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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday, with the Dow dropping nearly two-thirds of a percent, the S&P 500 shedding more than one-third of a percent and the Nasdaq dipping marginally.</p><p>Uncertainty around peace talks between the U.S. and Iran weighed on the market, with Iran reviewing a proposal that would stop fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.</p><p>Meanwhile, market-leading chip stocks retreated after their recent rally.</p><p>:: Arm Holdings</p><p> Archive</p><p>U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings tumbled 10% as worries about the company's ability to secure sufficient supplies for its new AI chip overshadowed a strong earnings forecast.</p><p>Intel and Advanced Micro Devices also declined, giving back some of their gains from earlier this week.</p><p>Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments, said he'd now like to see a broadening of market gains beyond chip makers and other AI-linked companies.</p><p>"Leadership has become narrow again. And that's something that concerns us from our framework, is we don't feel like a participation has been what it needs to be to continue to power this bull market forward beyond the point where we are now. So earnings season is really important. We're right in the middle of it right now. So that will give us a little more clarity as to the storylines and, frankly, the momentum that we feel like has to start to spread away from where it's been concentrated over the past week and a half."</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Other stock moves on Thursday included cloud provider CoreWeave, which closed down more than 6% but gained in extended trading after beating analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue. The company reported strong demand for its high-performance computing services used to train and deploy AI models.</p><p>Shares of Datadog soared 31% after the cloud-monitoring company raised its full-year earnings forecast. Cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike jumped 8% and Palo Alto Networks added 7%.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Whirlpool slumped nearly 12% after the home-appliance maker missed first-quarter sales estimates and suspended its dividend.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, which is expected to show continued labor market resilience.</p></body>
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Apple's iPhone 17 demand and record Services revenue highlight growth drivers as AMD and Chevron benefit from AI and energy momentum.
Cathie Wood has spent weeks trimming some of the market’s hottest winners. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) kept climbing, and it was one of the several that Wood sold. In my previous coverage, Cathie Wood sold another $15.6M of the semiconductor stock after it gained 93% this year. Other artificial ...
Taiwan and South Korea sit at the center of the global chip supply chain, and three exchange-traded funds offer the most direct way to hold that exposure: the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT), the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY), and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX). Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing sits at the center of the ... EWT, EWY, and SOXX: The Only 3 ETFs You Need for Semiconductor Dominance
The semiconductor and AI stock reported strong earnings for the first quarter.
Goldman Sachs clearly isn’t sitting on the sidelines when it comes to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock, given its eye-popping price target reset following earnings. The bank bumped its rating on the chipmaker to Buy from Neutral and raised its price target to $450 from $240 (a stunning 88% ...
Shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) gained 8% and hit $223 in midday trading on Thursday, May 7, before coughing up some of the day’s gains. The move extends one of the sharpest re-rating runs in the chip group this spring. QCOM stock is now up 61% over the past month. The catalyst stack is unusually broad: ... Qualcomm Climbs 8% as Buyback, Snap AR Partnership Power Pivot Beyond Smartphones
AMD stock charts flash breakout potential as Q1 earnings reset the CPU TAM forecast and on-chain AI compute mirrors Wall Street's repricing.
Arm Holdings tumbled on demand concerns, and markets await progress on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, today, May 7, 2026.
Arm reported strong results, but investors were more concerned about a supply chain issue.
At about $207.83 a share, Nvidia (NVDA) is trading near its 52-week high.
Marvell Technology's AI-driven data center growth and NVIDIA tie-up are fueling gains, but rich valuation and competition may limit upside for MRVL.
Lessons from its decline could be useful for those looking at the extraordinary tech sector gains of the past six weeks.
On Tuesday, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. said it has locked in enough memory supply to support its rapidly expanding AI ambitions, even as rising memory costs could pressure consumer demand across PCs and gaming later this year. AMD Secures Memory Supply To Support AI Data Center Demand During AMD's first-quarter 2026 earnings call, CEO Lisa Su said the company's partnerships with major memory suppliers have positioned it well despite an increasingly constrained market. "We have secured enough s
On a recent Prof G Markets segment titled How China Wins The AI War, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang delivered a blunt assessment of the competitive threat from China’s Huawei. “The day that Deepseek comes out on Huawei first, that is a horrible outcome for our nation,” he said, adding that, “AI models around ... Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Warns of ‘Horrible Outcome’ if China’s Huawei Gains AI Advantage
U.S. stocks (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC) have rallied over the past three weeks, fueled by strong earnings and optimism around a potential resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict. Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman and Head of News Myles Udland break down the stealth rally and spotlight some of the top names leading the tech-driven surge, including Intel (INTC), Sandisk (SNDK), Micron (MU), Seagate (STX), and Arm (ARM).
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) etched a fresh all-time high and shows little sign of slowing down, with the tech-heavy benchmark up roughly 14% over the past month alone. Semiconductors have carried much of the load: the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (^SOX) has surged around 60% year-to-date. Right now the stars are aligning: cooling oil prices, a ... Stars Align for Nasdaq Composite as Chip Stocks Roar and Oil Pulls Back
Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ:RXT) and AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) announced a multiyear strategic collaboration focused on developing enterprise artificial intelligence infrastructure tailored for regulated sectors. The companies said they signed a memorandum of understanding to pursue the creation of an Enterprise AI Cloud designed for organizations that require strong security, governance, and accountability standards.
U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 closing above the 7,300 mark for the first time, on hopes that the United States and Iran could reach a peace deal soon and robust earnings reports from a fresh batch of companies.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) punched to a fresh record Wednesday, with the broader market index now perched above 7,300. With a 7.6% YTD gain in the S&P 500 (^GSPC), bulls are back in control, citing a roughly 15% rally off the March low as AI earnings, easing Iran tensions, and softer crude combine to push ... S&P 500 Gains Unleashed on Chip Stock Strength, Falling Oil and Return to Optimism
Technology stocks were higher pre-bell Thursday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR