Why Intel, Micron and other major chip stocks are falling — even as the rest of tech holds up
There isn’t one “smoking gun” catalyst — but investors could be reacting to Chinese memory developments, Korean stockmarket weakness and Intel’s inability to…
SpaceX is banking on a successful Starship launch to stem the stock’s bleeding
The newest timeline has Starship due to take flight on Friday. Source：MarketWatch
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Also in Weekend Reads: Rough waters signaled by the bond market, hope for stocks amid earnings season and advice from the Moneyist. Source：MarketWatch
The 30-year Treasury yield is closing in on 5.2%. A surge to 6% could slam stocks.
Longbond yield spike is increasingly possible — threatening to deepen losses for popular longterm Treasury and TIPS ETFs. Source：MarketWatch
S&P 500 flashes sell signals — options traders are bracing for wild swings in Apple, Meta and Microsoft
Nervous investors set the stage for massive postearnings moves in Wall Street’s biggest stocks. Source：MarketWatch
AT&T won’t need to worry about SpaceX for ‘years,’ analyst says
However, that doesn’t mean Starlink won’t be an overhang on wireless stocks. Source：MarketWatch
The August stock-market slump is a myth — so why does Wall Street keep repeating it?
More than 200 years of data show stocks typically gain in August, while market volatility sits well below average. Source：MarketWatch
As defense spending surges, these stocks could make you the most money
Palantir tops a screen of defense companies for growth through 2028, but most of the expected best growers are smallcap stocks. Source：MarketWatch
Japan’s $1.8 trillion pension giant might bring money home. That could jolt U.S. stocks and the Fed.
Japan’s pension titan selling foreign assets could push U.S. yields up and sap demand for the dollar. Source：MarketWatch
AI stocks are echoing a 1990s market split. JPMorgan warns the next few weeks are critical.
The different price action between artificialintelligence hyperscalers and chip and infrastructure stocks is a throwback to a setup in the late 1990s, argues…
Bitcoin price avoids major Iran jitters as S&P 500 ‘short squeeze’ on horizon
Bitcoin and US stocks stayed strong in the face of USIran escalation as analysis predicted BTC price action outperforming equities later. Source：Cointelegraph
Artificial intelligence will drive an unprecedented natural-gas deficit, this investor warns. Here are the stocks to buy before the crunch.
Chronometer Partners’ Matthew Smith says investors and markets are not prepared for a naturalgas shortage. Source：MarketWatch