Hardik Shah

Hardik Shah

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: U.S. issues new Iran-related sanctions - Treasury website - $QQQ $SPY $USO

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: U.S. and Iran are expected to hold a new round of talks next week, possibly in Switzerland. - Axios - $QQQ $SPY $USO

๐Ÿ“ข Companies Reporting Earnings Next Week

$JPMorgan Chase(JPM.US) $Goldman Sachs(GS.US) $Bank of America(BAC.US) $Wells Fargo(WFC.US) $Citigroup(C.US) $Fastenal(FAST.US) $Aehr Test(AEHR.US) $BNY $Elevance Health(ELV.US) $PNC Financial Services(PNC.US) $First Horizon(FHN.US) $Johnson & Johnson(JNJ.US) $Morgan Stanley(MS.US) $Citigroup(C.US)TAS $Citigroup(C.US)AG $ASML(ASML.US) $BlackRock(BLK.US) $J.B. Hunt Transport Services(JBHT.US) $United Airlines(UAL.US) $Karooooo(KARO.US) $Unitedhealth(UNH.US) $Abbott Laboratories(ABT.US) $American Airlines(AAL.US) $US Bancorp(USB.US) $Prologis(PLD.US) $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) $GE Aerospace(GE.US) $Intuitive Surgical(ISRG.US) $Netflix(NFLX.US) $Alcoa(AA.US) $Travellers(TRV.US)

$Micron Tech(MU.US) | TD Cowen ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ง, maintains ๐๐“ ๐š๐ญ $๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ”๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ

Analyst sees strong demand and supply tightness persisting beyond 2027, with Supply Constrainment Agreements (SCAs) providing predictability and upside.

$Circle(CRCL.US) | Mizuho ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ on ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž, maintains ๐๐“ ๐š๐ญ $๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“

Analyst sees the market's positive reaction to OCC approval as overly optimistic, flagging unresolved fundamental issues for the stock.

๐Ÿ“Š ๐ˆ๐๐•๐„๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐“๐„: HBM4 Memory Prices Expected to More Than Double by 2027 Amid AI Demand - DigiTimes - $Micron Tech(MU.US) $Sandisk(SNDK.US) $SK Hynix(SKHY.US) $Western Digital(WDC.US) $Seagate Tech(STX.US)

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

โžค ๐‡๐๐Œ๐Ÿ’ prices could rise to ๐’๐Ÿ’โ€“๐’๐Ÿ“ per gigabit by 2027.

โžค Pricing expected to more than ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž from H2 2026 levels.

โžค Strong ๐€๐ˆ demand and capacity constraints drive higher pricing.

โžค HBM4 production requires ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซโ€“๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก production cycles.

โžค HBM manufacturing consumes roughly ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ DDR5 wafer capacity.

โžค ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ , ๐’๐Š ๐‡๐ฒ๐ง๐ข๐ฑ, and ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ง are securing long-term AI supply deals.

โžค Around ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ DRAM capacity could be committed by 2027.

โžค Rising ๐ƒ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ÿ“ profit margins are supporting premium HBM pricing.

โžค Nvidia's ๐‘๐ฎ๐›๐ข๐ง platform is accelerating HBM4 adoption.

โžค DigiTimes says AI memory supply is expected to remain ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ into 2027.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: King Yuan Electronics Plans Up to $1.4 Billion U.S. Investment - $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

โžค ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐ฎ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ฌ plans to invest up to ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ’ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง in the U.S.

โžค Company supplies ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  services to ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐š.

โžค Investment will fund a new ๐”.๐’. ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ to support growth.

โžค Expansion aims to strengthen its ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ง position.

โžค Company did not disclose the facility's ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง or timeline.

โžค Intended customers for the U.S. facility remain ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐.

โžค Move follows broader ๐“๐š๐ข๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž semiconductor expansion into the U.S.

โžค ๐“๐’๐Œ๐‚'s Arizona investment has accelerated industry localization.

โžค ๐…๐จ๐ฑ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง and ๐–๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง are building AI server capacity in Texas for Nvidia

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $SEALSQ(LAES.US) SEALSQ Signs $5 Million Commercial Quantum Security Deal With Quobly

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

โžค ๐’๐„๐€๐‹๐’๐ signs a ๐”๐’$๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง commercial agreement with ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ.

โžค Deal advances the ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ deployment of their strategic partnership.

โžค Quobly will integrate ๐’๐„๐€๐‹๐’๐'๐ฌ post-quantum security and secure semiconductor technologies.

โžค Technologies include ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ญ-๐จ๐Ÿ-๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, PQC, secure identity, and Cryo CMOS ASIC.

โžค Partnership aims to embed ๐œ๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ directly into quantum computing hardware.

โžค Quobly recently completed a โ‚ฌ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง Series A financing.

โžค Collaboration targets secure quantum infrastructure across ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž, and ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ markets.

โžค Agreement supports ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง quantum sovereignty and secure computing infrastructure.

โžค Commercial deal follows the companies' strategic collaboration announced in ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:

๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐š, Founder and CEO of SEALSQ:

โ€œThe signing of this $5 million commercial agreement represents an important milestone in the execution of SEALSQโ€™s quantum strategy and demonstrates the growing commercial demand for post-quantum semiconductor technologies.Our collaboration with Quobly is moving from strategic technology cooperation toward commercial deployment. By integrating SEALSQโ€™s post-quantum semiconductors, Root-of-Trust technologies and secure infrastructure into Quoblyโ€™s scalable silicon quantum computing platform, we are building the security foundation required for the next generation of quantum computers.We believe every quantum computer, quantum data center and quantum communication infrastructure will ultimately require a trusted hardware security layer. SEALSQ intends to become one of the leading global providers of this quantum security infrastructure.This agreement also validates our strategy of combining post-quantum semiconductors, secure hardware and quantum computing technologies to create a vertically integrated and sovereign quantum technology ecosystem.โ€

๐Œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ, Co-Founder and CEO of Quobly:

โ€œQuoblyโ€™s mission is to develop scalable quantum processors using semiconductor technologies compatible with the global CMOS manufacturing

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $XPeng(XPEV.US) Xpeng Launches Internal Robotaxi Testing in Guangzhou

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

โžค ๐—๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐  begins internal ๐‘๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ข testing in Guangzhou.

