📈 The chip price hike wave is gaining steam in 2H26. After #TexasInstruments# raised prices in July, #AnalogDevices# is reportedly gearing up for its second 2026 increase, set to take effect in mid-September.💡More: 🔗
Analog Devices $ADI has agreed to acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion in cash - WSJ
"Alif’s microcontrollers and fusion processors enable real-time sensor fusion, low-latency inference and on-device AI, bringing advanced intelligence to demanding physical systems"
Analog Devices said it uncovered unauthorized access to its systems last month and that, after an investigation, it found that some files were “exfiltrated” from the affected systems
On Sept. 1, we flagged Analog Devices as a tactical buy with 3-day horizon and 80% historical hit rate.
$ADI is up 2.2% in 3 days, including +1.6% today while $SPY is down 0.4%. Our tactical picks are sent out intraday and can be accessed via our app or website
Spot equities earnings on Felix this week
Tuesday, August 18
> Baidu (BIDU) — before market open
> Home Depot (HD) — before market open
Wednesday, August 19
> Lowe's (LOW) — before market open
> Analog Devices (ADI) — before market open
> Wolfspeed (WOLF) — after market close
Thursday, August 20
> Walmart (WMT) — before market open
> NetEase (NTES) — before market open
> Deere & Company (DE) — before market open
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If you invested $10,000 into the iShares Semiconductor ETF $SOXX when it launched in July 2001 and held to today, you'd have $260,060 🟢
Here's how much of each stock $10,000 of $SOXX buys you today:
$951 of Advanced Micro Devices $AMD
$813 of Intel $INTC
$770 of Micron Technology $MU
$765 of NVIDIA $NVDA
$736 of Broadcom $AVGO
$474 of Texas Instruments $TXN
$473 of Analog Devices $ADI
$430 of Qualcomm $QCOM
$408 of Marvell Technology $MRVL
$377 of KLA $KLAC
$366 of NXP Semiconductors $NXPI
$364 of Applied Materials $AMAT
$333 of Lam Research $LRCX
$314 of Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM
$310 of Monolithic Power Systems $MPWR
$298 of SK Hynix $SKHY
$251 of Teradyne $TER
$236 of Microchip Technology $MCHP
$226 of Astera Labs $ALAB
$159 of ON Semiconductor $ON
$153 of Credo Technology $CRDO
$149 of ASML $ASML
$133 of Entegris $ENTG
$108 of Tower Semiconductor $TSEM
$99 of ASE Technology $ASX
$98 of MACOM Technology Solutions $MTSI
$60 of Cerebras Systems $CBRS
$55 of United Microelectronics $UMC
$43 of Arm Holdings $ARM
$43 of STMicroelectronics $STM
DELL $DELL CLOSED +12.0% TODAY, THE BEST PERFORMER IN THE S&P 500
Nine of eleven sectors finished green. Technology led at +1.1%, with 34 of its 50 names higher.
Hardware and semis came all the way back:
- Dell $DELL +12.0%
- Arista Networks $ANET +5.6%
- Analog Devices $ADI +4.9%
- Amphenol $APH +4.6%
- Cisco $CSCO +4.4%
- Marvell $MRVL +4.0%
- Texas Instruments $TXN +3.8%
- Intel $INTC +2.6%
- Advanced Micro Devices $AMD +2.5%
Google $GOOGL +1.8% carried Communication Services. Apple $AAPL +1.8%, Amazon $AMZN +1.9%, Netflix $NFLX +1.8%.
Utilities and Healthcare were the only red sectors. UnitedHealth $UNH -2.4% was the weakest large name, and Oracle $ORCL fell another -1.7%.