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KOSPI dropped 4.52% intraday on July 20 as chip stock fears and US-Iran tension pushed the index into a technical bear market.

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Despite churning out incredible numbers, semiconductor stocks still seem to somehow “miss expectations.” The team digs into Wall Street's expectations game.

Investing.com -- South Korea’s $4 trillion equity market has become an important early indicator of global risk appetite, as swings in Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (KS:005930) and SK Hynix Inc (KS:000660) spread across semiconductor and artificial intelligence stocks, Bloomberg reported.

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The US International Trade Commission opened an investigation into Samsung Electronics over Netlist patent infringement claims tied to certain high bandwidth memory and DDR5 products. A separate multi year partnership was announced with Lark Health to offer preventive and chronic care services to US seniors through Samsung Health and the company’s device ecosystem. Samsung Electronics, KOSE:A005930, is drawing attention as fresh legal and business developments hit the headlines at the same...

ChangXin Memory Technologies is expected to raise 57.9 billion yuan, or about $8.6 billion, in its Shanghai offering.

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India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate strategy.

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Global smartphone shipments just hit their worst levels in over a decade, and Apple is caught in the middle of a costly AI arms race that threatens the product responsible for more than half its revenue.

Chip selloff gains steam in Korea, raising questions about the U.S. market.

South Korea's Kospi entered a technical bear market and Tokyo's Nikkei keeps sliding as the AI trade unwinds.

By Anna Szymanski July 17 (Reuters) - From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers! We can’t seem to get away from semiconductors and straits.

Extreme volatility in South Korea’s world-beating stock market is alarming policymakers, who fear trading is being driven more by leverage than...

Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang dismissed reports of delays in the rollout of the company’s Vera Rubin AI hardware and affirmed that production remains on track. On Wednesday, during a talk on how the company could help Japan’s AI ambitions...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed down -0.51%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.62%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) fell -0.50%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.14%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.21%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.96%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.18%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The $1 trillion memory maker's ADRs just recently IPO'd in the U.S.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.46%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.28%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.40%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Micron Technology on Thursday signed long-term agreements with automotive suppliers, including chip designer ‌Qualcomm and audio products maker Harman, to secure ‌memory and storage components that powers AI-enabled vehicles. The agreements come as ​the industry races to expand manufacturing capacity to meet the booming demand for memory chips due to the rapid adoption of AI tools. These chips are used in data ‌centers, consumer electronics ⁠and vehicles, where they support AI-enabled features such as ADAS and digital cockpits.

Micron stock is down 20% over the past month and there are a few factors hitting the memory-chip company.

“Every country wants to have the next Silicon Valley or be the next AI mega-producer, but getting there isn’t just a matter of snapping one's fingers."

Most retirees build a careful balance sheet of every account and asset they own, then leave the biggest one off entirely. Recognizing what Social Security actually represents changes when to claim, how to invest, and who benefits when one spouse dies first.

U.S. stock futures were lower, with Nasdaq hurt by weakness in such names as Sandisk, Western Digital and Micron.

U.S. trade regulators have launched ‌a probe into ‌Samsung Electronics' memory chips and ​products sold by Google, Nvidia, Broadcom and Super Micro Computer that use ‌them ⁠after a complaint by Netlist alleging infringement ⁠of its patents. California-based Netlist has accused Samsung ​and its ​U.S. ​units of ‌infringing its patents on dynamic random access memory, a type of chip that temporarily stores data ‌for processors ​and is a ​critical ​component in the ‌servers powering the ​AI ​boom, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) said ​on ‌Wednesday.

The Financial Services Commission said today that it would suspend new listings of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds and triple the minimum deposit requirement to 30 million won, or about $20,285. Leveraged ETFs tied to individual companies have surged in popularity around the world as investors have become eager to supersize their returns on chip stocks and other hot trades. A 2x leveraged ETF tracking SK Hynix, for example, would rise 10% on a day when the stock climbs 5%.

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China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) expects to raise at least $8.6 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) on Shanghai's STAR Market in ​what would be Asia's largest share sale so far this year. CXMT is China's leading manufacturer of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, ...

The Financial Services Commission is seeking to stabilize a stock market that has seen wild swings as individual investors use debt to chase profits amid AI-related jitters.