Intel reported Q4 2025 revenue of $13.7 billion, surpassing expectations despite supply constraints that limited demand fulfillment in its data center segment. The Intel Foundry business posted a $2.5 billion operating loss, while external revenue remained low at $222 million despite rising customer interest. The company's forward valuation is over 100 times projected 2026 earnings, reflecting current weak profitability and dependence on earnings growth by 2027 to justify the high multiples. Strong AI-driven server demand highlights Intel's CPU relevance but also exposes challenges in scaling production quickly enough to meet demand.
Asian semiconductor stocks experienced a significant decline following a sell-off in US chipmakers, with SK Hynix shares dropping over 9% in Seoul after an earlier 8% rally. The sell-off reflects concerns over AI spending and profit-taking after a st...
Sanjeev Sharma forecasts the S&P 500 will finish 2026 slightly below its starting point due to weak consumer fundamentals like stagnant wage growth, high inflation, elevated gas prices, and rising interest rates. His disposable income-based model hig...
The Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF (TECL) is rated Buy due to easing inflation and a positive outlook for the Nasdaq-100, driven by growing AI infrastructure investments and increasing influence of smaller AI-related companies beyond the major...
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...
