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Micron stock dropped 13 percent in one day. Market value lost in that move was $138 billion. Intel fell 9 percent and AMD fell 7 percent. VanEck chip ETF dropped 5 percent after big Q2 gains. Reports say SK Hynix is slowing down memory chip growth. Investors are scared that AI spending is not bringing …
Institutional hedging is surging as open interest on puts outweighs calls by over 3 to 1 Hyperscalers are dumping 650 billion into AI infrastructure but AI chip guidance is stalling Broadcom hit revenue targets but failed to raise full year AI guidance causing sector jitters Global smartphone semiconductor revenues are set to collapse 13 percent …
The Department of Commerce just signed 9 new letters of intent to distribute $2.013 billion in federal incentives… This funding push aims to triple domestic chip production capacity by the year 2032… Industry analysts are watching closely as chiplet costs rise, creating new economic hurdles for manufacturers… Nvidia and Google Cloud are pushing deeper into …
Market data shows semiconductor stocks hitting extreme “euphoria” levels last seen during the tech bubble … The current parabolic move in chip stocks is a mirror image of the 2021 NFT and crypto craze … Retail investors are piling into the top names at record prices despite massive psychological warning signs … Analysts warn that …
Leveraged ETFs amplify daily moves so heavy volume usually signals aggressive short term speculation. Retail investors are piling into leveraged semiconductor ETFs at an unprecedented pace: Combined daily trading volume in the 3x leveraged short semiconductor ETF, $SOXS, and the 3x leveraged long semiconductor ETF, $SOXL, has surged to ~330 million shares, the highest in …
Jim Cramer just said he is worried about the huge rally going on in AI and semiconductor stocks – CNBC pic.twitter.com/pkhkqAIoeK — Evan (@StockMKTNewz) April 27, 2026 Mass Panic at Nvidia headquarters after Jim Cramer says $NVDA sellers have disappeared 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/KViaTgixr6 — Barchart (@Barchart) April 27, 2026 Nvidia stock officially hits a new record …
Just like the Nasdaq blowoff in early 2000 where every tech index screamed higher right before the crash wiped out years of gains. ⚠️THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE: The Semiconductor Index, $SOX, relative to the S&P 500, rose to an all-time high of 1.39, This means semiconductors are now outperforming the average S&P 500 stock by …
Investing.com — POET Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:POET) shares fell 20% Monday after the company disclosed the cancellation of all purchase orders from Celestial AI, now owned by Marvell Semiconductor Inc. Marvell provided written notice on April 23, 2026, canceling all purchase orders, including those for initial production units first announced by POET in a press release …
Burry is calling the top again. Burry is up against $550 billion in Japanese investment in U.S. infrastructure, which includes semiconductor stocks, as per the Fed. pic.twitter.com/hYK9nbm3RH — MaryJo Kringas (@maryjokringas) April 24, 2026 pic.twitter.com/XKOg51Sx4S — Robert Harris (@robertharris_1) April 24, 2026 He's correct. NVDA is way overpriced. All of them are. They'll find a …
by Martin Armstrong The Dutch government is aiding the US in its plight to isolate China from the free markets, and in particular, to prevent China from digging its heels into the semiconductor manufacturing market. Taiwan controls chip manufacturing, but China believes it controls Taiwan. The US and the European Union are acting together to …
Despite allusions to nepotism and corruption, the Commerce Department hasn’t made clear what it wants to do with the newly clawed-back funds. The U.S. Commerce Department has seized control of a $7.4 billion semiconductor research fund from the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (NATCAST), a private non-profit set up during the Biden …
The White House is preparing a new round of trade enforcement measures targeting two of the most strategically sensitive sectors in the global economy: semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. President Trump confirmed Tuesday that his administration will announce tariffs on imported semiconductor products and is actively considering a 200% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. These moves follow Section …
BREAKING: The U.S. Commerce Department is conducting a national security investigation into imports of semiconductor technology and related downstream product, per CNBC. As part of the probe, the Commerce Department will investigate the “feasibility of increasing domestic… — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 15, 2025 According to a document to be published in the Federal Register on …
The momentum’s undeniable. h/t IAmNotAnEconomist
The U.S. will launch its third crackdown in three years on China’s semiconductor industry on Monday, restricting exports to 140 companies. Curbs on China-bound shipments of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which are critical for high-end applications like AI training; new curbs on 24 additional chipmaking tools and three software tools; and new export restrictions …
Kamala Harris on Monday toured Hemlock Semiconductor in Saginaw County, Michigan. It went exactly how you would expect. Harris toured the plant as the company received $325 million in funding from the CHIPS Act. Kamala Harris tried to touch the sharp silicone pieces as the plant worker gave her a tour of the facility. “Can …
NVIDIA is the largest member in the Semiconductor industry and is at a new all-time high, but breadth for the industry is weakening aggressively … only 35% of members are trading above their 200-day moving average (a 1-year low) NVIDIA is the largest member in the Semiconductor industry and is at a new all-time high, …
Semiconductor Stocks are now outperforming the S&P 500 by the largest margin since 1998 👀 pic.twitter.com/tGPNg65kjp — Barchart (@Barchart) June 11, 2024 US equity momentum … reached near 100yr records in early 2024." BofA pic.twitter.com/Or9N0PVZeB — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) June 10, 2024
According to the Q ratio, developed by James Tobin who won the Nobel prize for it, equities with a current Q ratio of 1.90 are overvalued by 156% to the long term mean (Q ratio 0.74) making it the first time to be overvalued by 3 std dev, the greatest amount ever. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/N4A05W1g4u — …
With substantial financial backing from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, totaling a staggering $100 billion, Alat is positioned as a key player in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor technology. Midha’s assurance that Alat would swiftly disengage from its partnerships in Beijing if they were deemed detrimental to US interests reflects …
The highly touted bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, one of the top legislative victories of President Biden’s tenure, is quietly tied to a number of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that critics argue contravene the law’s objectives. The legislation, which Biden signed in August 2022, is designed to shore up U.S. semiconductor supply chains, earmarking $52.7 billion …
(Bloomberg) — The US will award Intel Corp. $8.5 billion in grants and as much as $11 billion in loans to help fund an expansion of its semiconductor factories, marking the largest award from a program designed to reinvigorate the domestic chip industry. The package will support more than $100 billion in US investments from …
BREAKING: Michael Burry has updated his portfolio. He has closed his $47 million bet against semiconductors, $SOXX. Holdings now:1. Alibaba, $BABA: 6.15%2. JD, $JD: 6.11%3. HCA Healthcare, $HCA: 5.72% 4. Oracle, $ORCL: 5.57% — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 14, 2024 h/t DesmondMilesDant
Taiwan semiconductor warned that Artificial Intelligence is not as good as it sounds.https://t.co/ENHumo5m4y"TSMC's second-quarter earnings call may go down as one of the more pessimistic calls in recent history" Just another rope-a-dope. pic.twitter.com/1YtEEDD7Xc — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 20, 2023 Bulls the highest since the left shoulder over two years ago: pic.twitter.com/v0CmBacGO5 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July …
Engineering faculty at The Ohio State University are taking proactive steps to address the shortage of skilled workers in the semiconductor industry as the U.S. sees record investment in the field of microelectronics. At OSU’s Nanotech West lab facility, students are already learning what it takes to create and assess their own semiconductors. “I like …