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Apple Already Increased the Price of iPhones Up to $300. Their Price Hikes Might Be Just Starting.

Quick Read Memory's share of the iPhone Pro's bill of materials surged from 10% to 34% in one year, forcing Apple to raise iPhone prices up to $300. Micron surged 202% year to date with 346% revenue growth, while Qualcomm's handset revenue fell 20% as memory costs crush smartphone volumes. It sounds nuts, but SoFi1 is giving new Active Invest users up to $3,000 in stock for a limited time, and all it takes is a $50 deposit to get started.2 See for yourself (Sponsor) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has already pushed iPhone prices higher by as much as $300 in response to what CEO Tim Cook described as a "1

Can Silicon Motion's New MonTitan SSD Solution Drive Growth?

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation SIMO has strengthened its footprint in the evolving artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure market by introducing its MonTitan SSD Reference Design Kit (RDK). The new platform is designed to deliver high performance, predictable latency and sustained data processing to meet the demanding storage requirements of Agentic AI workloads. Silicon Motion has incorporated its next-generation PerformaShape technology into the platform to enhance SSD quality of service by enabling more precise management of complex and rapidly changing workloads. The solution en

Hinde Group Boosts Amazon.com (AMZN) Amid AI Capacity Bottlenecks and High Enterprise Backlog in AWS

Hinde Group, an investment management company, has released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The portfolio delivered a net return of 7.89% in the second quarter, bringing the YTD returns to 11.57% (net). During the second quarter, the military conflict between the U.S. and Iran significantly influenced financial markets. At the same time, the AI investment boom gained momentum, with planned investments rising despite supply bottlenecks. Micron Technology exemplified this trend, reporting a 346% revenue increase and a 241.7% stock rise. The AI sector is becoming a crucial driver of economic growth and corporate earnings. Please review the Strategy's top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2026. In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Hinde Group highlighted Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a multinational technology and retail company known for its leading online marketplace and cloud platform. On August 10, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) closed at $278.09 per share. The one-month return of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was 12.36%, and its shares gained 25.57% over the past 52 weeks. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has a market capitalization of $3.00 trillion. Hinde Group stated the following regarding Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) in its Q2 2026 investor letter: "This quarter's portfolio update covers our position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a compounder investment. Hinde Group has had a position in AMZN since inception. We have added to and trimmed that position at various points along the way. At times it has been our largest position; at other times it has been among our smallest. It began 2026 as one of our smallest positions at just under 1.0% of the portfolio's value. We significantly increased our position in February at an average price of $203.37 after the shares sold-off sharply due to (misplaced) concerns about the magnitude of — and prospective returns on — Amazon's planned investments in AI infrastructure related to Amazon Web Services. From its roots as an online retailer of books, Amazon has grown into a sprawling and ever-expanding collection of global businesses. The pillars of Amazon's business are its e-commerce marketplaces in over 20 countries, its ubiquitous consumer subscription service, Amazon Prime, and its world-leading cloud service provider, Amazon Web Services…" (Click here to read the full text)BofA Raises its Price Target on Amazon.com (AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is in top position on our list of 40 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. According to our database, 353 hedge fund portfolios held Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) at the end of the first quarter, compared to 381 in the previous quarter. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported a strong Q1 2026, with revenue increasing 17% year-over-year to $181.5 billion. While we acknowledge the potential of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on thebest short-term AI stock. Story Continues In another article, we covered Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and shared Vulcan Value Partners' insight on the company. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2026 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors. READ NEXT: 33 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 15 Stocks That Will Make You Rich in 10 Years. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. View Comments

Apple, Sionna, AbCellera, Sandisk, SpaceX, Berkshire, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market

Apple fell 2% to $306.56. Jefferies downgraded shares to Underperform from Hold and slashed the price target to $263.66 from $285.56. Shares of Elon Musk’s rocket and artificial-intelligence company snapped a four-week losing run on Friday with a 16% surge following the end of a lockup period for shares. Continue Reading

