
Stock Movers: Puma, Filtronic, Broadcom All Down
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Puma and Adidas fall as European athleisure stocks under-perform on Lululemon posting a second straight disappointing quarter, fueling concerns around the impact of rising competition and new tariffs. - Filtronic, a components maker who produce modules for SpaceX's Starlink, has been caught in the Musk-Trump crossfire. - Broadcom, a chip supplier to companies like Alphabet and Apple, gave a lackluster revenue forecast for the current quarter, suggesting that the AI spending frenzy isn't as strong as some investors anticipated.

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