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AI memory trade powered Tepper's first-half gains
The PHLX Semiconductor Index is down 4.3% with all components in the red–with one big exception. Nvidia is up roughly 1%. The index gained more than 87% in that timeframe, compared with Nvidia’s nearly 15% gain, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
Shares of SK Hynix will start trading on the U.S. stock market this week, and its phenomenal growth and valuation make it a no-brainer buy.
S&P 500 companies are expected to report 23.3% earnings growth for Q2, the second straight quarter above 20% and far above the average growth rate of 16.4% over the past five years, according to FactSet. The key question for markets, according to famed investment strategist Ed Yardeni, is whether analysts got carried away after Q1 earnings and set the bar too high. "The big risk up ahead is that technology companies, especially the hyperscalers, won't beat analysts' overly optimistic earnings growth estimates for the quarter," Yardeni wrote in Monday note.
Samsung's building more plants to capitalize on memory demand -- and endangering Sandisk's profits.
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.
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
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.
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Sandisk has been the stock of the year so far.
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
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Samsung results spark declines across semiconductor sectorMicron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares fell 4. 9% in premarket trading on Tuesday, extending a broader decline across the memory semiconductor industry after Samsung Electronics’ latest earnings update prompted selling throughout the sector.
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 6% 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.
July 7 (Reuters) - Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped on Tuesday on declines in chip stocks over concerns about the sustainability of the AI-driven rally despite strong results from Samsung
Sandisk (SNDK) is back in focus after a sharp one day share price drop of about 14% raised questions about the durability of the recent AI driven memory rally. See our latest analysis for Sandisk. That single day drop comes after a powerful run, with Sandisk’s 90 day share price return of about 145% and a very large 1 year total shareholder return. As a result, recent weakness appears more like momentum cooling than a break in the broader AI memory trade. If you are watching how AI hardware...
Production of 10th generation 3D flash memory at Kioxia Holdings (TSE:285A) and Sandisk’s Kitakami Plant Fab2, along with an extended joint venture to 2034, gives investors fresh context for assessing the stock. See our latest analysis for Kioxia Holdings. Kioxia Holdings has had a sharp pullback in the short term, with the share price down 10.85% over the past day and 18.89% over the past week. This follows very strong year to date share price momentum and an exceptionally high 1 year total...
The South Korean memory giant plans to invest aggressively in more NAND flash capacity.
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Samsung’s stock slid in Korea even as the company posted stellar Q2 preliminary results; retail traders believe strong performance was already priced into the shares.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is the most directly tradeable name tied to Appaloosa’s haul. Bloomberg identified Micron as one of the fund’s biggest winners alongside Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Kioxia Holdings, and Sandisk Corp., all of which Tepper rode through an AI-infrastructure spending boom that has reshaped the memory-chip landscape in 2025 and into 2026.
Computer memory supply could remain in deficit until at least mid-2028.
Missed SanDisk's 858% H1'26 rally? ETFs with the memory leader among top holdings offer diversified exposure as AI-driven NAND demand fuels growth.
A stock that traded at $45 a year ago now changes hands near $1,729. That is a 3,718% gain in twelve months for SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK), and Axios rounded the headline to roughly 3,700%. Then in the last five sessions before July 2, the stock gave back 17%. Long-term holders have to decide whether that is ... SanDisk Ripped 3,700% in a Year. Now the Smart Money Is Quietly Cashing Out.