These are the stocks on my watchlist (03/19) - INTC/TSM Rumors Debunked!

Hi! I am an ex-prop shop equity trader. This is a daily watchlist for short-term trading: I might trade all/none of the stocks listed, and even stocks not listed! I am targeting potentially good candidates for short-term trading; I have no opinion on them as investments. The potential of the stock moving today is what makes it interesting, everything else is secondary.

**News:** [**Turkish Police Detains Erdogan Rival Ekrem Imamoglu**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/turkish-police-detains-erdogan-rival-ekrem-imamoglu)

[**INTC (Intel)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=INTC&p=d)\- TSMC board member Paul Liu has dismissed rumors regarding TSMC's potential acquisition of INTC's foundries, stating that such discussions have never occurred within the company. Overall caused a small selloff in INTC but nothing major- recently the more major catalyst was the new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The market mainly considered this a rumor so interesting to see it still cause a small move. Overall not too interested unless we sell off more. TSM's clear denial of interest in acquiring INTC's foundries shows that they're not really interested in bringing more production to the US or really partnering with a US solution. Overall more of a interesting geopolitical note.

[**TUR (Turkey ETF)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=TUR&p=d)\- The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent rival to President Erdoğan has led to a significant selloff in the Turkish lira and Turkish assets. We've fallen close to 10% overnight in TUR, the Turkey ETF. Overall this likely won't see recovery for a few months. Last coup I remember was back in 2016 and it took a few months for TUR to recover (and it didn't do so linearly) so ultimately not interested in this. Continued political unrest and potential sanctions could further devalue Turkish assets, but I doubt there will be any outside intervention. EEM (the emerging markets ETF) seems to be unaffected overall.

[**TSLA (Tesla)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=TSLA&p=d) **-** California's Public Utilities Commission has granted TSLA a transportation charter-party carrier permit, allowing the company to transport employees in company-owned vehicles, marking a step towards potential public ride-hailing services. The first piece of good news in a while for this stock. Overall I don't think it's good enough to make it have a significant recovery but interested to see if we make any gains today. Watching $235 level. Another step towards self-driving! Risks to watch on this piece of news and blowback are regulatory hurdles, public safety concerns, the overall political risks with TSLA, other self-driving competitors.

[**GILD (Gilead)**](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=GILD&p=d) \- The Trump administration is considering significant cuts to the CDC's domestic HIV prevention funding, which currently stands at approximately $1 billion annually. GILD had a major selloff right after the close yesterday. Obviously government funding drives a lot of pharmaceutical companies in R&D and incentives. Another stock to watch on this is VTRS.