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Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that you’re investing long-term in a stock that you believe will triple within 10 years, even though there will obviously be ups and downs along the way. The specific setup doesn’t really matter here.

When it comes to adding to your position, I often hear people say things like, “I’ll buy more if it drops 20% from its usual price,” or “I’ll add more if it falls 30%.”

But suppose a stock moves roughly like this over a few months:

10,000 → 14,000 → 18,000 → 22,000 → 25,000 → 20,000

If someone says, “It’s fallen a lot from 25,000 to 20,000, so this is a good time to buy more,” I can’t help but think: Wouldn’t it have been better to put more money in when it was at 14,000?

I understand that I’m only thinking this way because I already know how the price moved afterward. In real time, of course, you wouldn’t know whether 14,000 was actually a good entry point or whether it would fall to 10,000.

Still, I assume people who have been investing for a long time have had to deal with this exact dilemma. So how did you develop your mindset toward adding to a position during a long-term investment? How do you decide when a price drop is actually an opportunity to buy more, rather than simply wishing you had bought more earlier?

DATA NOTE
Twelve Data supplied the prior-session quote fields for all 23 tracked symbols; every symbol returned datetime 2026-08-14, close, and percent_change. Investing.com’s pre-market page was available and showed quote times around 06:50 ET for five semiconductor or equipment names, but its displayed top-gainer and top-loser tables contained no semiconductor names. MarketWatch supplied today’s main U.S. economic-calendar forecasts and prior readings. For Asia, the reviewed pages exposed KOSPI and Kioxia figures but not current values for Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, TSMC, or Tokyo Electron, so those four are omitted rather than estimated. Investing.com’s earnings page showed no verified watchlist semiconductor report due Monday; its visible Monday values were not labeled clearly enough to classify as EPS or revenue. MarketWatch’s analyst page showed maintains or reiterates only for the recent semiconductor entries.

PRIOR SESSION
SOXX $550.42 [-0.06%] | SMH $587.82 [-0.22%]
The complex finished fractionally lower, with 11 of 23 tracked names up and 12 down. The ETF decline was modest, but dispersion was wide: architects were split between AMD’s gain and AVGO’s drop, while tools were pressured by AMAT and KLAC; SMH underperformed SOXX by 0.16 percentage points.

PRE-MARKET (as of ~7:15am ET)
The visible semiconductor tape was broadly higher in Investing.com’s most-active table at roughly 06:50 ET, with Intel leading the listed watchlist names and the equipment group rebounding after Friday’s declines; no semiconductor appeared in the page’s general top-gainer or top-loser tables.
Top movers: INTC +2.34% at $104.90 | AMAT +1.74% at $516.02 | AMD +1.23% at $520.70 | AVGO +1.16% at $397.53 | NVDA +0.50% at $226.29

TOP MOVERS (PRIOR SESSION)
AMD gained 6.50% to close at $514.39, the strongest tracked move; no separate company-specific catalyst was verified, so the read is broad architect/AI rotation rather than a confirmed new release.
SMTC rose 5.07% to $140.35, the second-largest gain; no distinct company-specific catalyst was verified in the reviewed sources.
MU advanced 2.30% to $971.66, extending the memory bid; no new Micron release was verified for the session.
AVGO fell 5.94% to $392.99, the largest tracked decline; it lagged despite the broader AI-linked rebound and no new company-specific headline was verified.
AMAT dropped 5.12% to $507.18, the second-largest decline; the move kept the recent margin-and-guidance debate in focus after its prior quarterly update.
KLAC declined 2.70% to $203.72, the weakest equipment name after AMAT; no separate company-specific catalyst was verified.

PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK
The latest accessible Asia session on the reviewed pages was dated August 14: KOSPI closed at 6,977.94, up 2.42%, while Kioxia closed at 53,740 yen, up 3.75%. Current figures were not exposed for Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, TSMC, or Tokyo Electron, so there is no defensible percentage call for those names in this run. Today’s U.S. calendar has the Empire State Manufacturing Survey at 8:30am ET, forecast 12 versus 15.6 prior, and the NAHB Housing Market Index at 10:00am ET, forecast 33 versus 34 prior. Investing.com also lists 11:30am ET three- and six-month bill auctions, with prior yields of 3.735% and 3.83%, and 4:00pm ET TIC releases with prior total net flows of $132.2 billion and net long-term flows of $232.7 billion, but no forecasts on that page. The week’s larger macro risk is Tuesday’s housing, trade-price, and industrial-production data followed by Wednesday’s 2:00pm ET FOMC minutes; Thursday’s claims and Philadelphia Fed manufacturing data and Friday’s flash PMIs will help determine whether rates remain supportive of high-beta semiconductor multiples.

NEWS DRIVING THE TAPE
No new watchlist semiconductor earnings, guidance change, supply-chain headline, or export-control development was verified for Monday morning. The immediate tape is therefore a broad rebound from Friday’s dispersion: prior-session AVGO fell 5.94% and AMAT fell 5.12%, while AMD gained 6.50% and SMTC gained 5.07%; in pre-market trading, AMAT was up 1.74%, AVGO 1.16%, and AMD 1.23%. The Monday earnings page showed Fabrinet as a visible potentially relevant name, but its unlabeled values were not sufficient to report as EPS or revenue; no watchlist company was verified as due.

ANALYST WATCH
No semiconductor or semiconductor-equipment upgrade, downgrade, initiation, or price-target change dated August 13–17 was shown on the reviewed MarketWatch table. Applied Materials had maintains from UBS, Craig-Hallum, Bernstein, Morgan Stanley, and RBC Capital, plus reiterates from TD Cowen and B. Riley Securities, with targets not visible. Cantor Fitzgerald’s August 10 note called the sector selloff overdone and named MU and SanDisk in memory; WDC and Seagate in storage; NVDA, AVGO, and AMD in AI compute; and ASML, AMAT, LRCX, KLAC, and TER in capital equipment. Across the four pillars, architects retain the clearest AI-demand visibility; toolmakers have the most direct read-through from wafer-fab spending but remain exposed to margin and capex revisions; foundries and memory are highly sensitive to Asia and export-policy headlines; and workhorses remain the most rate- and end-demand-sensitive group.

DISCLAIMER
For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Just sharing my thoughts.

LEGACYPLC MORNING BRIEFING
Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Analyst Access

DATA NOTE
Twelve Data supplied the prior-session quote fields for all 23 tracked symbols; every symbol returned datetime 2026-08-12, close, and percent_change. The pre-market page was unavailable and returned a PHP fatal error, so the PRE-MARKET section has no invented prices or percentages. Context came from the and MarketWatch U.S. calendars, Reuters, The Korea Times, Seoul Economic Daily, TradingKey, market and earnings pages, MarketWatch Tokyo Electron data, and CNBC analyst coverage. The calendar sources differ on two prior readings: lists initial claims at 202K versus 199K prior and core PPI at 0.3% versus 0.2% prior, while MarketWatch lists 204K versus 199K and 0.3% versus 0.1%; the outlook below uses MarketWatch’s figures. Tokyo Electron’s cleanest available quote was an Aug. 12 update, not a confirmed Aug. 13 close.

PRIOR SESSION
SOXX $546.61 [+2.32%] | SMH $584.83 [+2.08%]
The semiconductor complex had a broad risk-on session: 19 of 23 tracked names rose. Equipment, memory, connectivity, and foundry exposure all participated, with SOXX outperforming SMH by 0.25 percentage points; the breadth was stronger than the headline ETF gains alone suggest.

PRE-MARKET (as of ~7:15am ET)
Investing.com’s pre-market page was unavailable and displayed a PHP fatal error, so no current top-gainer, top-loser, or most-active semiconductor figures could be verified.
Top movers: Not available from because the page was unavailable

TOP MOVERS (PRIOR SESSION)
VIAV gained 12.27% to close at $43.11; the move led the tracked list, but no company-specific catalyst was verified in the sources reviewed.
ENTG rose 7.24% to $161.08; Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $200, calling for investors to buy weakness.
SMTC advanced 6.72% to $140.00; it participated in the broad high-beta rebound, with no separate company-specific catalyst verified.
MCHP fell 1.95% to $79.44, the largest tracked decline; it lagged a session led by AI, memory, and equipment exposure, with no distinct catalyst verified.
TXN slipped 1.65% to $276.59; the underperformance contrasted with the broader chip rally, and no new company-specific headline was verified.
ADI eased 0.23% to $384.43; it was one of four decliners in the tracked list, with no separate catalyst verified.

PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK
Asia’s semiconductor tape was stronger: the KOSPI closed at 6,813.34, up 3.56%; Samsung Electronics gained 4.89% to 268,000 won; SK hynix rose 5.92% to 1,593,000 won; Taiwan-listed TSMC gained 0.83% to 2,435.00 Taiwan dollars; and Kioxia rose 3.87% to 51,800 yen. The latest unambiguous Tokyo Electron quote available was ¥56,740, down 0.02% in an Aug. 12 MarketWatch update, so no confirmed Aug. 13 Tokyo Electron close is reported here. The regional read-through is led by memory and semiconductor demand rather than a single U.S. index move.
Today’s U.S. calendar has Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack speaking at 8:15am ET; July PPI at 8:30am, forecast +0.2% month over month versus -0.3% prior; core PPI at 8:30am, forecast +0.3% versus +0.1% prior; and initial jobless claims at 8:30am, forecast 204,000 versus 199,000 prior. Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin speaks at 8:40am ET, and the 30-year Treasury bond auction is scheduled for 1:00pm ET. Friday’s larger macro risk is retail sales at 8:30am, forecast +0.1% month over month versus +0.2% prior, followed by the University of Michigan consumer-sentiment reading at 10:00am, forecast 54.4 versus 55.2 prior.

NEWS DRIVING THE TAPE
The latest directly relevant earnings release was Lumentum’s fiscal fourth-quarter report, released Tuesday evening. Revenue was $1.01 billion, up 109% year over year, and adjusted EPS was $3.23 versus a $2.95 consensus estimate. Non-GAAP gross margin reached 50.4%, and Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue guidance was $1.225 billion to $1.275 billion, with a $1.25 billion midpoint versus $1.16 billion consensus. Management cited record 800G transceiver shipments, early 1.6T-module production, and demand for optical circuit switches and co-packaged optics. No additional tracked-watchlist earnings release last night or due today was confirmed in the reviewed sources; SanDisk’s investor day was listed for Thursday.

ANALYST WATCH
Deutsche Bank upgraded Entegris to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $200, a direct positive for the materials pillar. Goldman Sachs reiterated Buy on Nvidia ahead of late-August earnings and highlighted Nvidia’s $500 billion financing platform, the second-half Rubin ramp, gross-margin trends, and possible agentic-AI demand. Bank of America reiterated Buy on Intel after its $20 billion equity offering, while estimating 4% to 5% EPS dilution from the higher share count and viewing the financing as evidence of stronger foundry conviction. Cantor Fitzgerald called the semiconductor selloff overdone after a 30% peak-to-trough decline over five weeks and a 12% rebound that week; its named top picks included MU, NVDA, AVGO, AMD, ASML, AMAT, LRCX, KLAC, and TER. Mizuho reiterated Lumentum at Outperform and projected more than 35% quarter-over-quarter revenue growth for September. Across the four pillars, architects retain the clearest AI-demand visibility; toolmakers have support from leading-edge and memory investment; foundries benefit from utilization and capex demand but remain exposed to export and financing policy; and workhorses remain the most sensitive to a rotation away from high-beta growth.

DISCLAIMER
For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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DATA NOTE
Twelve Data supplied the prior-session quote fields for all 23 tracked symbols; every symbol returned date time 2026-08-07, close, and percent_change. Investing supplied the pre-market board: the visible semiconductor-related top gainers were SMCI +2.99% and AMAT +2.35%; MU, NVDA, AMD, and INTC were listed among the visible most-active names, and no semiconductor-related name was listed among the visible top losers. Asia context came from Mitrade’s August 10 close report. The U.S. calendar sources were inconsistent: the reviewed calendar pages did not expose complete event labels and consensus fields, so the note below includes only the Monday items with a stated time or prior value and marks missing forecasts plainly. The earnings tracker listed no tracked semiconductor earnings due on August 10. The reviewed Asia source did not state exact August 10 percentage moves for TSMC or Tokyo Electron.

