
Skyworks CEO Phil Brace just went on the record at an investor conference with a statement that sent both SWKS and QRVO surging, and it shifts the entire risk calculus on one of the biggest chip deals of the decade.
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Skyworks CEO Phil Brace just went on the record at an investor conference with a statement that sent both SWKS and QRVO surging, and it shifts the entire risk calculus on one of the biggest chip deals of the decade.

Skyworks and Qorvo are surging while the rest of the chip sector bleeds red, and the divergence points to something specific happening behind the scenes of their proposed merger. Here is what the market appears to be pricing in.

Shares of GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) are up 11% to $1.57 in late-morning trading Thursday, extending a rerating that has lifted the action camera maker 124% over the past month. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is down 0.43% on the session. Also, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) is off 2%, so today’s green tape is […]
<p>Semiconductors and U.S. equities at large benefited in a week dominated by the SpaceX IPO. Meanwhile, investors quietly increased their hedges in ultra-short bonds in ongoing, complex markets. </p>
If the upcoming initial public offering of artificial-intelligence chip maker Cerebras is any measure, the bull market in semiconductors is still on. When Cerebras filed its IPO paperwork earlier this month, the company intended to sell 28 million shares at a price between $115 and $125, raising $3.5 billion at the top end of the range. It was up 0.7% in premarket trading Monday.
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