Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) closed at $937.11 on 19 August 2026, down 0.39%, and traded at $943.49 in the pre-market at 05:42 AM EDT on 20 August. The stock is up 228% year to date and 668% over twelve months — and it is still 25% below the $1,255 high it set on 25 June.
Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) closed at $462.09 on 19 August 2026, down 6.87%, and traded at $468.04 in the pre-market at 05:51 AM EDT on 20 August. The stock is up 168% year to date and 509% over twelve months — and it has lost 41.5% of its value in nine weeks since peaking at
Gold enters Wednesday’s release of the July Federal Open Market Committee minutes with a September interest-rate increase still priced as a material risk. The Federal Reserve’s August calendar schedules the minutes for August 19 at 2:00 p.m. ET, three weeks after policymakers voted 9-3 to hold rates. Spot gold traded at $4,359.58 an ounce at
The loudest argument about Nebius Group is not about whether AI demand is real. Both sides agree it is. Michael Burry, who disclosed a short on NBIS on 6 August at roughly $212 and added to it on 12 August at $247, is not claiming that customers will stop buying GPU hours. He is claiming
Broadcom did not fall 6% on 14 August because AMD took its Google business. That is the story the market settled on, and the timeline does not support it. The SemiAnalysis research note everyone cited as the cause was not reported until 17 August — three sessions after the drop — and on the day
The received wisdom about Applied Materials is that its shares fell after August’s earnings because the numbers disappointed. They did not. Applied reported record revenue of $9.12 billion for its fiscal third quarter ended 26 July 2026, up 25 percent year over year, with record operating income, record non-GAAP earnings per share of $3.50, and
Pump.fun Price and Broader Cryptocurrency Market Surge The cryptocurrency market experienced notable momentum on August 18, 2026, as digital assets rallied, driven by strong protocol fundamentals and key technical breakouts. Pump.fun Price Prediction analyses have taken center stage as the native token, PUMP, emerged as a standout performer, demonstrating exceptional strength with significant gains that
EURJPY currency pair can be expected to rise further to the next resistance level 185.30 – former support from the middle of July. EURJPY broke resistance zone Likely to rise to resistance level 185.30 EURJPY currency pair recently broke the resistance zone lying at the intersection of the resistance level 184.00 (former support which has
Fading Fed rate-hike odds, expired Hormuz diplomacy, and joint US-Japan currency interventions have driven down the US Dollar.. Collapse in September Rate-Hike Odds Drives DXY Below 200-Day EMA Expectations for monetary tightening by the United States central bank have cooled rapidly following a sequence of softer domestic economic reports. Disappointing figures—including a monthly contraction in
IonQ did not lose $1.9 billion last quarter. It earned record revenue, raised guidance, closed a $1.8 billion acquisition — and then booked a $1.6 billion non-cash charge because its own share price went up. That single accounting mechanic is the most misunderstood thing about IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) right now, and it explains why the