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Why AMD (AMD) Could Benefit as AI Shifts From Training to Inference

Sands Capital, an investment management company, released its "Sands Capital Technology Innovators Fund" Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the quarter, global equities rebounded sharply, with the MSCI ACWI posting its strongest quarterly gain since 2020, …

Nvidia Scores 12% Weekly Gain As Taiwan Semiconductor Sales Soars; Is Nvidia A Buy Now?

Nvidia takes a breather after jumping 12% last week. The stock is in a cup base with a buy point of 236.54. Continue Reading

What TSMC’s Surging Sales Growth Means for Apple and Nvidia Stocks

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported monthly sales which were ahead of its annual growth forecast. Continue Reading

Is Advanced Micro (AMD) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price. Do they really matter, though? Before …

Silicon Motion Rides on Solid Revenue Growth: Time to Buy the Stock?

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation SIMO is benefiting from strong momentum across its storage-controller portfolio, driven by market-share gains, new product ramps and growing exposure to enterprise and artificial intelligence (AI)-related storage applications. The company's rapidly expanding embedded storage business, strength in SSD controllers and …

Prediction: Micron and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stocks Will Both Rebound to Fresh Highs Before 2026 Ends

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) are two of the hottest stocks in the market. They've each had strong years, with Micron rising 213% and Taiwan Semiconductor increasing 36%. While those are fantastic one-year runs, the reality is that each …

Intel Falls 5% on Proposed $15B Share Sale as AMD, NVIDIA, Broadcom Hold Steady

Quick Read Intel dropped 5% after announcing a $15B stock offering, as management capitalizes on a 175% year-to-date rally to fund its foundry buildout. NVDA and SOXX are flat on the day, confirming traders treat Intel's selloff as an isolated capital-structure event with no …

TSMC Revenue Surges as AI Chip Demand Hold

TSMC Revenue Surges as AI Chip Demand Hold - Moby BREAKING NEWS Our analysts just identified a stock with the potential to be the next Nvidia. Tell us how you invest and we'll show you why it's our #1 pick. Tap here. The company …

Intel launches $15 billion share sale as turnaround rally lifts stock

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Intel is planning to raise $15 billion through a share ‌sale, the U.S. chipmaker said ‌on Monday as it looks to fund the ​costly build-out of its chip contract manufacturing business by cashing in on a stock surge fueled by …

Who Really Benefits as Sovereign AI Infrastructure Spending Explodes?

Quick Read Nvidia leads with $91B Q2 guidance and 75% margins, while AMD's 107% data center growth drives sovereign wins in India, Korea, and UAE. Vertiv's Americas segment grew 29% and Eaton's electrical orders surged 41% organically as every new AI gigawatt demands more …

Anthropic Locks In $10B European Compute Bet With a Seven-Month-Old Startup

Anthropic is establishing its first dedicated European AI compute footprint, marking a significant geographic expansion in the race for sovereign-grade processing power. The company has reportedly entered into a six-year, $10 billion compute capacity agreement centered on a 133 MW data center in Norway. …

Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: ‘Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers’

"Is there an AI bubble?" is such a tired thought. Here's something altogether more wired: The AI boom is paying off, but not in a way that the current equities market has accounted for. The success of the technology in one area of the …

Nvidia, Eli Lilly, and Disney Show It’s Time to Back the Top Dogs

Investors are still skittish enough that they only want to buy proven winners, so backing the favorite is a smart strategy right now. Continue Reading

5-star analyst resets AMD stock price target

Advanced Micro Devices just got a fresh vote of confidence from one of Wall Street's most accurate stock pickers, even as the chip giant's shares took a beating after earnings. JPMorgan analyst Harlan Sur raised his price target on AMD (AMD) to $550 from …

Core Scientific (CORZ) Shareholders Rejected a $9B Sale. Does the AMD Deal Vindicate Them?

Core Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ:CORZ) announced a major infrastructure partnership with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) on July 28, giving the chipmaker's ecosystem access to more than 500 megawatts of U.S. data-center capacity beginning in 2027. The arrangement can expand to 2.5 gigawatts. Core Scientific …

A $10,000 Investment in Taiwan Semiconductor Today Will Be Worth This Much by 2028

Key Points TSMC doesn't care which company wins the AI revolution, as long as it buys chips from it. Taiwan Semiconductor is heavily investing in capabilities to ensure it can meet demand. 10 stocks we like better than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing › Taiwan Semiconductor(NYSE: …

Billionaire investor shorting SpaceX says one possible fix won't work

The bearish case against SpaceX keeps finding new voices. I've now tracked short theses from Doug Kass, warnings from the former Nasdaq CEO, my colleague's piece on Michael Burry walking away from the trade, and Jim Cramer urging patience before the lockup expiration. Now …

Datadog coverage update: BofA stays bullish on weakness

Datadog Inc. (DDOG) spent last summer defending itself against one accusation: that its biggest customer was quietly building its way out the door. In July 2025, Guggenheim downgraded the stock to sell, warning that OpenAI was developing in-house monitoring tools that could carve a …

Key deals this week: Bending Spoons, Advanced Micro Devices, Visa, Prologis, and more

Here's a list of key deals reported across sectors this week: DoubleVerify (DV [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DV]) agreed to be acquired [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20611211-nielsen-to-acquire-doubleverify-creating-a-leading-independent-media-intelligence-platform#source=section%3Amain_content%7Cbutton%3Abody_link%7Cfirst_level_url%3Anews] by Nielsen in an all-cash transaction valued at ~$2.15B. DV shareholders will receive $13.60 per share in cash, representing a 30% premium to the 60-day …

Advanced Micro Devices Reported Record Revenue. AMD Stock Sank Anyway.

