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Aug 6 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Dow futures were steady on Thursday after this week's record-breaking rally as investors awaited details on a Middle East peace deal, while Nasdaq futures slipped as

Investing.com - A selloff in Asian technology shares gathered pace on Thursday, following sharp losses in SpaceX and Advanced Micro Devices that renewed skepticism over the sustainability of returns from the AI investment boom.

Every AI headline obsesses over GPUs. The chips get the attention, the stock gains, and the breathless coverage. But a GPU sitting idle while it waits for data to arrive is just an expensive space heater, and that overlooked wait is exactly what two chipmakers addressed this week. Microchip ...

Total earnings for the S&P 500 companies that have reported are up +41.7% from the same period last year on +14.8% higher revenues, reflecting a notably better showing relative to other recent periods.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $1.786 billion, up 9% sequentially and 6% from a year earlier, as demand for communications infrastructure and data-center applications helped drive growth and margin expansion. Chief Executive Officer Tim Breen said revenu

Memory stocks have always been among the most volatile in the semiconductor sector. They run hard when the cycle is right, then give back a lot of it when investors start pricing in the next downturn. Micron has been through that cycle more times than most companies, and investors who have watched ...

Just like that, cash flow matters to S&P 500 investors. And it's becoming very apparent. Shares of the nine S&P 500 stocks expected to post the most free cash flow this year, like Micron and Chevron, are smashing the rest of the market.

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of SK Hynix Inc. advanced, lifted by an overnight rally in US chipmakers and speculation that the Korean firm may soon unveil buybacks and other details of a broader shareholder return plan. Most Read from BloombergBeer Dynasty Families Sell €731 Million Stake in AB InBevTaco Bell Met With Michigan on Parasite Weeks Before RecallChina’s AI Blitz Creates ‘Death Zone’ for Rival US Model MakersIran Weighs Allowing Europe to Clear Mines in Strait of HormuzTrump Discusses Iran W

Sandisk could work its way back to this number post-earnings.

Micron Stock Rises on New AI Storage Push With Microchip Technology

(Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co. offered a glimpse of its most advanced memory hardware, touting improved performance and power efficiency in a bid to overtake rivals SK Hynix Inc. and Micron Technology Inc. in the race for long-term dominance.Most Read from BloombergBeer Dynasty Families Sell €731 Million Stake in AB InBevChina’s AI Blitz Creates ‘Death Zone’ for Rival US Model MakersTaco Bell Met With Michigan on Parasite Weeks Before RecallIran Weighs Allowing Europe to Clear Mines in S

A single analyst note on one memory chip stock just sent leveraged semiconductor ETFs on a wild ride, but the same funds lost catastrophic ground only weeks earlier when tariffs hit the sector. Three ways to play this rebound carry very different risks.

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SNDK heads into fiscal Q4 results with AI-fueled SSD demand, firmer NAND pricing and rising TLC and QLC adoption.

Investors are kicking off a new trading month on an upbeat note. But that hasn’t stopped one of July’s most painful trends from carrying into August. Chip stocks and other companies tied to the AI trade are some of the biggest decliners today, with Micron Technology, Sandisk, Intel and Western Digital all down about 3% or more.

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Silicon Motion delivered exceptional results and implied the memory chip boom is on a multiyear run.

Netlist (OTCMKTS:NLST) reported second-quarter revenue of $109.8 million, up 163% from the second quarter of 2025, as demand for difficult-to-source DRAM products and the company’s memory product portfolio supported growth. Chief Executive Officer Chuck Hong said first-half revenue exceeded $200 mi

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) raised the lower end of its 2026 earnings guidance after reporting higher second-quarter profit, supported by January rate changes, customer growth and an early ramp in revenue from large industrial customers. The utility holding company reported second-quarter diluted earnings p

Individual investors are taking some of their chips off the table. Retail traders have piled out of hardware stocks and other artificial-intelligence shares in recent days, according to separate reports from JPMorgan and Vanda Research.

The Nasdaq-100 is on track to deliver its strongest daily gain in more than a year. The index tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) surged 3.5% in afternoon trading, on pace for its best session since May 2025, when the Trump administration’s 90-day tariff pause with China unleashed a relief rally across global equities. This time, the catalyst was another proof yet that the artificial intelligence spending boom remains alive and well. A blockbuster quarter from Microsoft Corpo

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Today, July 30, 2026, investors are pivoting back into technology despite GDP slowdown, with the Nasdaq climbing on broad semiconductor strength.

Investors are weighing up a batch of Big Tech earnings reports, which could help power a market rebound.

U.S. stock futures rose, as markets stabilized after reacting sharply to the Fed’s rate meeting Wednesday.

South Korea’s SK Hynix shares fell nearly 10% despite record results powered by the AI boom.

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(Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co.’s semiconductor arm reported a more than 250-fold jump in profit after AI’s reliance on memory delivered hefty margins. Most Read from BloombergStocks Fall as 30-Year Bond Yields Surge After Fed: Markets WrapWarner Bros. Deal Collapse Would Cost the Ellisons $9.8 BillionTrump Says US Will Strike Iran Hard as War Escalates AgainUS Intercepts Iran Attack on Bases, Puncturing Days of CalmApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri AI at CenterThe unit, whi

(Bloomberg) -- A bipartisan group of US senators urged Apple Inc. to abandon any efforts to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese semiconductor suppliers CXMT Corp. and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., warning that the iPhone maker risked becoming reliant on a US adversary for crucial components.Most Read from BloombergStocks Fall as 30-Year Bond Yields Surge After Fed: Markets WrapWarner Bros. Deal Collapse Would Cost the Ellisons $9.8 BillionTrump Says US Will Strike Iran Hard as War Escalates Ag

Every investor has felt this jolt. A stock is sliding, and then an executive’s name shows up in a regulatory filing next to a stock sale. The instinct is to assume leadership knows something the market does not. Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra just handed shareholders that exact moment. He ...