Melius maintained its buy rating but lowered Apple's target and suggested using Intel to reduce processor-supply risk.
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Ark Invest sold 120,665 shares of BMNR, making it the firm's largest trade of the day.
TSMC's U.S. shares declined as leveraged selling spread beyond Korea despite the chipmaker's record quarterly profit.
Tech stocks were lower Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
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<body><p>STORY: Wall Street ended the week with another down day on Friday, as the Dow dropped more than three-quarters of a percent, the S&P 500 shed 1% and the Nasdaq lost 1.4%.</p><p>All three indexes also posted weekly losses.</p><p>Semiconductor shares initially led the selloff, which broadened as the session progressed.</p><p>The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, while still up about 65% year-to-date, logged its steepest weekly loss in over a year this week, and has tumbled nearly 18% so far in July. </p><p>Eric Lynch, managing director & co-portfolio manager at Suncoast Equity Management, said the decline reflects investor jitters over billions in AI-related spending.</p><p>"You're seeing just continued consternation surrounding, 'Hey, what's the ETA on this return on investment?' Right? And when TSMC [Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company], the fab [fabrication] company, reported this week, they said, "Look, things are great, but we're going to be building 15% even higher CapEx than we guided for, and our revenues are going to go up not quite as much as that,' in terms of the increase in guidance. So investors were concerned. And so it's probably going to be really important to see what the hyperscalers do this earnings season. Microsoft, Google, Amazon - are they seeing revenues that are actually in line or, ahead of, their CapEx, or not?”</p><p>:: Netflix</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Netflix tumbled more than 7% after the streaming giant's weaker-than-expected earnings forecast, raising doubts about the sustainability of the content growth momentum.</p><p>Shares of Uber dropped 2% after the ridesharing service announced it would acquire Germany's Delivery Hero in a deal worth nearly $15 billion.</p><p>:: Intuitive Surgical </p><p>And shares of Intuitive Surgical plunged 14% after the company maintained its global growth forecast for procedures performed with its da Vinci surgical robots, and warned that changes to some insurance plans could hurt demand.</p></body>
A wave of selling swept through semiconductor stocks Friday as investors began questioning whether the AI spending boom can justify chip valuations built on optimism alone. The forces driving this rotation reveal cracks in the narrative that sent some semis up triple digits this year.
TSMC’s stock traded below $400 for the first time since May, marking the seventh straight day of losses for the shares.
8am: Wall Street futures lower as tech rout spreads Wall Street looked set for a sharply weaker open on Friday as a global sell-off in semiconductor stocks gathered pace, with disappointing corporate earnings adding to the risk-off mood. Futures pointed to the Nasdaq opening around 1.5%...
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Global stocks have suffered heavy falls in a “bloodbath” for companies linked to the AI boom.
July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slid on Friday as a selloff in chip stocks deepened, forcing investors to reassess the staying power of this year's AI-fueled rally, while a weak forecast
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A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after TSMC paired topline strength with a free cash flow-compressing capital expenditure reset, compounding a sector-wide selloff that began with ASML the day before.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after TSMC paired topline strength with a free cash flow-compressing capital expenditure reset, compounding a sector-wide selloff that began with ASML the day before.
Shares of online community and discussion platform Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) fell 3.8% in the afternoon session after tech stocks pulled back as profit-taking overshadowed a bullish rating from Wedbush.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after TSMC paired topline strength with a free cash flow-compressing capital expenditure reset, compounding a sector-wide selloff that began with ASML the day before. TSMC shares fell roughly 4% in the morning session despite a record profit beat.