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Investors’ pursuit of the companies supplying key materials to the artificial intelligence build-out is powering an epic rally in shares of chip makers. The AI trade has boosted stocks’ record run, with the S&P 500 climbing 1.5% to new highs on Wednesday after signs of progress on a Middle East peace deal and strong earnings from Advanced Micro Devices It has also sparked volatility in markets, sending investors swinging between worries that AI won’t produce the expected blockbuster profits and fears it will disrupt entire industries. Corning is among the latest companies to reap a windfall from the ripple effects of the data center build-out.

AMD reported strong earnings results and fantastic guidance.

Wall Street unleashed one of the most aggressive coordinated price target hikes of the year on Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) following its blowout Q1 FY2026 report. Two firms upgraded AMD stock outright (Bernstein and Seaport), while seven others lifted price targets, with the most bullish call landing at $530 from KeyBanc. AMD stock surged 17% on ... Wall Street Just Piled Into AMD: Eight Firms Hike Price Targets After Q1 Earnings Crusher

The AI boom is giving old-school chips called CPUs a new moment.

Fresh off a record close on Tuesday, the Nasdaq was soaring to fresh highs on Wednesday after Advanced Micro Devices’ earnings report kept the chip rally rolling. The Dow was up 461 points, or 0.9%. The S&P and Nasdaq only need to close above yesterday’s level to establish new record closing highs.

Arm reports earnings Wednesday as investors focus on its move into data center CPUs, a business shift that could put the chip-design company in competition with some of its own customers.

With the Iran cease-fire still seemingly intact, oil prices retreated today, giving the market some room to run. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1%, while the The S&P 500 gained 0.8%. While there has been no real uptick in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the fact that the cease-fire remains in effect was enough to temper oil prices on Tuesday.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 results that management said marked an inflection in growth, driven by accelerating demand for AI infrastructure products across the company’s portfolio. Chair and CEO Lisa Su said revenue rose 38% year-over-year to $10.3 billion

The Nasdaq hit new highs Tuesday. AI plays AMD, Astera Labs, Lumentum and Arista were earnings movers late.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) posted first quarter results that beat Wall Street estimates, reporting adjusted earnings of $1.37 per share (vs. estimates of $1.28) and revenue of $10.25 billion (vs. estimates of $9.89 billion). Futurum CEO Daniel Newman comes on Market Domination Overtime to dive into the AI chipmaker's earnings release and what it may signal about CEO Lisa Su's growth outlook and the company's tightening competition with Nvidia (NVDA). The stock is getting a lift in Tuesday's after-hours trading at the time of this video being posted.

Risk assets and momentum plays were shining on Tuesday. Exchange-traded funds focused on momentum, growth, risk, and small-caps were among the top performing strategies, posting gains of 1.6% or more.

Traders brace for big move on results

Investors are no longer just chasing the GPUs that train AI models. They're also chasing the memory and storage needed to keep those systems running.

Few stocks have captured the Artificial Intelligence (AI) moment quite like Advanced Micro Devices. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has climbed 59% year to date, and the one year return stands at 245%, according to Yahoo Finance. Those numbers reflect a market that has decided AMD is no longer a ...

Heavy activity on both call and put sides

8.30am: Oil prices ease, as Hegseth plays down Strait fighting Crude oil futures have eased further, as US defence officials struck a cautious tone on the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iranian actions remain below the threshold for a wider conflict, despite continued harassment of shipping. In...

AMD Earnings Loom: AI Boom Sets Stage for Big Stock Move

US equity futures were trending higher on Tuesday as traders await a fresh batch of corporate earnin

Futures tied to major U. S. indices edged higher on Tuesday, pointing to a potential rebound after the previous session was hit by renewed tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

Earnings season revs up the next few days as investors will hear from big companies including Advanced Micro Devices, CoreWeave, Pfizer and McDonald's. Data on the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.

Moby summary of Adeia Inc.'s Q1 2026 earnings call

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Tuesday, May 5, including earnings results from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Pfizer (PFE), and Anheuser-Busch Inbev (BUD); fresh labor data in the form of the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report; and commentary from Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman and Governor Michael Barr.

Adeia (NASDAQ:ADEA) reported first-quarter 2026 results driven by new license agreements and continued expansion beyond its legacy pay TV business, while also disclosing that President and CEO Paul Davis plans to step down later this year. Quarterly results and deal activity Davis said the company

May 4 (Reuters) - Intel said on Monday it had appointed Alex Katouzian to lead the company's PC and physical artificial intelligence unit. 

AMD will report its first quarter earnings after the bell Tuesdayl

Computer processor maker AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday afternoon. Here’s what to look for.

Cerebras Systems plans to kick off the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering as the arti

Cathie Wood sold a lot of AMD stock last week as it hit highs ahead of the chipmaker's earnings. AMD is still ARK Invest's No. 2 position.

Investing.com -- HSBC on Monday downgraded Advanced Micro Devices to Hold from Buy, raising its price target slightly to $340 from $335, as the bank sees little room for the chipmaker to meaningfully beat market expectations despite strong demand for its server processors.

Stock futures were falling Monday, putting a record-breaking rally for the and in jeopardy as Iran state media reported that the country struck a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military’s Central Command denied the report. Shares of eBay jumped 8.1% to $112.40.