CME Group is partnering with Silicon Data to introduce two futures contracts based on the rental cost of Nvidia's AI GPUs, starting October 5 pending regulatory approval. These contracts will allow investors and companies to trade and hedge the price of AI computing capacity, similar to commodities like oil and electricity. This new asset class provides a transparent benchmark for GPU rental prices, addressing the previous lack of pricing clarity. The move reflects growing financial interest in AI infrastructure, offering a novel way to gain exposure to the AI chip market without directly investing in hardware or companies.
AMD reported strong Q2 2026 results with revenue up 50% to $11.54 billion and data center revenue doubling, yet shares fell due to flat gross margin guidance of 56% for Q3. Despite the pullback, Baird raised its price target to $1,250, citing AMD's g...
Jim Cramer is highlighting semiconductor stocks as key investments due to strong earnings driven by AI infrastructure demand. Major players like NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Qualcomm, and Marvell show varied strengths: NVIDIA and AMD lead in merchant GPU c...
Wall Street futures showed little movement Friday following the S&P 500's record close on Thursday, driven by softer-than-expected inflation data and reduced concerns over further Federal Reserve rate hikes. The Dow Jones futures inched up 0.1%, whil...
Tech leaders like Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are pushing to build data centers in orbit, aiming to reduce costs and leverage solar power. This emerging market could be worth hundreds of billions but poses unique risks including la...
The Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF (VGT) offers exposure to hundreds of tech stocks but is heavily concentrated in just three companies: NVIDIA, Apple, and Microsoft, which together make up over 40% of the portfolio. This concentratio...