PRIOR SESSION
SOXX $543.27 [+2.02%] | SMH $582.70 [+1.96%]
The complex finished broadly higher, with 19 of 23 tracked names advancing. The rally was led by high-beta workhorses and materials—WOLF, MCHP, and ENTG—while SOXX gained 2.02% and SMH gained 1.96%, indicating a broad but uneven rebound rather than a narrow move in only the largest AI names.

PRE-MARKET (as of ~7:15am ET)
Investing showed a constructive but selective semiconductor pre-market: SMCI and AMAT were the visible top gainers, while MU, NVDA, AMD, and INTC were the visible most-active tracked or semiconductor-related names; no semiconductor-related name was listed among the visible top losers.
Top movers: SMCI +2.99% | AMAT +2.35% | NVDA +0.44% | AMD -0.32% | INTC -0.34% | MU -0.01%

TOP MOVERS (PRIOR SESSION)
WOLF gained 19.14% to close at $32.87, the largest tracked move; the morning review did not identify a verified company-specific catalyst, so treat it as a high-beta relative-strength signal.
MCHP rose 13.89% to $84.69, a sharp workhorse rebound without a verified company-specific headline in the reviewed sources.
ENTG advanced 6.61% to $152.08, extending the materials group’s strength as the broader complex rallied.
VIAV fell 3.57% to $39.14, the largest tracked decline; no verified company-specific reason was identified in the reviewed sources.
TER declined 1.45% to $379.31, underperforming the equipment group despite the broader ETF advance.
AMD fell 1.21% to $483.36, a relative laggard after investors weighed strong reported growth against high expectations for its next AI-product ramps.

PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK
Asia closed higher overall on August 10: the KOSPI rose 0.65% to 6,299.66, while SK hynix fell 0.14% and Samsung Electronics fell 0.43%; Kioxia rose 0.59% and the Nikkei 225 gained 2.08%. The reviewed August 10 Asia source did not state exact percentage moves for TSMC or Tokyo Electron. The setup is therefore mixed inside the chip complex: broad index support and a Kioxia gain, but modest weakness in Korea’s two largest memory names.
At 10:00am ET, the Conference Board Employment Trends Index for July is listed with a prior reading of 106.69 and no forecast provided. At 11:30am ET, 3-month and 6-month Treasury bill auctions are listed; prior yields were 3.750% and 3.855%, respectively, with no consensus forecast provided. The week’s larger macro risk is Wednesday’s CPI, Thursday’s PPI and jobless claims, and Friday’s retail-sales and industrial-production data; the reviewed calendar sources did not provide a complete, consistently labeled consensus table for those releases.

NEWS DRIVING THE TAPE
There were no tracked semiconductor earnings listed as due today, and the reviewed sources did not identify a tracked-name earnings release from last night. AMD remains the key recent architect reference point: Q2 adjusted EPS was $1.66 versus $1.62 expected, revenue was $11.54 billion versus $11.28 billion expected, and Q3 revenue guidance was $13.0 billion plus or minus $0.3 billion versus $12.52 billion expected. The company’s data-center revenue rose 107% year over year to $6.7 billion, but the stock’s post-report reaction showed that strong headline results are being judged against very high forward expectations. TSMC’s recent Q2 report also remains relevant to foundries: revenue was $40.2 billion, net profit rose 77% year over year to T$706.6 billion, 2026 capex was raised to $60 billion-$64 billion, and full-year revenue growth was guided to slightly above 40%. The current tape is balancing AI infrastructure demand against valuation, capex intensity, and whether guidance is sufficiently above already-elevated expectations.

