Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) showed that its growth story continues as it released its fourth-quarter and 2021 earnings. Amid outsized revenue and earnings increases, investors reacted by bidding AMD stock higher by 5% in the following session.
The semiconductor sector was one of the best performers in 2021, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF returning 44% compared to 27% for the broad S&P 500 stock market index. It shouldn't come as a surprise, since consumer goods continue to trend further toward digitization, dri
The semiconductor industry witnessed an astonishing performance in 2021 buoyed by strong demand as the U.S. and global economy reopened from pandemic-ridden restrictions. Prolonged shortage of chipsets owing to the coronavirus-led destruction of the global supply-chain sy
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Are These The Best Stocks To Buy For 2022? Semiconductor stocks, arguably, remain viable plays in the stock market now. This would largely be in thanks to the strong demand for semiconductor chips. Evidently, a Gartner (NYSE: IT) report notes that semiconductor revenue grew 25.1%
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The U.S. economy is going through an astonishing recovery from the coronavirus-ridden last two years. The labor market is gradually approaching the pre-pandemic period and the product market (both manufacturing and services segments) is witnessing expansionary activities.
4 Hot Gaming Stocks To Watch Next WeekThe gaming industry has been growing at a respectable rate over the past few years. Hence, gaming stocks have also been a popular investment theme in the stock market. Needless to say, the pandemic was a pivotal driving force for the industry
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Shares of semiconductor maker Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) are up 15.1% for the week as of 12:40 p.m. ET Friday, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The big move, however, doesn't reflect a strong earnings report or an impressive competitive development.
Wall Street has been on choppy ride since the start of 2022 due to rising rate worries. Higher inflationary expectations emanating from supply chain disruptions as well as higher crude prices should make Fed members comfortable with several rate hikes in the coming days w
Global equity funds lured big inflows in the seven days to Feb. 2 on optimism over strong earnings from U.S. technology companies and on hopes that inflation would ease later this year.
The semiconductor industry can be tough for investors to get a handle on, especially in the era of chip shortages. However, it's worth keeping your eye on the upcoming tie-up between Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD).
Mega-cap enterprises are exhibiting post-earnings price action with a market-moving magnitude the world has never seen before. Panic appears to be the market's go-to response this earnings season, and not just panic to the downside, but FOMO panic to the upside as well (e
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It's Thursday, the Nasdaq Composite Index is plummeting -- now down 2.7% -- and it's taking the stock of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) along for the slide. Shares of the semiconductor giant were down 3.6% as of 1:10 p.m. ET today.