Memory chip crunch could last 2 more years, JPMorgan says

Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferre joins Opening Bid to discuss JPMorgan's (JPM) latest note, warning that the memory chip shortage could continue for at least two more years. Ferre also breaks down the S&P 500's (^GSPC) bullish run, which has produced 26 record closes in 2026. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A And as I know you've been digging into this JP Morgan uh note on the memory chips uh and two things stood out to me. one, they think the correction is over and then number two, this crisis looks like it will continue to roll on for two years. And let's be clear, this is a crisis. Companies cannot get the chips they need and as a result, I mean it's driving prices up really and benefiting the likes of Micron, Sandisk, you name it. 00:27 Inez Yeah, that's right. And those are some of their stocks that they called out and saying that high bandwidth memory shortage is is going to continue. In fact, it's going to double digit percentage uh be in a shortage in through 2026. So you are looking at that shortage there. They're also saying that the additional capacity still won't be enough to meet that memory demand. And also that these companies are having this pricing power with these long-term agreements that they've been doing. So certainly they're bullish on SK Hynix, on Micron, on Samsung Electronics. And what they also said that was that China even though it is a near-term risk, they're still saying that there's a technology gap when it comes to this high bandwidth memory, this advanced memory, that's a two to three-year technology gap. So certainly a bullish call here from JP Morgan. 01:43 Speaker A Inez, it doesn't uh, I think Friday was 26 record closes for the S&P 500 this year and it doesn't it doesn't seem like there's been a a bang up year for the S&P 500. 02:11 Inez No, it hasn't. and you've seen the leadership earlier this year, you saw the leadership with the semiconductor stocks, but then you saw the leadership coming in with the hyper scalers and that was something that Nomura had called out. uh Charlie Mclliot over there, that it basically was saying that in order to get back to the all-time high, you need the leadership to come back uh from the hyper scalers, from the mega caps. and you saw that leadership and if you take a look at even a five-day chart, I mean I wrote a piece on this last Friday. You saw Nvidia that was higher. uh you saw Microsoft that was higher, you saw also Meta that was higher for the week as well. So that leadership coming back from the hyper scalers helped with the S&P 500 coming back to all-time high. View Comments

Market Chatter: Apple Testing CXMT Memory Chips Amid Global Supply Crunch

Apple (AAPL) has been testing memory chips from China's CXMT for use in iPhones, MacBooks and other products as it seeks to ease a supply crunch driven by artificial intelligence demand, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.The Silver Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles. Upgrade now

Q2 Earnings: Robust Results and Positive Estimate Revisions Validate Market Fundamentals

The Q2 earnings season continues to validate our constructive view on corporate fundamentals. Rather than simply clearing reduced consensus hurdles, reporting companies are offering encouraging reads on order trends, margin resilience, and full-year demand. This fundamental health is filtering directly into analyst models, driving a steady stream of upward revisions for Q3 and future quarters, as the following chart highlights.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Crucially, these favorable revision patterns are not a new development; they extend a tailwind that has been building for nearly a year. Historically, these upward adjustments were tightly concentrated in Technology and, more recently, Energy, following Middle East supply disruptions. However, for Q3 2026, the constructive estimate revisions have broadened significantly, rising across 8 of the 16 Zacks sectors—including Transportation, Finance, Aerospace, Industrials, Utilities, and Construction, alongside Tech and Energy. As would be expected, estimates for full-year 2026 are also going up, as the chart below shows.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Magnificent 7 Earnings Performance Microsoft MSFT and Amazon AMZN became the latest "Magnificent Seven" members to deliver results that earned market applause, following Alphabet's GOOGL blowout report earlier in the cycle. All three tech giants remain deeply committed to building out generative AI infrastructure—an ongoing multi-billion-dollar CapEx push that has occasionally sparked broader market anxiety over ROI timing. Cloud segment performance has emerged as the definitive barometer for whether these aggressive AI outlays are yielding tangible commercial returns. On that front, all three hyperscalers delivered robust top-line momentum, led by Alphabet's standout, industry-leading acceleration. With Q2 results from 6 of the Mag 7 members out already (Nvidia reports results on August 26th), earnings for the group are on track to be up +85.5% from the same period last year on +27.5% higher revenues. This growth pace reflects actual results for the 6 Mag 7 members that have reported with estimates for the still-to-come Nvidia report.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Keep in mind that the group's blockbuster Q2 tally has benefited from Alphabet's non-operating unrealized gain on its SpaceX stake, which accounted for an estimated $77.4 billion in the company's $112.1 billion net income. The Q2 earnings growth pace for the Mag 7 group becomes a relatively more 'reasonable' +30.3% once Alphabet's non-operating unrealized gain is stripped out. Story Continues The chart below shows the Mag 7 group's earnings and revenue growth on a calendar year basis.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Importantly, the Mag 7 group has consistently enjoyed a steadily improving earnings outlook, with analysts raising their estimates, as the chart below shows.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research It is useful to keep in mind that the Mag 7 group is on track to bring in more than 28.9% of all S&P 500 earnings this year, up from 16.4% of the total in 2020. The group accounts for 33.7% of the index's market capitalization. Q2 Earnings Season Scorecard Through Friday, August 7th, we have seen quarterly results from 444 S&P 500 members, or 88.8% of the index's total membership. Total earnings for these companies are up +42.2% from the same period last year on +14.8% revenue gains, with 82.7% of the companies beating EPS estimates and 76.4% beating revenue estimates. The comparison charts below put the Q2 earnings and revenue growth rates for these index members in a historical context.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The comparison charts below put the Q2 EPS and revenue beats percentages in a historical context.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investme

