Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images South Korea’s chip heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics skyrocketed in Seoul on Friday, tracking a sharp rally in U.S. technology stocks after blockbuster earnings from Amazon and Microsoft revived optimism around artificial intelligence spending. SK Hynix was last trading over 25% higher, putting it on course for…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday afternoon after the conclusion of its July meeting . Unlike recent meetings when markets had a strong…
A semiconductor wafer is on display at Touch Taiwan, an annual display exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan April 16, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Asian technology stocks extended their sell-off on Wednesday, with semiconductor names leading declines after another weak session in the U.S. In South Korea, SK Hynix slid more than 10% after the chip…
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean semiconductor shares tumbled on Tuesday, extending a rout in chipmakers after another weak session on Wall Street. SK Hynix plunged more than 10%, while Samsung Electronics fell over 8%….
It’s not the spend, it’s the return. That’s what Friday’s technology stock plunge said. I think it just might be the most significant tech selloff in more than a year. We need to know — potentially — what we are facing. We need to know if the trillion-dollar spigot is drying up — or it…
We’re in one of those markets where it seems like nothing is working. The pain starts early with the evening S & P and Nasdaq futures giving you a double dose of crimson. But the trusty S & P Short Range Oscillator isn’t oversold enough to hold your nose and buy something. So you just…
The AI trade dominated the market once again this week, upstaging an impressive start to the second-quarter earnings season. Cooler-than-expected June reports on consumer and producer prices offered encouraging signs that inflation continued to ease, while earnings from the nation’s largest banks reinforced the strength of capital markets. At the same time, investors kept one…
CANADA – 2025/08/07: In this photo illustration, the SoftBank Group (Soft Bank) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Asia tech stocks tumbled on Friday as a fresh rout in U.S. semiconductor shares spread across Asia, underscoring growing…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks rose Tuesday after a cooler-than-expected June consumer inflation report eased concerns that the Federal Reserve would need to raise interest rates this month. While the inflation data boosted…
Wall Street’s record-setting start to the week ran into two familiar sources of volatility: the artificial intelligence trade and oil. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday closed above 53,000 for the first time ever before renewed U.S.-Iran tensions erased those gains, leaving the blue-chip index down 0.5% for the week. Chip stocks — once…
