NVIDIA’s single-quarter supply commitments reportedly rose from USD 119 billion to USD 279 billion, with memory procurement considered an important component.
The near-term bottleneck for AI infrastructure may no longer be solely whether chips can be delivered, but whether equipment can actually be powered on and operated once it arrives.
Markets need to distinguish between “underground reserves” and “supply that can reach the market right now.” Even if the United States obtains long-term oil development rights in Venezuela, it will be difficult to turn them into an effective tool for lowering oil prices in the short term.
The market narrative of “strong indexes, weak breadth, and reliance on a handful of heavily weighted technology stocks” has recently encountered structural counterevidence.
Relative performance between software and semiconductors is changing. The software ETF IGV hit a year-to-date high that day and turned positive for the year; meanwhile, the semiconductor ETF SOXX relative to IGV has fallen to a five-month low.
After Warsh’s remarks, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield moved higher, and selling pressure is no longer confined to semiconductors but has spread to various high-beta assets.
The equal-weight software index is close to setting an all-time high monthly close, which is more noteworthy than gains in a small number of large software stocks.
The focus of Marvell’s latest earnings is not merely that quarterly figures came in slightly above expectations, but that growth in its data center business accelerated significantly. The company’s second-quarter revenue was USD 2.
Salesforce rose nearly 21% after its earnings report, returning above $250, marking its best single-day performance since 2020. This shows that, at least in terms of stock price, investors are reassessing its business growth rate, not just treating it as a short-term earnings fluctuation.
NVIDIA has provided cross-year guidance for the first time, expecting FY28 revenue to grow 70% year over year. Supporting this guidance is not only order expectations, but also the company putting more capital and commitments into the supply chain in advance.