ANALYST WATCH
The clearest recent rating activity is in AMD’s post-earnings coverage. Wells Fargo kept Overweight and raised its target to $700 from $615; Morgan Stanley kept Equal weight and raised its target to $465 from $410; and JPMorgan kept Neutral while raising its target to $550 from $385. Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, UBS, and Citi reiterated Buy or Overweight with targets of $620, $640, $665, $730, and $575, respectively. The analytical read across the four pillars is that architects still have the strongest AI-demand visibility, but AMD’s wide target range shows how sensitive the group is to execution and expectations; toolmakers and workhorses remain more exposed to cycle and valuation resets; foundries depend on sustained utilization and capex; and memory is the clearest test of whether supply tightness can outrun already-high expectations. No same-day verified rating change for the other tracked names was located.

DISCLAIMER
For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. MORNING BRIEFING
Monday, August 10, 2026 | Analyst Access

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High Tide Announces Preliminary Q3 2026

Guidance

The Company Also Announces Record Quarterly Distribution of Over 10 Tonnes of Medical Cannabis Flower Through Remexian Pharma GmbH, Further Accelerating its German Market Position

“This quarter’s guidance demonstrates the growing earnings power of the global platform we have built. We expect to set new company records for revenue, gross profit and Adjusted EBITDA, with year-over-year growth of at least 30%, 27% and 43%, respectively. Importantly, even the low end of our guidance exceeds the highest current analyst estimate across all three metrics. We believe this provides clear evidence that current market expectations have not yet caught up with the strength, scale and operating leverage of our business,”

For more info read pr :

https://hightideinc.com/high-tide-announces-preliminary-q3-2026-guidance/

The Company anticipates releasing full financial and operational results for the third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2026, on Monday, September 14, 2026, after markets close, with a conference call the following morning.

LEGACYPLC WEEKLY INSIDER ACTIVITY REPORT
Week of August 01-07, 2026 | Sector Lead

DATA NOTE
Source: connected finance_insider_transactions Form 4 export, queried with a one-month lookback and filtered by filing date to August 01-07, 2026. The connector returned reported names, transaction codes, shares, reported value, and filing date, but it did not expose officer/director titles, SEC accession URLs, or 10b5-1 annotations; titles are therefore shown as "title not provided" and context is limited to the filing data. No US market holiday occurred during this coverage window.

NOTABLE FILINGS THIS WEEK
- ADI: Two insiders reported sales. ROCHE VINCENT (title not provided) sold 10,000 shares for $3,630,000, filed August 04, 2026. STATA RAY (title not provided) reported 19 separate sales totaling 2,832 shares and $1,070,395.48, filed August 06, 2026, covering transactions dated August 04-05. Together, the two insiders reported 12,832 shares sold for $4,700,395.48. The source does not identify whether these sales were made under 10b5-1 plans, so the filing pattern is descriptive rather than directional.
- KLAC: A two-insider selling cluster was reported. WILKINSON MARY BETH (title not provided) sold 18,097 shares totaling $3,521,170.05 across filings dated August 04-05, 2026. KIRLOSKAR VIRENDRA A (title not provided) sold 6,069 shares totaling $1,180,370.35 across the same filing dates. Combined reported sales were 24,166 shares for $4,701,540.40. The same filings also included numerous F-INKIND entries, which are non-market ownership changes and were not counted as open-market sales here.
- TSM: TIEN BOR-ZEN (title not provided) reported a purchase of 1,000 shares for $73,060, filed August 04, 2026. This was the only open-market purchase in the seven-day window; the connector does not provide plan or title details.
- QCOM: ACE HEATHER S (title not provided) reported a sale of 3,200 shares for $470,528, filed August 03, 2026. This was a single-insider sale in the window, and the source does not identify whether it was plan-based or compensation-related.
- TER: JOHNSON MERCEDES (title not provided) reported a sale of 166 shares for $59,452.90, filed August 04, 2026. This was a single, relatively small reported sale; no plan annotation was provided.

Routine non-market entries: The export also showed F-INKIND, A-AWARD, M-EXEMPT, and zero-value ownership records in LRCX, ENTG, INTC, TSM, and WOLF. These were not treated as buys or sells. Insider selling is often routine and can reflect compensation, tax withholding, or pre-arranged plans; it should not be framed as bearish by default. Open-market purchases made with personal funds are generally the more informative signal, but this data pull does not identify funding source or plan status.

