Memory stocks are cratering for the second straight session with no company-specific bombshell to blame, and Big Tech earnings due Wednesday could either end the pain fast or send the group into a deeper spiral.
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The last time SK Hynix Inc. (NASDAQ:SKHY) suffered a monthly decline this severe, Lehman Brothers had just collapsed. Shares of the South Korean memory giant have plunged roughly 41% this month, marking their worst monthly performance since October 2008. The selloff accelerated Tuesday, with the stock dropping another 14% in Seoul just one day before second-quarter earnings. SK Hynix will report second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, after the close. Chart: SK Hynix Eyes Worst Monthly Performance
Memory stocks delivered some of the biggest gains in semiconductor history as AI demand swept through the sector, rewarding investors who got in early. Now those same stocks are cratering, and the question keeping traders up at night is whether this is a buying opportunity or the beginning of something far more painful.
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Samsung, SK Hynix, and Kioxia got destroyed overnight in Asia, and the shockwave hit US memory and storage stocks hard in premarket trading Tuesday. Three overlapping catalysts are forcing traders to rethink whether the AI memory trade was built on shakier ground than anyone admitted.
South Korea's KOSPI just suffered a historic overnight collapse, dragging Samsung and SK Hynix down double digits and sending shockwaves straight into US chip stocks before Tuesday's open. Whether this sparks another brutal Nasdaq sell-off depends on one critical signal forming in premarket right now.
China's CXMT just pulled off the biggest semiconductor IPO in mainland history, and Micron shareholders felt the tremors almost immediately. Whether that reaction is panic or opportunity depends on one critical gap between the two chipmakers.
Asian chip stocks sold off today, pushing South Korea’s Kospi index 10% lower and Japan’s Nikkei 4% in the red. That followed a tough session for U.S. chipmakers that looks set to extend to today, with Intel, Micron and others sliding premarket.
The world’s hottest major index dived almost 11% as fears about cheap Chinese chip competition bled into international markets after ravaging U.S. tech stocks.
↘️ Samsung (KR:005930), SK Hynix (KR:000660, SKHY): Shares in both chipmakers dropped more than 13% as part of a broader selloff amid mounting doubts over the AI boom. Over in the U.S., Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC) and other chip stocks are also sliding premarket.
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Investing.com -- U.S. chip stocks extended losses in premarket trading Tuesday, building on Monday’s declines after a broad selloff swept through Asian semiconductor names overnight as investors pulled back from AI-linked stocks amid growing worries about how the industry’s infrastructure buildout is being financed and rising competitive pressure from China.
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July 28 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures fell on Tuesday, mirroring a cautious mood across global markets toward AI chip stocks on concerns about hefty corporate spending and rising Chinese competition,
Retail sentiment remains ‘bearish’ on SPY and deteriorated to ‘extremely bearish’ on QQQ, amid growing anxiety around technology stocks.
The boom-and-bust memory cycles of the past few years may be over.
CXMT stock surged over 5x on its debut in Shanghai.
China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies completed its IPO, signaling a push to build a domestic DRAM champion. The move highlights rising local competition for Micron Technology in commodity memory segments. Industry analysts currently see Micron maintaining a lead in high bandwidth memory used in AI systems. Micron Technology, ticker NasdaqGS:MU, sits at the center of this shift in the memory market as investors weigh how new Chinese capital could affect global supply. The stock trades at...