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U.S. stocks remain deep in the throes of a major rotation heading into the teeth of the second-quarter earnings season, and the traditional August lull that follows, as investors take money from highflying tech sector and spread that cash across a host of old-economy bets. What’s happening alongside that “great rotation,” however, is also interesting, and likely keeping stocks afloat amid the broader tech declines.
Investing.com -- Shares of psychedelic drug developers are surging premarket on Thursday after Eli Lilly announced a definitive agreement to acquire AtaiBeckley Inc., validating the sector and lifting sentiment across the space.
Exposure to the artificial-intelligence boom has become virtually impossible for investors to avoid. The theme hasn’t just cornered the stock market. It has systematically swallowed up corporate credit and venture capital, too.
Eli Lilly has struck a deal to buy mental-health-focused AtaiBeckley for an initial $2.8 billion, continuing the drugmaker’s recent buying spree.
The health insurance giant posted adjusted earnings of $6.38 per share, well above Wall Street estimates, and lifted its full-year adjusted profit guidance to $19.50–$20.00 per share
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What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Another day, another test for chip stocks.
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The chipmaker's net income rose 77% year-over-year in the second quarter, beating analyst estimates, as AI chip demand remains strong
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Eli Lilly has struck a deal to buy mental-health-focused AtaiBeckley for an initial $2.8 billion, continuing a recent buying spree. Eli will pay $6.75 a share in cash for the biopharma company, a 26% premium to yesterday's closing price of $5.
Investing.com -- GE Aerospace reported second-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations and raised its full-year outlook across all metrics, driven by robust commercial services growth.
The maker of jet engines said it now expects adjusted earnings per share to be $7.65 to $7.85, up from a previous range of $7.10 to $7.40.
United Airlines (UAL) raised the low end of its full-year earnings outlook and reported upbeat secon
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UnitedHealth Group crushed Q2 earnings forecasts amid lower-than-expected benefit costs and gave a big boost to its full-year outlook. Humana, Centene and CVS Health all got a sizable lift from the warm reception for UnitedHealth's earnings report.
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.
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Investing.com -- UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) reported second quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations across earnings, revenue and guidance, sending shares up 7% premarket as investors responded positively to the healthcare giant's improved outlook.
The red-hot Korean memory-chip maker raised $26.51 billion last week by selling American depositary receipts, which U.S. investors can buy in dollars. The violation of the “Law of One Price” happens when it’s hard for sophisticated traders to profit from such differences and often when many novice investors just piled into the market. The most famous example occurred a week before the tech bubble burst when Palm, the maker of then-popular Palm Pilots, was partially sold by parent 3Com.

<body><p>STORY: From SK Hynix shares yo-yoing to Apple suing OpenAI...</p><p>This is AI Weekly.</p><p>:: AI Weekly</p><p>SK Hynix shares went on a wild ride after its U.S. listing last week.</p><p>Shares plunged 15% in trading on Monday, marking the South Korean chip giant's biggest one-day fall on record.</p><p>But the firm's stock bounced back almost 13% later in the week.</p><p>It followed gains made in U.S. tech stocks after softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data and upbeat analyst forecasts for AI memory demand.</p><p>Meta plans to produce AI chips this September.</p><p>That's according to a memo seen by Reuters.</p><p>The move would help Meta gain more independence from chip suppliers like Nvidia.</p><p>Apple sued OpenAI and two former employees.</p><p>The U.S. tech giant alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT-maker's move into consumer hardware.</p><p>It accused OpenAI of orchestrating an effort to acquire and exploit Apple's confidential information through former employees, recruiting practices and supplier relations.</p><p>OpenAI said in a statement they "have no interest in other companies’ trade secrets."</p><p>IBM shares plunged by a quarter in one day.</p><p>Investors sold off after the U.S. tech company signaled the AI infrastructure boom has drawn spending away from the software sector.</p><p>IBM said it expected revenue to rise just 1% in the second quarter, falling short of Wall Street hopes.</p><p>The announcement added to worries over a software industry already rocked by the rise of AI tools.</p><p>And TSMC raised it forecast for capital spending by up to 14% for this year.</p><p>It comes after the chipmaker and major Nvidia supplier posted a 77% jump in second-quarter profit of $22 billion.</p><p>That was well ahead of market forecasts and the firm's ninth straight quarter of double-digit percentage growth.</p><p>Looking ahead, capital expenditure for this year is forecast to now be between $60 billion and $64 billion.</p></body>
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%.
AppLovin is set to report Q2 earnings next month, and analysts project its bottom line will improve by double digits.