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Can anything slow the memory giant down?

Demand for SK Hynix's $28 billion U.S. share sale was more than seven times available ‌shares, a person familiar with the matter said, underscoring ‌huge investor appetite for one of the most important companies in the AI supply ​chain. The offering from the South Korean chipmaker, which will finance new factories and equipment to meet surging AI chip demand, is set to be the world's second-biggest share sale after SpaceX's record-breaking $85.7 billion IPO last month. SK ‌Hynix declined to comment.

Wall Street is becoming more confident in Micron Technology (MU). A Melius analyst now says the chipmaker could become the sixth-largest public company in the United States. That would make it worth more thanBroadcom (AVGO) and even Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM). The analyst's claim is a bold ...

CNBC’s Jim Cramer has spent much of 2026 warning that the stock market’s biggest short-term risk lies in the ever building IPO pipeline. His concern boils down to a simple analysis pulled from a recent social post: “We have to be careful.” The immediate trigger is SK Hynix’s roughly $28 billion American Depositary Receipts (ADR) ... Wall Street Insider Says SK Hynix IPO Could Overwhelm the Market. Here’s the Risk Beyond Memory Stocks.

Chip stocks trimmed losses on Wednesday despite a decline in the overall market.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Wednesday after Trump declared the ceasefire is "over." Micron and Sandisk dived.

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SEOUL, July 8 (Reuters) - Shares of South Korean memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell as much as 4.4% and 5%, respectively, in early trade on Wednesday, tracking a broad selloff in

Shares of South Korean memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics and ‌SK Hynix fell as much as ‌4.4% and 5%, respectively, in early trade on ​Wednesday, tracking a broad selloff in U.S. semiconductor stocks on growing concerns about the sustainability of the AI-driven chip boom. High-flying memory and ‌semiconductor stocks tumbled ⁠overnight, with Intel, Micron and AMD closing down 9.7%, 4.7% and ⁠6.5%, respectively. MKTS/GLOB] Also, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost 4.7% as investors questioned whether AI-related spending ​can be ​sustained.

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For the first time, investors outside the United States can use tokenized stocks as collateral to trade perpetual futures on U.S. equities, without a traditional brokerage account. Ondo Perps, a new decentralized perpetual futures platform built on technology developed by Ondo Finance, launched on ...

Micron Technology (MU) just issued a different kind of artificial intelligence caution to investors. The dismal earnings picture isn't the problem. It is not because demand is collapsing. It does not even arise from an obvious shift in the memory-chip cycle. Instead, the warning comes from the ...

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.

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 ...

Chip stocks fell Tuesday despite a second-quarter earnings beat by semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics.

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

Samsung Electronics stock dived even after it forecast a 19-fold increase in operating profit from the same period a year earlier.

Samsung stock fell nearly 7% in South Korea despite a 19-fold surge in quarterly operating profit, dragging tech indexes lower worldwide

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.

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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

AI-driven momentum is keeping bulls in high spirits after the Dow’s record close, though investors are a bit cautious ahead of the Fed minutes and fresh corporate catalysts.

Chipmaker Cerebras’ stock has fallen sharply after its mega IPO two months ago.

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.

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Tech stocks led the way higher, with Intel and Micron among the gainers. The advance comes ahead of a series of tests for the AI trade this week.

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.

Micron hits an interesting level on the charts.