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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the cornerstone of the artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out. The company not only dominates the market for data center accelerators, with nearly 90% market share, but also has booming businesses in networking solutions and central processing units (CPUs)

Wall Street closed higher on Thursday as July PPI data reduced expectations of a September Fed rate hike. Moreover, investors continued to monitor earnings results. The Nasdaq Composite, the Dow and the S&P 500 ended in positive territory

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), the semiconductor heavyweight chasing a bigger slice of the AI computing market, priced a massive $4.75 billion senior-note offering as its shares surged approximately 5.6% in Friday morning trading. The timing grabs attention, but investors should separate the two events: AMD’s filing does not say the debt sale triggered the rally.…

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Since going public in 2024, Reddit (RDDT) has positioned itself as a wellspring of authentic human content — digital fuel for data-hungry AI models. What better place to learn how to sound like and communicate with people than the seemingly endless discussion threads of almost any topic imaginable?

Statistically, outsize stock market returns have been the norm under President Donald Trump. During his first, non-consecutive term, the timeless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and technology-powered Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) gained 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively

The stock market has been on an impressive run since the 2022 bear market. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) — which tracks the largest 500 American companies on the stock market — has strung together three consecutive years of double-digit returns and is up 13% as of market close on Aug. 7. 

As of 11:39 AM ET, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) has fallen 0.21% to 7,782.65, and the NasdaqComposite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) is down 0.50% to 26,664.30 as investors balance recent record highs against soft retail data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) has slipped 0.19% to 53,735.56

Silicon Motion Technology has delivered very strong share price gains over the past few years, yet its broad valuation checks lean more cautious, which raises questions about how much of the story is already reflected in the current US$268.90 price

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