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07-28

The selloff looks more like a cycle reset than a confirmed cycle peak. CXMT's DRAM expansion raises legitimate oversupply concerns, especially for commodity memory, but AI demand remains concentrated in high-bandwidth memory (HBM), where SK Hynix and Micron still hold technology advantages. The key question is whether new Chinese capacity can meaningfully pressure premium AI products or mainly lower-end DRAM. With SK Hynix reporting this week and SanDisk next week, guidance will matter more than headline earnings. If management confirms robust AI demand, HBM pricing and healthy customer commitments, this pullback could prove a mispricing. If they instead signal weakening pricing power and slowing orders, the market may conclude the memory upcycle has peaked. This earnings season should provide the answer.

SanDisk Crashes 14% — Do China's New Trade Barriers Kill the Flash Story?
SanDisk plummeted 14.25% Tuesday and extended losses another 3.23% after hours, as sector peer Western Digital faced reports of new Chinese market barriers, layered on top of SK Hynix's revenue miss — prompting traders to declare "the AI memory trade is unraveling." Options implied volatility surged sharply, signaling markets pricing in major two-way swings ahead of earnings, while a 43x P/E multiple against a 7x forward estimate creates a stark valuation disconnect. With narrative and valuation in open conflict, is this selloff an overreaction or the first crack in a collapsing bubble?
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