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The AI trade has rewarded investors with extraordinary gains over the past two years, but it has also created a market where sentiment can change in a single trading session. That reality was on full display after Samsung Electronics reported record quarterly results in South Korea. Revenue and operating profit climbed sharply, yet the stock ... Samsung Wipes Out AI Stocks. Is This the Buying Opportunity You Were Waiting For?
Record earnings were not enough to stop a global semiconductor selloff as investors questioned how much AI demand is already priced in.
Samsung's building more plants to capitalize on memory demand -- and endangering Sandisk's profits.
Investors weren't happy with Samsung's guidance today, sending a large group of tech names lower in U.S. morning trading. Here are some of the biggest recent declines: Intel (INTC): Down 11% Applied ...
Shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are down 10% in Tuesday morning trading to $110, while Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock is off 8% to $508. The moves cap a sharp reversal after both names rallied Monday. The declines are part of a broader chip selloff triggered by Samsung Electronics’ quarterly report. Equipment maker Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) ... Intel and Applied Materials Dive 10%, AMD Craters 8% as Samsung Earnings Trigger Chip Selloff

Samsung's (005930.KS) preliminary earnings results are causing volatility in the memory sector, just ahead of SK Hynix's (000660.KS) Friday IPO. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look in the video above.
Samsung Electronics (KOSE:A005930) issued new second quarter 2026 guidance, flagging consolidated sales of about ₩171 trillion and operating profit near ₩89.4 trillion, giving investors fresh numbers to assess the stock. See our latest analysis for Samsung Electronics. Despite the fresh guidance, Samsung Electronics’ share price has recently cooled, with a 1-day share price return down 7.23% and a 30-day share price return down 10.33%. However, the 90-day share price return of 40.14% and...
Memory and storage stocks are selling off sharply in early trading Tuesday, reversing Monday’s rebound. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares are down 7% to $917, SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock is off 7% to $1,616, and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares are dropping 7% to $537. The selling extends across the group. Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) stock is down 5% ... Micron, SanDisk, and Western Digital Sink 7% as Samsung Earnings Spark a Memory Selloff
July 7 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq opened lower on Tuesday amid declining chip stocks, with investors questioning the momentum of the AI-led rally despite Samsung's strong earnings, while a report on

Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) released preliminary second quarter earnings results on Tuesday, reporting a 19-fold profit jump from a year ago, amounting to $58 billion. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman welcomes Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré and Interactive Brokers chief strategist Steve Sosnick to help break down whether Samsung's breakout numbers still weren't enough to impress Wall Street investors and what it signifies for the broader chip space.
U. S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker start on Tuesday, with markets expected to surrender part of Monday’s gains as renewed selling pressure emerged across the technology sector.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, while tech futures sold off amid Samsung earnings. Micron and Sandisk plunged.
Sandisk has been one of the hottest U.S. tech stocks over the past year but it’s starting to cool off. Shares of the memory storage company were down around 4% ahead of the open Tuesday, among the sharpest fallers in the The stock, up 635% this year, has fallen 23% over the past three trading days.
Investors are starting to question whether AI spending and memory prices can keep rising.
Samsung Electronics stock dived even after it forecast a 19-fold increase in operating profit from the same period a year earlier.
US markets are set for a mixed open on Tuesday, with technology stocks expected to come under pressure after Samsung delivered record quarterly profits that still failed to satisfy investors, raising fresh questions about AI valuations. Nasdaq futures were down 1.1% ahead of the opening bell,...
Samsung's record profits failed to impress investors on Tuesday.
Samsung's record profits failed to impress investors on Tuesday.
Micron Technology was falling early Tuesday after stock moves in South Korea spooked investors in the memory-chip sector. Micron shares were down 6.0% at $925.61 in premarket trading. Fellow memory-chip company SK Hynix fell 6.1%, as it prepares to list American depositary receipts on the Nasdaq on Friday, raising $28 billion.
US equity futures were mostly lower pre-bell Tuesday as technology-related stocks dropped and oil pr
European bourses tracked moderately lower midday Tuesday, as the international downdraft on tech sto
Asia’s markets open a pivotal week with one question hanging over the semiconductor tape: how durable is the memory trade? On Bloomberg TV’s The Asia Trade this morning, analyst Anthony Stephens framed SK Hynix’s $29 billion ADR listing, expected by the end of the week, as a live stress test of the supercycle thesis, alongside ... SK Hynix’s $29 Billion Listing Puts the Memory Supercycle to the Test
Investors wiped more than $80 billion off Samsung's market value on concerns that AI infrastructure spending may not sustain the memory chip boom
Samsung Electronics' posted a record quarterly profit on Tuesday but this failed to reassure investors, with the sharp sell-off in the world's largest memory chipmaker expected to weigh on AI and technology stocks when Wall Street opens. The South Korean technology giant announced its...