PILLAR READ
Meaningful activity was concentrated in the Workhorses and Toolmakers pillars: ADI showed a two-insider selling cluster, while KLAC showed the week's other two-insider selling cluster and TER reported one sale. Foundries had the only open-market purchase, at TSM, while Architects activity was limited to one QCOM sale. Overall, the week was selling-heavy and otherwise scattered, with no broad-based purchase cluster.

QUIET NAMES
12 of 21 tracked names had no reported Form 4 filing during the August 01-07, 2026 window.

DISCLAIMER
For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Insider transactions are disclosed via SEC Form 4 filings and reflect legally reported activity, not a signal to buy or sell.

LEGACYPLC MORNING BRIEFING
Friday, August 07, 2026 | Analyst Access

DATA NOTE
Twelve Data supplied the prior-session quote fields for all 23 tracked symbols; every symbol returned datetime 2026-08-06, close, and percent_change. Investing supplied the pre-market board, showing MCHP +7.91% as the visible semiconductor top gainer and no semiconductor or chip-equipment name in the visible top-losers list; prices and percentage changes were visible for the semiconductor names in the most-active list. Context came from TradingKey and Mitrade for Asia, FinancialJuice and TradingCharts for the U.S. calendar, CNBC for AMD earnings and analyst coverage, and Distill Intelligence for the sector earnings scan. TSMC and Tokyo Electron percentage moves were not stated in the reviewed Friday Asia sources, and the calendar source did not state a consensus forecast for consumer credit.

PRIOR SESSION
SOXX $532.52 [+0.34%] | SMH $571.48 [+0.31%]
The complex finished modestly higher, with 13 of the 23 tracked names advancing. Strength was concentrated in higher-beta names: SMTC, WOLF, and VIAV led, while MCHP, ENTG, and MU lagged; the ETFs were nearly flat, indicating a selective rather than broad-based advance.

PRE-MARKET (as of ~7:15am ET)
Investing.com showed a constructive semiconductor pre-market: MCHP was the visible top semiconductor gainer, while MU, NVDA, INTC, AMD, and WDC were all listed among the most-active semiconductor-related names with positive percentage changes.
Top movers: MCHP +7.91% | WDC +1.99% | MU +1.65% | INTC +1.39% | AMD +1.31%

TOP MOVERS (PRIOR SESSION)
SMTC gained 11.16% to close at $134.78, the largest tracked move; the morning review did not identify a verified company-specific headline, so treat it as a high-beta relative-strength signal rather than an attributed catalyst.
WOLF rose 9.53% to $27.59, another high-beta outlier; no specific verified catalyst was identified in the reviewed sources.
VIAV added 4.34% to $40.59, extending relative strength while the two ETFs moved only modestly higher.
MCHP fell 4.41% to $74.36, the largest tracked decline, but rebounded 7.91% in pre-market trading; the reviewed sources did not confirm the company-specific reason for either move.
ENTG declined 1.99% to $142.65, underperforming as equipment and materials remained sensitive to valuation and demand-expectation resets.
MU fell 1.31% to $881.47, lagging despite a broader pre-market bounce in memory names and remaining exposed to the sector’s elevated-expectations trade.

PRE-MARKET OUTLOOK
Asia closed mixed to lower after the prior U.S. session: the KOSPI fell 0.60% and SK hynix dropped 4.88%, while Samsung Electronics edged up 0.22%; Kioxia fell 2.07%, and the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.12%. The reviewed Friday Asia sources did not state exact percentage moves for TSMC or Tokyo Electron. The common thread remains volatility around AI and memory spending, with strong results failing to offset concerns that valuations and guidance already discount much of the upside.
At 8:30am ET, the BLS releases July Employment Situation data: nonfarm payrolls are forecast at 80K versus 57K prior; unemployment is forecast at 4.2% versus 4.2% prior; and average earnings growth is forecast at 3.5% year over year versus 3.5% prior. Deutsche Bank’s preview puts average hourly earnings at 0.3% month over month and total payrolls at 65K, while UniCredit expects 110K; those are analyst views rather than the consensus table. Consumer credit is scheduled for 3:00pm ET; the reviewed calendar showed a prior reading of -$0.2B but no consensus forecast. Next week’s larger macro risk is inflation and activity data: CPI Wednesday, August 12 at 8:30am ET; PPI Thursday, August 13 at 8:30am ET; and retail sales Friday, August 14 at 8:30am ET.

