Saturday, September 19, 2026
Wendy's short-squeeze queries exploded to breakout levels while the stock hit fresh lows at $6.74 with 37.6% short interest outstanding. Meanwhile, searches for the stalled data center bill spiked from zero to 100, and IREN trailed Bitcoin by 45 percentage points over three months.
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Semiconductor Bounce: SNDK, MU, and BE
Still TrendingSemiconductor queries remain hot: "sandisk stock" (+2,700%), "micron stocks" (+1,250%), and "bloom energy stock" (+400%) all still appearing in rising searches.
See previous coverageSPCX & SpaceX Search Interest
Still Trending"spcx stock price" and "spacex stock" continue to dominate rising queries with breakout-level growth as retail hunts pre-IPO exposure.
See previous coverageBrent Crude: Retail Discovers Oil at $107
Still Trending"brent crude oil price" queries are still rising (+650%), keeping energy on the retail radar three weeks after the initial breakout.
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WEN Price: From $9 to $6.74 as Squeeze Chatter Returns
WEN has fallen 25% from its Aug 26 high of $9.04 to $6.74 on Sep 19, hitting fresh three-month lows even as retail search volume for a short squeeze surged to breakout levels.
Wendy's vs BYND: The Short Squeeze Query Rotation
Wendy's stock search interest spiked to 64 on Sep 18, its highest level since the June meme frenzy, while BYND short-squeeze queries flatlined at zero after peaking in mid-August. Retail attention is rotating back to Wendy's with 37.6% short interest still outstanding.
Data Center Bill & Amazon Settlement Search Spike
Searches for 'data center bill' exploded from near-zero to a perfect 100 on Sep 18 after Senate Democrats stalled the House-passed Ratepayer Protection Act, while 'amazon settlement' also spiked to 90 on news of expanded FTC refunds.
IREN vs Bitcoin: The Widening Miner Gap
Over three months, Bitcoin rallied 27.6% while IREN fell 17.9%, creating a 45-percentage-point divergence. IREN has recovered from its July low of $29.31 but trails the crypto benchmark by a widening margin.
Data Center Stocks Slide as Senate Stalls Ratepayer Bill
Vistra (VST) has dropped 15.9% over three months to $140.67, while Digital Realty (DLR) is down 6.2% to $182.12. Both names weakened further in September as the data-center cost-sharing bill hit a Senate roadblock.