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According to a Reuters report, Washington is preparing to introduce a minimum import price, along with tariffs on polysilicon and related products.
Aug 4 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon and related products, according to four people familiar with the plan, putting a material
U.S. optical component stocks surged following a Reuters report that the Trump administration is drafting a ban on U.S. imports of new Chinese data center hardware. Applied Optoelectronics jumped 16%, Coherent gained 13%, Lumentum rose 11%, and Corning climbed 8%. According to four sources familiar with the matter, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing restrictions against new Chinese optical transceivers—the critical hardware that routes data over fiber-optic cables inside AI
Artificial intelligence has no shortage of obstacles. The industry is scrambling to secure enough electricity to power new data centers, enough land to build them, and enough high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to keep next-generation chips fed with data. Yet another constraint is emerging that could prove just as important: moving information between those chips fast enough ... These 7 Stocks Will Solve AI’s Most Important Bottleneck
Micron surged overnight on strong earnings and guidance, lifting other memory and chip plays. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge is on tap.
Bank of America has added FedEx (NYSE:FDX) to its “US 1 List,” a collection of its best investment ideas. The move, announced May 11, is a high-conviction symbolic signal even without a fresh price target attached. For long-term investors, the inclusion reframes FedEx stock as one of Wall Street’s preferred industrial transformation plays heading into ... BofA Just Picked FedEx Stock as One of Its Best Ideas: Logistics Giant Joins the US 1 List
June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.03%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are down -0.04% this morning, pointing to a muted open on Wall Street as oil prices and bond yields climbed after U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal.
There was a lot that could have made the stock market fall. Investors shrugged off questions about when—or even if—the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates again this year after the central bank held rates steady, and they ignored the fact that Jerome Powell plans to stay on the Fed’s Board of Governors even as Kevin Warsh prepares to become chair. Inflation came in hot as oil prices continued to rise, and earnings from Microsoft and Meta Platforms revealed sizable capital spending increases—and resulted in falling stocks. Eli Lilly earnings offered evidence that weight-loss drugs were only getting bigger; Coca-Cola’s beat showed that not all soft-drink makers are suffering from an Ozempic overhang; Alphabet’s capital spending paid off with big profits; and Caterpillar’s numbers demonstrated that there’s more to its business than mining and machinery.
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