AMD Launches New Products with Strong Performance, Yet Its Stock Plunges — What Happened?
Yesterday, $Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)$ released its latest GPU and CPU products. The company claimed that the performance exceeds $NVIDIA(NVDA)$, yet AMD’s stock price still dropped nearly 5% during the regular trading hours. Several key data points mentioned by AMD at the launch event are worth noting: First, the data center market is projected to reach $2 trillion by 2030, with the GPU segment accounting for approximately $1.4 trillion and the CPU segment for about $220 billion. Second, over the next few years, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for GPUs is expected to be approximately 18%, in line with expectations. The real surprise came from server CPUs. Back in M
South Korean Stocks Plunge Again — Are Memory Chip Fundamentals Really Deteriorating?
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Intel is set to release its Q2 earning report after the market closes today. According to analyst forecasts, Intel’s revenue for the second quarter of 2026 is expected to reach $14.431 billion, representing a 12.2% year-over-year increase. In terms of valuation, Intel’s current P/B ratio of 4.63 is at the higher end of its five-year historical range. Intel Q2 2026 Financial data forecasts Intel 's price-to-book ratio over the past five years $Intel(INTC)$
I think $SpaceX(SPCX)$ still has further room to fall. On August 4, SpaceX will release its Q2 earnings report. Two days later, 910 million shares, valued at approximately $112.5 billion, will become available for trading. After that, more restricted shares will gradually become eligible for sale. By the end of this year, $SpaceX(SPCX)$ tradable shares are expected to increase from the current 639 million to 5.33 billion. Elon Musk owns 60% of SpaceX's equity. Since the lock-up period for his shares expires one year after the IPO, he is not expected to reduce his stake once the lock-up expires. The upcoming wave of lock-up expirations has encouraged investors to aggressivel
IBM is set to release its second-quarter earnings report after the market closes this Wednesday. Analysts predict that IBM’s second-quarter revenue will reach $17.58 billion, representing a 7.6% year-over-year increase. In terms of valuation, IBM’s current price-to-earnings ratio stands at 26.8, which is at a relatively high level over the past five years. Figure 1: IBM Q2 2026 financial data forecasts Figure 2: IBM's price-to-earnings ratio over the past five years $IBM(IBM)$
Tesla is set to release its Q2 earnings report after the market closes this Wednesday. According to analyst forecasts, Tesla’s revenue for the second quarter of 2026 is expected to reach $26.313 billion, representing a 17% year-over-year increase. In terms of valuation, Tesla’s current price-to-earnings ratio stands at 349.97, which is in the upper-middle range for the past five years. Figure 1: Tesla Q2 2026 financial data forecasts Figure 2: Tesla's price-to-earnings ratio over the past five years $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$
On May 20, SpaceX filed its IPO prospectus, with a listing date set for June 12. Founded by Elon Musk, SpaceX operates three primary businesses: rocket launches, Starlink, and xAI. Press reports peg the IPO raise at roughly $75 billion, with a post-listing market cap that could approach $2 trillion. On deal size alone, SpaceX would shatter Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion record from 2019 and become the largest IPO ever, while ranking as the seventh-most-valuable company in the U.S. market. For a debut this closely watched, the question is whether day one offers a real investment opportunity. What does SpaceX actually do? The S-1 splits the company into three reporting segments: Space - the well-known rocket launch business, with the U.S. government as its principal customer. Connectivity - St
Bridgewater’s ALLW ETF Delivers 20%+ Returns — Opportunity or Early Hype?
Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds (managing close to $100 billion), has historically been accessible only to institutional and ultra-high-net-worth investors. Its founder, Ray Dalio, is widely respected, and his book Principles is often regarded as essential reading among investors. In March 2025, Bridgewater partnered with State Street to launch the $SPDR BRIDGEWATER ALL WEATHER ETF(ALLW)$ — a retail-accessible version of its well-known All Weather strategy. ALLW currently manages approximately $1.2 billion in assets, with an expense ratio of 0.85%. Since its listing on March 6, 2025, the ETF has delivered a total return of 21.86% (including dividends). Strategy and Portfolio ALLW adopts Bridgewater’s
Google’s New Tech Hits Micron & Semis—Sell or Buy?
On March 25, $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ unveiled a new AI memory compression algorithm, TurboQuant, claiming it can reduce memory requirements during large language model inference by sixfold while increasing computational speed by eightfold, all without sacrificing accuracy. Specifically, as AI models grow more powerful, context windows continue to expand, and key-value (KV) cache storage grows geometrically, becoming a core bottleneck for both performance and cost. TurboQuant leverages PolarQuant and error correction (QJL) to maintain full model accuracy and a 100% retrieval recall rate. The technology can be directly deployed on existing AI systems, raising market concerns that demand for memory chips could be weakened. As a result, shares of
According to Bloomberg, Middle Eastern countries are lining up to buy South Korean air defense missiles because the US Patriot missile is too expensive, costing as much as $4 million. South Korea's Cheongung missile boasts accuracy comparable to the Patriot, but costs only a quarter of the price! The Cheongung missile is manufactured by the South Korean company LIG Nex1, with Hanwha Airlines providing the radar system and launch equipment. Both companies are publicly listed. In the ETF market, the $PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF(KDEF)$ holds 18% of its portfolio in Hanwha Airlines and 6.3% in LIG Nex1. After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, European countries rushed to buy South Korean weapons, and South Korea profited greatly from t