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Both stocks have soared, but the two chipmakers are built very differently.

Western Digital’s June 22 SanDisk swap could be the next catalyst for a stock already supercharged by AI-driven demand.

Memory and storage stocks dominate the S&P 500 leaderboard in 2026, with SanDisk, Micron, Western Digital, Seagate, and Intel posting triple-digit gains on AI-driven demand.

While US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are mixed as investors continue to digest the Trump administration's reported peace deal with Iran, oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F) have sunk below $80 per barrel but remain elevated above pre-war prices. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporters Brooke DiPalma and Ines Ferré assess the impact these geopolitical headlines are having on oil and domestic US gas prices (RB=F).

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.57%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.18%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.09%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) stock is up 7% in Tuesday morning trading, changing hands near $701 and setting a fresh all-time high. The catalyst is a Morgan Stanley note that reiterated an Overweight rating and lifted its WDC price target by 33%. The upgrade extends a powerful run. Western Digital stock closed Monday up 16.1% at ... Western Digital Jumps 7% on Morgan Stanley’s 33% Price-Target Hike, Seagate Gains 5% as the AI Storage Boom Rolls On

Western Digital stock jumped again on Tuesday as the AI memory and storage trade reignited.

Western Digital jumped again on Tuesday as the AI memory and storage trade reignited.

SNDK is targeting AI inference-driven NAND demand with enterprise SSDs, multi-year supply deals and improving margins as storage needs scale.

SanDisk's RSI crossed 99, a record for any public stock. SNDK is up 620% YTD on AI memory demand, but overbought signals are mounting.

Sandisk's share price is up by more than 4,850% over the past year, but there are still more gains in store.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Tuesday ahead of the Fed's two-day policy meeting. SpaceX stock surged in premarket trading.

Memory and storage chip companies surged on Monday, June 15, after the United States and Iran announced a peace agreement that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The rally didn't come about because the AI trade suddenly changed; it came about because the single biggest threat to it just got removed. ...

Sandisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) is one of the 10 best computer hardware stocks to buy for the next 5 years. On June 8, Cantor Fitzgerald increased the target price for Sandisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) from $1,800 to $2,900, resulting in a revised upside potential of more than 74%. The firm also upheld its Overweight rating on the […]

↗️ SpaceX (SPCX): Shares of Elon Musk’s rocket company are poised for another day of gains, following a two-day rally that pushed the stock up about 43% from its IPO price. Shares advanced 9% premarket.

SanDisk, Micron, Seagate Technology and Western Digital are riding AI-driven memory and storage demand as tighter supply boosts pricing.

The former OpenAI researcher’s AI fund has been adding exposure to SanDisk since the third quarter of last year, and that stake is now worth $2.4 billion.

SpaceX has completed an IPO, unlocking fresh capital for expansion into AI and data infrastructure. Investors are watching how this new AI push could translate into demand for high performance memory products. Sandisk, traded as NasdaqGS:SNDK, supplies memory solutions that are widely used in data intensive computing. For you as an investor, the key link is between SpaceX's new funding and the hardware needed to support AI workloads. AI models require fast, reliable storage and memory, and...

In a Stocktwits poll, more than three-quarters of nearly 1,000 users who voted said they expect the rally to have further room to run.

Dow Jones Futures: Trump's U.S.-Iran deal sparked a big stock market rally Monday. Nvidia, Micron, Sandisk and SpaceX were big winners.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed up +1.65%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.92%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +3.06%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +1.68%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma comes on Market Domination to further discuss today's biggest headlines, including memory chip stocks like Micron Technology (MU) surging as Wall Street leans more bullish on the AI trade, oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F) moving closer to $80 per barrel on news of a US-Iran peace deal, and media giant Fox (FOX, FOXA) striking a deal to acquire Roku (ROKU) for $22 billion.

SpaceX is an AI company. And AI companies need to buy memory from Sandisk.

The semiconductor rally has continued to act as a trader’s playground. In a recent comment on X, Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst, remarked on a snapshot of his that half of the most-traded ETFs on that day (that was at the start of June) were related to the semiconductor industry. Balchunas has his fair ... Semiconductor ETFs Now Dominate the Most‑Traded List — A Signal You Can’t Ignore

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +1.67%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.24%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +2.79%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +1.72%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +1.62%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.09%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +2.73%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +1.61%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

AI-driven demand and tighter memory supply lift SNDK, MU, STX and WDC as data centers boost spending on storage, DRAM and NAND solutions.

The DRAM ETF has jumped impressively in just over two months, and it can soar higher thanks to the favorable demand-supply dynamics in the memory market.

Memory and storage stocks are surging on the morning of Monday, June 15, after news of a U.S.-Iran peace agreement reopened risk appetite across global equities. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) stock is up 8% to around $1,060 in early action, climbing back above the $1,000 level. Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) stock is up 8% to $607, while ... Micron and Western Digital Climb 8%, SanDisk Rises 6% on Iran Truce

Investors load up on AI stocks after the U.S. and Iran reach an interim deal to end the war in the Middle East.