koolgal
09-11
🌟🌟🌟The market is currently walking a tightrope & Friday's looming inflation data is the ultimate wild card.  If the inflation numbers come in hot, the broader market will likely face a sharp interest rate panic.  This may hit high beta technology & semiconductor stocks the hardest.

The storage sector is already showing signs of a fierce tug of war.  For example, while Wall Street remains euphoric, the CEO of flash memory giant $KIOXIA HLDGS CORP(KXIAY)$ openly warned that prices have risen high enough which may cap short term upside.

My strategy to play the storage surge:

I would let the inflation data digest over the weekend so that I can read the market's true direction.

The upcoming $Micron Technology(MU)$ Q4 earnings report on September 30 would be a guidepost rather than chasing pure momentum.

I would wait for technical pullbacks to safely average into the memory sector.

Patience is the mother of virtue when it comes to investing.

@Tiger_comments @TigerStars

AI Giants Call for Slowdown β€” Can Chip Stocks Hold?
Chips closed Friday strong: SOXL +5.23%, Marvell +4.03% to $236.10, Intel +2.61% to $102.94, AMD +2.49%, Nvidia flat at βˆ’0.03%. Over the weekend Anthropic's Amodei called publicly for slowing frontier model development, and Altman and Musk both backed him, all three endorsing independent safety evaluations. By Monday's pre-open the sector had turned: SOXL βˆ’6.94%, Intel βˆ’3.68%, Marvell βˆ’3.49%, Nasdaq-100 futures βˆ’1%, the Nikkei βˆ’2%. Nobody has announced halted training or cut capex β€” this is a shock to expected demand, not to orders. Safety testing and inference burn compute too. Buy this dip?
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  • PenelopeHood
    09-11 21:43
    PenelopeHood
    For MU Q4, I care more about inventory levels and capex than revenue guide. That says way more about memory health than a post-CPI bounce
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