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The short version: chip and AI stocks just had their worst week in more than a year, and it’s dragging the rest of the market down with it. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 11% for the week, its steepest weekly drop since early 2025, and is down almost 24% from its late-June record. The S&P […]
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Do you own semiconductor stocks? Hold a broad tech index fund? Or just want to know where the AI spending boom heads next? Either way, this earnings call deserves ten minutes of your attention. TSMC’s $100 billion US investment: what was actually announced Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes advanced chips for Nvidia, Apple, and Broadcom.
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Whiplash is basically the whole story of this week. Short answer: June’s CPI report came in much softer than expected. That briefly lifted the Nasdaq and S&P 500, especially chip stocks. But Fed Chair Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone in his testimony the same day, despite the good inflation news. Wednesday brings the Producer
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Renewed US-Iran military strikes have raised the threat of a disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil. That pushed oil prices sharply higher, revived inflation fears, and shifted what investors expect the Federal Reserve to do next – and all three of those together are
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