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The stock market aced two big tests this week. Things got weird when CNBC’s Steve Liesman asked Warsh where the federal-funds rate is relative to the so-called neutral rate—the policy rate that is neither accommodative nor restrictive.

A weekend debate over AI pacing collided with a Federal Reserve rate decision, and the chip sector is now sorting winners from losers in a way that reveals exactly which stocks investors trust least when the future gets expensive.

Skyworks CEO Phil Brace just went on the record at an investor conference with a statement that sent both SWKS and QRVO surging, and it shifts the entire risk calculus on one of the biggest chip deals of the decade.

Skyworks and Qorvo are surging while the rest of the chip sector bleeds red, and the divergence points to something specific happening behind the scenes of their proposed merger. Here is what the market appears to be pricing in.

Shares of GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) are up 11% to $1.57 in late-morning trading Thursday, extending a rerating that has lifted the action camera maker 124% over the past month. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is down 0.43% on the session. Also, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) is off 2%, so today’s green tape is […]

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down -0.32% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.04%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.33%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26...

A blowout jobs report pushed September rate hike odds past 60%, which should have hammered high-multiple chip stocks. Instead, the semiconductor complex ran straight into the headwind and left the rest of tech behind.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is down by -0.16% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down by -0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.28%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.138%, and September E-mini...

Broadcom's AI revenue just posted a triple-digit surge, yet the stock is getting punished while its biggest rival is trading higher on the same report. The reason comes down to a margin story that is splitting the entire custom-silicon trade in two.

NVIDIA and Dell are both surging on separate catalysts today, but the chip sector fund is barely moving, and that split reveals something important about where the real AI buildout money is actually flowing.

The energy and technology sectors did well in August, while Moderna’s stock was the best performer by a wide margin.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.17% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down by -0.18%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.10%, and September E-mini...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.59% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.33%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +1.03%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.55%, and September E-mini...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.39% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.08%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.84%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.30%, and September E-mini...

Marvell has surged further than almost any semiconductor stock in 2026, and now it faces a confirmed earnings event in three sessions with options volume piling up on both sides. The question is whether that lead becomes a liability before the August 27 print arrives.

Chip stocks are selling off at twice the rate of broad tech ahead of NVIDIA's most consequential earnings report in years, and the name leading the group lower has nothing to do with NVIDIA at all.

The man who called the 2008 housing collapse is walking into Nvidia's most consequential earnings report short the stock and long something Wall Street won't go near. His reasoning reveals a contrarian thesis that cuts against the entire AI trade.

