The US declared a two-week ceasefire with Iran, suspending attacks in exchange for Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which boosted US and global stock markets by about 3%. Oil prices dropped below $100 per barrel as fears of prolonged supply disruption eased. Iran's 10-point proposal includes demands for control of the strait, lifting sanctions, and US troop withdrawal. Further negotiations are planned in Islamabad, but analysts warn supply normalization will take time and volatility may continue.
Intel Foundry has begun high-volume manufacturing of select Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, known as Panther Lake, using ASML's High NA EUV lithography on the Intel 18A process node. This marks a key milestone in semiconductor manufacturing, de...
The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (SOXL) surged nearly 293% year-to-date but recently fell about 30% in the last month, including a sharp 16% drop in one day. SOXL uses leverage to triple daily semiconductor index returns, but this also...
Bank of America highlights a divergence in earnings outlooks for CPU makers AMD, Intel, and ARM amid a mixed market. While PC and smartphone sales are declining, AI server chip demand is surging, benefiting AMD with expected earnings beats and raised...
VLUE and VTV are both value ETFs but use different strategies: VLUE targets the cheapest stocks within each sector, maintaining sector neutrality, while VTV invests in a broad, market-cap-weighted basket of large-cap value stocks. This difference led...
Intel's stock surged 369% driven by strong demand for its traditional Xeon CPUs used in AI inference servers, overshadowing setbacks in its specialized AI chip project, Gaudi. While the market initially focused on Intel's slower-than-expected AI chip...
