📈 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
Trade all earnings at
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%.
$JEPI vs $JEPQ
Both are JPMorgan covered call ETFs that pay monthly, but take vastly different approaches
$JEPI JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF
Inception: May 20, 2020
Total Assets: $43.96B
Yield: 8.45%
1-Year Return: +9.84%🟢
Expense Ratio: 0.35%
May 2026 Distribution: $0.44761/share
Top Holdings:
🥇 $JNJ Johnson & Johnson 1.7%
🥈 $HWM Howmet Aerospace 1.7%
🥉 $ADI Analog Devices 1.7%
$JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF
Inception: May 3, 2022
Total Assets: $34.27B
Yield: 11.98%
1-Year Return: +28.67%🟢
Expense Ratio: 0.35%
May 2026 Distribution: $0.59095/share
Top Holdings:
🥇 $NVDA NVIDIA 7.4%
🥈 $AAPL Apple 6.4%
🥉 $GOOGL Google 5.1%