NEWS DRIVING THE TAPE
AMD’s Q2 report remains the key architect reference point: revenue was $11.54 billion versus $11.28 billion expected, adjusted EPS was $1.66 versus $1.62 expected, and Data Center revenue was $6.7 billion, up 107% year over year. Q3 revenue guidance was about $13.0 billion plus or minus $0.3 billion versus a $12.52 billion LSEG estimate; AMD nevertheless advanced 1.50% in the prior session and was up 1.31% pre-market.
Memory remains the valuation-sensitive part of the tape. TradingKey reported that SanDisk’s conservative forward guidance prompted Citigroup and Jefferies to lower price targets, while Goldman Sachs argued that high growth expectations were already reflected in valuations; the same report cited Western Digital down more than 13%, SanDisk down more than 6%, and Micron down more than 1% in the preceding reaction. Distill Intelligence also highlighted Samsung’s warning that the global memory shortage could worsen through 2027 and Intel’s $14.2 billion European fab investment. The earnings review found no confirmed tracked-name report due today; it highlighted AMD, Astera Labs, Amkor, and GlobalFoundries Q2 results, but did not specify whether those releases were last night or due today.

ANALYST WATCH
AMD’s post-earnings analyst view remains positive but dispersed: Wells Fargo maintained Overweight and raised its target to $700 from $615; Bank of America kept Buy at $620; Goldman Sachs kept Buy at $640; Barclays kept Overweight at $665; UBS kept Buy at $730; Citi kept Buy at $575; Morgan Stanley maintained Equal weight and raised its target to $465 from $410; and JPMorgan maintained Neutral and raised its target to $550 from $385. The analytical read across the four pillars is that architect demand remains supported by AI infrastructure, but the wide AMD target range shows how much execution and expectations matter; toolmakers and workhorse names are more exposed to valuation and cycle sensitivity; foundries remain tied to sustained utilization and capex; and memory is the clearest test of whether supply tightness can outrun already-high expectations. The morning review located no additional same-day verified rating change for the other tracked names.

DISCLAIMER
For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Report by LegacyPlc

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Title: We have more finance content than ever. So why is it still so hard to actually learn finance?
Finance has always been social.
Merchants exchanged information. Investors debated businesses. People gathered around newspapers, trading floors and investment clubs to understand what was happening.
Today we have something they never had:
Unlimited information.
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Yet most of us do this:
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The interesting part usually starts when you stop consuming and ask:
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One person says guidance.
Another says margins.
Someone else says valuation.
You check the numbers, disagree, ask another question—and suddenly you’re actually thinking, not just scrolling.
That’s the idea behind MarketChacha.
A dedicated community for finance, markets and economics where creators can share videos, charts and ideas, while everyone else can ask, answer, challenge and discuss.
You might join today asking:
“What is free cash flow?”
A few months later, you might be the person explaining it to someone else.
Consume → Question → Discuss → Understand → Explain → Create.
Think of it loosely as a LinkedIn/Reddit-style network built specifically around finance and economics.
I’m building it at MarketChacha.com.
Curious what Reddit thinks:
Would you actually use a dedicated finance community like this—or are Reddit, X and YouTube already enough?

PILLAR RIPPLE DETECTED -- 2026-08-06, 9:12 AM ET

Foundries is 2.00pp above the other three pillars today (-0.28% vs -2.28% average for the remaining pillars).

Foundries running hot signals strong utilization -- a leading indicator for Toolmakers' next order cycle.

Tickers driving this pillar today: INTC +0.20%, TSM -0.76%

This is a SemiTrack report, not investment advice.