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SpaceX briefly fell below its IPO price today, and the revenue never supported a $2 trillion valuation
SpaceX dipped as low as around $132 on Wednesday, briefly trading below its $135 IPO price for the first time, before closing at $135.27, just pennies above it. With about $18.7 billion in revenue last year, a $2 trillion valuation was always a stretch, and Morningstar said as much before the IPO even priced.
Producer prices (PPI) fell in June too, a day after CPI's first drop since 2020 (July 15, 2026)
June's Producer Price Index fell 0.3%, cooler than expected and the second straight day inflation data has surprised to the downside. Energy led the drop, gasoline fell 12%, and core PPI cooled to a 5.1% annual rate.
The Close, July 14: IBM lost a quarter of its value, and SK Hynix's Nasdaq stock jumped 27%
IBM lost about a quarter of its value in a single session after a weak preliminary report, and the damage spread across enterprise software. SK Hynix's brand-new Nasdaq stock went the other way, jumping 27% on a day chips broadly rallied.
Inflation fell for the first time since 2020, the Kospi closed green, and IBM still crashed 23% (July 14, 2026)
June CPI fell 0.4%, the first monthly decline since 2020, and chips bounced. Then IBM missed on preliminary results, lost roughly 23%, and dragged Workday, ServiceNow and Adobe down with it. CleanSpark jumped 8% on a $6.6 billion AI data center lease, and the Kospi closed green before the CPI number even existed.
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron (MU): where the DRAM price-fixing lawsuit stands, updated August 8, 2026
A federal class action accuses Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron (MU) of colluding to choke DRAM supply and inflate RAM prices roughly 700% over four years. Updated July 28, 2026: defense counsel has appeared and the docket has passed 50 entries, but nothing substantive has been filed.
What is a chip foundry? Why almost every AI chip is made by one company, TSMC (TSM)
Nvidia, Apple and AMD design chips but do not make them. A plain-English guide to what a semiconductor foundry is, the fabless model, why TSMC (TSM) makes around 70 percent of the world's chips, and the packaging bottleneck holding back AI.
Heads up for the July 4th week: the market is closed Friday, and options move to Thursday
July 4 lands on a Saturday in 2026, so the stock market is closed Friday, July 3. Thursday July 2 is a full session (not a half day), weekly options shift to Thursday, bonds close early, and crypto stays open. Here is the clean rundown.
Solar stocks for the AI power boom: First Solar, T1 Energy, Canadian Solar and more
Solar plus batteries is the fastest power getting built for AI, and the stocks are heating up. The case for First Solar, Canadian Solar, Tesla and Fluence, plus T1 Energy, the US solar maker Leopold Aschenbrenner just took a big stake in.
Our take: the AI sell-off looks overdone, and we think Micron gaps up tonight
The AI trade is in full panic and Micron has slid from over $1,200 toward $1,000 ahead of tonight's earnings. Here is why we think the sell-off is overdone and Micron could gap up.
Meta is funding an entire gas plant in Alberta to power its AI. Here's what that means for CEG, VST and OKLO.
AI data centers need enormous, around-the-clock electricity, and the grid wasn't built for it. That's reviving nuclear, pushing Meta to fund an entire new gas plant in Alberta, and pulling solar into the mix too. Here's the demand, the deals, the stocks, and the risks worth respecting.
The AI selloff isn't done, and now it's all about Micron
Asia rebounded overnight and Samsung jumped more than 9%, but the bounce didn't hold. AI and chip stocks are selling off again, most of the Magnificent Seven are red, and Micron erased its premarket gains. The market is still down on fear, and Micron's earnings tonight are the one thing that can break it.
Trump spotlights Nokia's $30M Pennsylvania chip expansion: a small check, a notable signal
President Trump touted Nokia's new $30 million Pennsylvania semiconductor expansion at a Mack Trucks plant. The sum is small, but the spotlight, stacked on Nvidia's stake and Nokia's AI-networking push, is a notable sentiment signal for NOK.
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