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Microsoft stock is having a terrible year but it’s starting to get a boost for an unlikely reason. The shares started the second half of the year well, rising 3% Wednesday and pointing higher again in premarket trading Thursday, with the stock up 0.7%. The is little changed in premarket trading, while the is up .2%, and the is down 0.3%.
Microsoft stock is having a terrible year but it’s starting to get a boost for an unlikely reason. The shares started the second half of the year well, rising 3% Wednesday and pointing higher again in premarket trading Thursday. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software exchange-traded fund, has climbed for four consecutive days through Wednesday–and was pointing higher again ahead of the open Thursday.
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If you own SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (NYSEARCA:XSD) because you wanted “semiconductor exposure,” the fund’s 0.35% expense ratio is the least interesting number attached to your account. The real cost hides inside the word “equal-weight,” and over the past decade it has quietly drained hundreds of percentage points of return versus two funds with nearly ... XSD’s 0.35% Fee Hides a Four-Figure Return Gap Against Cheaper Rivals
As MU stock was falling, President Trump posted on Truth Social calling Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) “one of the HOTTEST anywhere in the World” and celebrating a “HISTORIC $250 MILLION Investment in TRUMP ACCOUNTS” pledged by CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, tied to America’s 250th anniversary. He signed off with “THIS IS THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA!” However, ... Trump Just Called Micron the ‘Hottest’ Company in the World. The Market Yawned and Dumped It 10%
On July 1, 2026, holders of Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:SOXL) watched the fund drop 16.38% in a single session, from $266.71 to $223.01. The underlying semiconductor basket, tracked by the iShares Semiconductor ETF, fell 5.68% the same day. That gap, roughly triple the index move, is the product you bought: a daily ... SOXL’s 16% Daily Collapse Exposes the Real Cost: $7.9 Billion in Hidden Swap Financing
Three years into the artificial intelligence buildout, hyperscaler spending has carried semiconductors from a cyclical play to the highest-beta vehicle in the equity market. Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Amazon are guiding combined 2026 capital expenditures above $400 billion, up from roughly $230 billion in 2024, and most of that flows through chip designers, foundries, memory ... After Three Years of Tracking the AI Capex Cycle These 3 Semiconductor ETFs Sit on Top of the Trade
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) has had one of the most violent round trips in its history. SOXX is up 96% year to date and 148% over the past 12 months, yet it just shed almost 8% in a single week, closing near $590. That whipsaw, triggered by Broadcom’s softer AI chip sales forecast and ... This Semiconductor ETF’s 96% Gain Hinges on a Single $1 Trillion Question
Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) stock is extending one of the year’s most explosive runs. Shares are up 7% to $296.25 in midday trading on Tuesday, building on a parabolic rally that has investors openly debating whether to trim or stay long. Marvell stock is up 45% over the past month, a figure that includes today’s continued ... Marvell Just Ripped 45% in a Month. Is It Time to Take Profits?
Stocks are mixed in early trading, while crude oil is flat-lining at the end of a volatile quarter. Gold and silver are slightly higher along with the US dollar, while Treasuries and cryptocurrencies are losing ground.
Tech stocks are set to notch their strongest first half of the year since 2023, when the AI boom first drove equities higher.
A look under the hood reveals the semiconductor fund's impressive return was powered by a very small group of its holdings.
The Nasdaq was down 1%, while the Dow was down 206 points, or 0.4%. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF, a proxy for breadth since it counts every single S&P 500 stock as if it had the same market capitalization, was rising. At the sector level, a rotation to health care, consumer staples, real estate, and utilities came at the expense of tech and industrials.
<p>Although money was on the move Wednesday, net flows amounted to just $5 billion as investors shuffled their allocations around. Semiconductors continue their trend of popularity with investors, with both non-leveraged and leveraged semiconductor ETFs seeing notable flows in. </p>
<p>Notable issuer gains on a relatively net flat trading day included T. Rowe Price, which added $1.1 billion in net flows, as well as Roundhill, gathering $970 million. </p>
It is happening again. The Nasdaq, after opening higher and riding a rebound in tech stocks, turned sharply lower. It's exactly what happened on Wednesday. This time, it is down 0.6%. The S&P 500 rose 0.
SK Hynix will be easier for investors to buy. Will that hurt demand for South Korean funds and the DRAM ETF?
Micron's earnings report gave the Nasdaq the jumpstart it desperately needed on Thursday. The Nasdaq was up 0.9%. Micron not only reported blowout results but also gave a forecast that had Wall Street ready to pile back into the chip sector after a brief road bump.