invested in the startup

The "Trump Always Chickens Out" (TACO) investment strategy <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/stavka-na-taco-mozno-li-zarabotat-na-ustupkah-trampa">has become</a> one of the main drivers of the US stock market amid the war in the Middle East. However, a new trend is now emerging among traders, Not A Chance Hormuz Opens (NACHO), CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/traders-nacho-trade-strait-hormuz-oil-markets-taco-trump-iran.html">noted</a>.

Investors swap TACO for NACHO: what does this have to do with the Strait of Hormuz?

International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.

The owner of British Airways - International Airlines Group (IAG) - will raise ticket prices in business class, as well as on long-haul flights of the carrier "stronger" than other airlines in the group. In this way, IAG will try to compensate for additional expenses due to the fuel price rise amid the Iranian crisis. The costs associated with this, in IAG this year has already estimated at € 2 billion ($2.35 billion), <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/518f933e-e47e-479f-aabf-7f093cec709a">wrote the</a> Financial Times (FT) and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/british-airways-owner-iag-warns-lower-profit-soaring-fuel-prices-2026-05-08/">Reuters</a>. However, in its report for the first quarter of 2026, the company <a href="https://www.iairgroup.com/investors-and-shareholders/financial-reporting/quarterly-reporting">assured</a> that it has sufficient jet fuel reserves for the summer season. The group also includes Aer Lingus and Iberia.

British Airways owner to raise business class ticket prices due to expensive fuel

Microsoft Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

The TCI Foundation is managed by billionaire Christopher Hawn, whose fortune Forbes estimates at $11.8 billion

Billionaire Christopher Hohn's hedge fund The Children's Investment Fund (TCI), which has become the most profitable in 2025, has reduced Microsoft's stake in its portfolio from 10% to 1%

Data

Bruker Corporation

Bruker beat earnings expectations, maintained its 2026 guidance, pointing to a recovery in orders, while organic sales remain under pressure

Burry-backed scientific instrument maker Bruker jumps on 1Q earnings

Lyft, Inc.

Shares of taxi and car-sharing service Lyft <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LYFT/">fell nearly 2%</a> in premarket trading on Friday after the company’s first-quarter profits <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/lyft-forecast-beats-on-gross-bookings-buoyed-by-premium-services?embedded-checkout=true">fell short</a> of Wall Street expectations despite significant investment in international expansion and premium offerings. Lyft’s earnings <a href="https://investor.lyft.com/news-events-presentations/press-releases/detail/197/lyft-reports-strong-q1-2026-financial-results">say</a>&nbsp;those efforts could begin to pay off only in the second quarter.

Lyft misses 1Q profit expectations due to global expansion, higher-end offerings

Odyssey Therapeutics

Premarket trading in shares of biotech company Odyssey Therapeutics, which develops drugs for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, is now available on Freedom’s client trading platform. Later on Friday, the company’s stock will debut during the Nasdaq main session under the symbol <a href="https://freedom24.com/terminal?ticker=ODTX.US&amp;utm_source=stocks&amp;utm_medium=ODTX.US&amp;utm_campaign=pfu18121435">ODTX</a>.

Odyssey IPO: Immune system biotech debuts on the Nasdaq

iQIYI, Inc.

Chinese streaming platform iQiyi has come up with a plan to overcome its multiyear sales slump. Within five years, the bulk of its films and TV series will be created using AI, founder and CEO Yu Gong <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/china-s-netflix-iqiyi-goes-all-in-on-ai-content-in-big-overhaul?embedded-checkout=true">says</a>. That would mark a monumental transformation for the industry and trigger iQiyi’s biggest corporate overhaul since its founding in 2010, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-20/china-s-netflix-iqiyi-goes-all-in-on-ai-content-in-big-overhaul?embedded-checkout=true">writes</a>. Meanwhile, Wall Street sees as much as 950% upside for the stock of "China's Netflix.”

'China's Netflix' iQiyi bets on AI to create bulk of shows; stock's upside at 10x

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Redwire Corporation

Voyager Technologies, Inc.

SYNSPECTIVE INC

Expectations for a potential IPO by SpaceX have become a driver for the broader space sector. Elon Musk’s company has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-02/spacex-is-said-to-target-more-than-2-trillion-valuation-in-ipo#selection-2487.168-2487.223">raised</a>&nbsp;its target valuation to more than $2 trillion as it prepares investor presentations ahead of a potential IPO, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The listing is expected this summer, with SpaceX potentially raising as much as $75 billion, which would make it one of the largest market debuts ever. Below, analyst Aldiyar Anuarbekov has picked five publicly traded space small caps for&nbsp;<i>Oninvest </i>that give investors exposure to the sector ahead of SpaceX’s expected IPO. The names specialize in satellite intelligence, radar imaging, infrastructure, and defense tech.

Five small caps for investing in the space sector ahead of the SpaceX IPO

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