3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Load Up On in August

Key Points Nvidia has a major catalyst arriving in the latter half of August. Micron is benefiting from soaring memory chip prices. Amazon is seeing significant growth in cloud computing thanks to AI workloads. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › August has …

Street Calls of the Week

Investing.com -- Here is your Pro Recap of the top takeaways from Wall Street analysts for the past week. InvestingPro subscribers always get first dibs on market-moving AI analyst comments. Upgrade today! Fair Isaac Corp. What's the full story? Wolfe Research downgrades Fair Isaac …

AMD (AMD) Buys Inference Chip Startup Taalas To Sharpen Its AI Edge

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) is trying to solve two problems at once: proving its AI hardware can keep growing as fast as Street expects, and making a case for why that growth alone should justify the stock's price. On August 6, AMD confirmed a …

My 3 Favorite Value Stocks to Buy Right Now

Key Points Amazon's P/E ratio keeps falling despite a surging stock price. It is not too late to capitalize on Target's stock price recovery. Nvidia's stock price has not risen in proportion to the company's growth in recent years.10 stocks we like better than …

Humanoids are as much a compute story as a robotics one

Investing.com -- Humanoid robots could create demand for data-centre infrastructure, AI accelerators, memory and edge processors well before widespread commercial deployment begins, according to Barclays analysts mapping more than 100 companies across the emerging value chain. Investor attention has largely focused on visible hardware …

Forget SMH. The Chip Fund That Owns Less Nvidia Is Beating It by 20 Points

Quick Read SOXX's evenly capped weighting crushed SMH by 20 points in 2026, proving fund structure matters more than stock selection in a broadening chip market. SOXQ delivers the same semiconductor sector exposure at 0.10%, roughly a third of SMH's fee, and returned 72% …

AMD just made bold move to challenge Nvidia

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has spent 2026 proving it can compete with Nvidia in the artificial intelligence race. Its stock has more than doubled this year, and its data center business is growing fast. Now AMD is trying something different. The company just bought …

Microsoft Shows the "Magnificent Seven" What AI Investment Looks Like

In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Lou Whiteman discuss: Meta and Microsoft’s earnings reports.The best “Magnificent Seven” stock to buy now.Hidden Gems earning highlights.Maibag: Buy single stocks or bet on several companies in …

AMD (AMD) Buys Taalas: Is AI Inference the Next Battleground With Nvidia?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) just announced an acquisition that could give major competition to NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in AI-inference. On August 6, AMD said it has agreed to buy chip startup Taalas as specialized inference chips become a critical area of focus for …

Grindr CEO makes stunning AI reveal that changes the dating game

Grindr (GRND) just told investors that artificial intelligence (AI) now runs through everything it builds. On August 6, CEO George Arison walked through second-quarter results with a claim that stood out even in a market full of AI announcements. He said the dating platform …

Trending stocks this week as SpaceX, Palantir earnings and jobs data drive markets

[Wall Street New York stock exchange stock market] alexsl Wall Street ended the week higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DJI]) and the S&P 500 (SP500 [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SP500]) closing at record highs as investors weighed a deluge of corporate earnings, including results from …

Xanadu Accelerates Chip Production as Investors Await Next Catalyst in Race to Scalable Quantum Computing – Quarterly Update Report

Download the Complete Report Here Xanadu Quantum Technologies (XNDU) Optical-Loss Progress and Higher Wafer Throughput Advance Hardware Roadmap as Growth Investment Accelerates Key Takeaways: XNDU advanced hardware execution, achieving 0.085 dB edge-coupling loss while increasing thin-film lithium niobate and silicon nitride fabrication by 75% …

16 out of 16 technology stocks deliver EPS wins this week: Earnings Scorecard

The technology sector was in focus this week after investors assessed earnings reports from companies including Palantir Technologies (PLTR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PLTR]) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMD]). The technology sector (XLK [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLK]) gained over 30% so far this year, compared to the nearly 13% rise …

AMD Tops Q2 Estimates, but Investors Still Hit the Sell Button. What's Next for AMD Stock.

Wall Street has developed an expensive habit when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Every quarter has to be bigger than the previous one. Simply beating expectations no longer earns applause. Investors now want results that shatter forecasts, raise long-term expectations, and justify …

Is AMD Stock a Buy on the Dip as AI Revenue Surges?

Key Points AMD is seeing strong growth, but its larger growth opportunities are still in front of it. Its new Helios AI server racks should be a strong growth driver in the year ahead.10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › Advanced …

Does Broadcom (AVGO) Now Lead The Biggest AI Infrastructure Spend Outside GPUs?

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Broadcom (NasdaqGS:AVGO) has become a dominant supplier for hyperscale AI clusters used by major cloud and AI providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta. …