Micron's stock fell 10% on Monday, extending a 30% decline since its strong Q2 earnings report on March 18. The company reported high demand for AI chips but is struggling to meet customer needs, with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra noting customers receive only half to two-thirds of their orders. Despite a 270% gain over the past year, Micron's stock is up just 2% year-to-date after recent losses. The chip shortage reflects broader supply challenges amid rising AI demand, impacting other tech and memory chip makers as well.
The FTSE 100 index fell slightly, dragged down by mining stocks reacting to China's slower GDP growth of 4.3% in Q2, its weakest in three years. Despite this, oil prices remained steady amid US-Iran tensions. PayPal shares jumped over 14% following r...
Jim Cramer stated that today's stock market is far from the dot-com bubble era, highlighting lower valuations, cooler inflation, and strong corporate earnings as key differences. Despite some speculative stocks like SpaceX, these are outliers and do ...
SK Hynix's options began trading in the U.S. with about 150,000 contracts by midday Tuesday, showing less excitement than expected despite a strong stock rally. The most popular trades were bearish call sales, possibly because leveraged single-stock ...
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...
The iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF (BAI) fell nearly 6% in one week after a strong year-to-date gain of about 36%. This volatility reflects sensitivity to the 10-year Treasury yield, which affects valuations of AI-related semiconductor s...
