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Although Wall Street is sitting at fresh record highs, with the benchmark S&P 500 up 8% year to date and the technology-packed NASDAQ Composite riding a relentless AI capex wave, the bond market is telling a very different story this week. Per CME FedWatch as of late Monday, market-implied odds of a Federal Reserve rate ... Rate Cut Odds Just Collapsed to 5%. History Says This Is When Record Highs Get Tested.

Earlier this week, Applied Materials announced that Arizona State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stanford University and TSMC will collaborate at its US$5.00 billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley to accelerate materials, equipment and process technologies for next-generation, energy-efficient AI chips. The EPIC Center, which Applied describes as the largest-ever U.S. investment in advanced semiconductor equipment R&D, positions the company as a central hub linking leading...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed down -0.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.87%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.16%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Applied Materials is set to report earnings Thursday afternoon, with the chip equipment manufacturer's stock seen potentially reaching new highs following the report.

Beeneet Kothari, Tekne Capital Management, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the state of the semiconductor supply chain, the current bottlenecks in AI, and more.

Applied Materials (AMAT) is expected to post fiscal second-quarter results slightly above Wall Stree

Applied Materials (AMAT) is expected to report stronger Q2 results and a better outlook amid improvi

Does Applied Materials (AMAT) have what it takes to be a top stock pick for momentum investors? Let's find out.

GREENWICH, Conn., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline earlier today by Themes ETF Trust, please note the management fee in the second paragraph is now 0.75% rather than 0.35% as originally issued. The corrected release follows: Leverage Shares by Themes is pleased to announce the launch of nine new 2X single-stock leveraged ETFs, available for trading beginning May 12, 2026. Built for active traders seeking dynamic ways to engage with potentially high-gro

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.74%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.55%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.45%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.74%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The 30 semiconductor stocks in the Philadelphia SOX Index were up an average of 73% year-to-date through 5/11/26. Read more here.

Citigroup analyst Atif Malik maintains Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) with a Buy and raises the price target from $420 to $520.

Nasdaq 100 sinks as April CPI hits 3.8%; Sandisk, Micron and Intel each lose roughly 9% while the 30-year Treasury yield breaches 5%.

Micron Technology's stock has risen by almost 9x over the past twelve months, taking its market capitalization above $800 billion - one of the largest single-year gains in the company's four-decade trading history. The rally is driven by surging demand and a shortage of high-bandwidth memory, the specialized chips that sit alongside AI accelerators in data centers. Micron has pre-sold its entire HBM production through 2026 under binding contracts. Hyperscalers, including Microsoft (MSFT), Alphab

GREENWICH, Conn., May 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leverage Shares by Themes is pleased to announce the launch of nine new 2X single-stock leveraged ETFs, available for trading beginning May 12, 2026. Built for active traders seeking dynamic ways to engage with potentially high-growth innovators, these products are designed with the goal of helping investors amplify returns (up & down) while actively participating in the daily performance of their underlying stocks. The new Cboe-listed ETFs are

Lam Research's non-GAAP gross margin hits 49.9%, and guidance points to 50.5% as AI chip demand boosts revenues, EPS and tool pricing power.

Stephen Weiss chose Taiwan Semiconductor as final trade, citing partnership with Applied Materials. Other picks? Freeport-McMoRan.

Days before its fiscal second-quarter earnings report on May 14, Applied Materials (AMAT) unveiled a new co-innovation partnership with TSMC, the world's most important chipmaker, to be conducted inside Applied's new $5 billion EPIC Center in Silicon Valley. It is the largest U.S. investment ever ...

Cantillon Capital Management’s Q1 2026 13F portfolio value declined to $15.05B. Click here to read more about the portfolio.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite hit fresh highs on Monday as traders continued to track develop

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed up +0.19%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.29%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.18%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Applied Materials and TSMC have agreed a new collaboration focused on accelerating AI and high performance computing chip technologies. The partnership will concentrate on next generation materials engineering, equipment development, and advanced process integration. Applied’s EPIC Center will act as a hub for joint work on future AI semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. For investors tracking NasdaqGS:AMAT, this move adds fresh context to a stock that recently closed at $435.44. The...

Research partnerships with Arizona State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University accelerate the U.S. lab-to-fab innovation pipeline by combining academic insights with commercial equipment and process expertiseLocated in Silicon Valley, Applied’s EPIC Center provides a shared, industry-scale R&D environment with access to cutting-edge chipmaking equipment that enables rapid co-innovation and faster commercialization SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)

US benchmark equity indexes were higher intraday as traders appeared to shake off worries about the

S&P 500 companies' quarterly earnings growth slowed compared with figures from a week ago, but remai

Applied Materials heads into Q2 earnings with AI-driven demand, HBM traction and advanced packaging momentum, boosting growth prospects.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.25%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.17%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.29%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.17%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.06%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.19%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) has unveiled a new strategic collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Evaluate the expected performance of Applied Materials (AMAT) for the quarter ended April 2026, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.