Sandisk and Western Digital shares slide after earnings, while Micron holds up better

SK Hynix invests $38B in new plants amid AI memory shortages

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley discusses SK Hynix (SKHY) committing $38 billion to build new chip manufacturing facilities in an effort to scale up production of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and DRAM amid persistent AI supply shortages. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A SK Hyx is announcing a $38 billion investment in two new chip plants as demand for high bandwidth memory continues to outpace supply. 00:06 Speaker A For more, we are bringing in Yahoo Finance tech editor Dan Howley. Dan, all right, so we know SK Hyx's margins are out of sight here, but $38 billion is a lot of money and uh, you know, if you're going to keep the world supplied with HBM, I guess you got to do a little bit of that. Um, what are the some of the details there? 00:27 Dan Howley Yeah, they're basically setting up two new factories or fabs or fabrication facilities. and they're just buildings to build uh these chips. Anyway, they're they're producing, they want to produce more of this high bandwidth memory as well as uh D uh this kind of uh uh DDR RAM. So there's high bandwidth memory, there's DDR RAM. They both are made using something called uh DRAM. And don't worry about all the abbreviations, just know that DRAM is the basic component and it goes into the stuff that goes in data 00:50 Dan Howley centers and it goes into the stuff that goes into your smartphone and your laptop. Now, because of this huge build out of AI, the HBM memory, that high bandwidth memory is getting more play from these manufacturers while the supply of DRAM is uh or DDR RAM is dropping. And so that means that pricing on some of our components that we buy is going up. So, to meet demand, they're trying to construct these facilities. uh SK Hyx, Micron, Samsung, all building out more fabrication facilities to build more chips. 01:14 Dan Howley Problem is, it takes a long time to build these facilities. It's not like standing up a Wendy's, you know, it's not going to happen over right, you're not going to get froties out of these either. What will happen is they will take years and then it's not even clear that that will actually meet all the demand that is available right now. There's there's not enough supply. Uh these buildings might not be uh the answer to that supply problem. They might have to continue to build out moving forward. 01:31 Dan Howley And so, this is basically a way to kind of try to tamp down on some of that. But, you know, as I said, there's no guarantee that this will stop all the supply constraints. In fact, we're hearing that that could last well into 2030. View Comments

SK Hynix Drops $38 Billion on AI Chips. Here's Why Investors Are Watching

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. SK Hynix (NASDAQ:SKHY) is about to invest 54 trillion won ($38.1 billion) to build two new memory chip fabrication plants in South Korea as it expands production capacity to meet rising artificial intelligence-driven demand. SK Hynix said 35.2 trillion won will fund the Y2 fabrication plant in Yongin, while 19.1 trillion won will be invested in the M17 facility in Cheongju. The Yongin site will manufacture high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and next-generation DRAM chips, while the Cheongju plant will focus on NAND flash memory. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027, with production targeted for 2028 and 2029. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 1 Warning Sign with SKHY. Is SKHY fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The investment comes as SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology (MU) race to expand memory output amid robust AI infrastructure spending. High-bandwidth memory is a specialized chip used alongside AI processors to accelerate data processing in servers and data centers. Industry researcher Counterpoint Research said broader capacity additions from SK Hynix, Samsung, Micron and China's CXMT are expected through 2028. However, demand for AI memory is projected to outpace new supply, suggesting pricing could remain supported over the next several years. View Comments

SpaceX, Doximity, Trade Desk, Rigetti, Coherent, and More Stocks That Explain Today’s Market

FEATURE Stocks rose Friday with tech names picking up steam after the U.S. jobs report for July was softer than expected, resulting in Wall Street rethinking whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates any time soon. Continue Reading

Dow Jones Futures: Meta Jumps But Hits SpaceX, Micron; Tesla, Jobs Report Ahead

Chip stocks surge after-hours on Micron’s record quarter