โžค Testing starts ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ after AI Day 2025 unveiling.

โžค ๐‡๐ž ๐—๐ข๐š๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐  completes the first internal Robotaxi journey.

โžค Platform validated the full ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ž-๐ก๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  and autonomous service chain.

โžค Robotaxi platform runs on ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ˆ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ and ๐•๐‹๐€๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ AI model.

โžค System is designed without ๐‹๐ข๐ƒ๐€๐‘-heavy architecture or HD maps.

โžค Xpeng will provide ๐‘๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ข technology to local operating partners.

โžค Guangzhou demonstration services are planned during ๐ต๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

โžค Xpeng is exploring Robotaxi partnerships across ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž, ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, and ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ:

๐‡๐ž ๐—๐ข๐š๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ , Chairman and CEO of Xpeng:

"Robotaxi represents an important step in Xpeng's expansion from smart electric vehicles to robotic vehicles. For Xpeng, Robotaxi is not simply a new business, but one of the most important milestones in unlocking the real potential of Physical AI."

๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐˜๐ฎ๐š๐ง, Head of Xpeng Robotaxi:

"significantly reduces the cost and complexity of deployment."

$Cohu(COHU.US) | Stifel maintains ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐“ ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ $๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ

Analyst sees AI compute-driven test revenue and cyclical improvement driving a higher multiple for the stock.

$Applied Materials(AMAT.US) | Stifel maintains ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐“ ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ $๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ

Analyst sees AMAT as a high-quality holding with a broad product arsenal, positioning it for market expansion and higher peak profitability.

$Meta Platforms(META.US) | BofA Securities ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š, maintains ๐๐“ ๐š๐ญ $๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“

Analyst sees potential for Meta to achieve significant cost savings on AI capacity, suggesting capacity cost per MW is well below Street expectations.

$MongoDB(MDB.US) | ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ก๐š๐ฆ maintains ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ƒ๐, ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐“ ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ

Analyst sees investor comparisons to $Snowflake(SNOW.US) Snowflake and $Datadog(DDOG.US) Datadog on AI tailwinds as unfair, noting MongoDB's path to AI monetization is different.

$Lennar(LEN.US) | Argus maintains ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ง๐š๐ซ, ๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐“ ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

Analyst sees compelling valuation and is optimistic for a market recovery, highlighting Lennar's efficiency and financial strength in a choppy market.

$Stryker(SYK.US) | Argus reiterates ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ on ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ค๐ž๐ซ, ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐“ ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ

Analyst sees SYK overcoming cyberattack disruptions to post stronger H2 2026 growth, driven by its Mako V4 launch and diversified portfolio.

โšก ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: $Circle(CRCL.US) Circle Receives OCC Approval to Establish National Trust Bank

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

โžค ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž receives ๐Ž๐‚๐‚ approval to establish ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ.

โžค Charter places Circle National Trust under direct ๐Ž๐‚๐‚ federal oversight.

โžค Approval strengthens infrastructure supporting ๐”๐’๐ƒ๐‚, Circle's regulated stablecoin.

โžค Circle National Trust will initially provide ๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ custody.

โžค Future plans include institutional custody for ๐›๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ and regulated financial institutions.

โžค Charter enables future management of the ๐”๐’๐ƒ๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž under federal oversight.

โžค Circle says the charter enhances ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, and trust for USDC.

โžค Circle applied for the charter on ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

โžค Circle remains licensed across multiple jurisdictions, including ๐„๐”, ๐”๐Š, ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, and ๐€๐›๐ฎ ๐ƒ๐ก๐š๐›๐ข.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ:

๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Circle:

โ€œOCC approval to establish Circle National Trust marks a defining step in bringing blockchain technology and digital assets into the core of the U.S. financial system. Federal oversight of our trust bank sets a new standard for transparency, governance, and scale for Circleโ€™s infrastructure and unlocks a new phase of adoption, where leading financial institutions can build on public blockchains with clarity and confidence.โ€

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: Tencent Is in Talks to Become the Largest Shareholder of Manus as Investors Race to Unwind $Meta Platforms(META.US) Metaโ€™s $2Bn Acquisition - FT

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: citing people familiar with the matter, reports Israel has provided the U.S. with new intelligence that Iran may be considering a new plot to assassinate Trump. - WSJ - $QQQ $SPY $USO

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $SK Hynix(SKHY.US) SK Hynix's US ADR offering drew nearly $200 bln in demand, attracting over 500 investors; the top 25 accounts received roughly 67% of the allocation and the top 10 took nearly half - $Micron Tech(MU.US) $Sandisk(SNDK.US)

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: Amazon offering lower shipping rates than UPS and FedEx - Report - $UPS(UPS.US) $FedEx(FDX.US) $Amazon(AMZN.US)

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work, powered by GPT-5.6, its latest frontier model series. The new ChatGPT desktop app integrates chat, work functions and CODEX. - $Microsoft(MSFT.US) $Alphabet(GOOGL.US) $Meta Platforms(META.US)

$Meta Platforms(META.US) | Alexander on Meta AI should build desktop app for coding, agents, browser use, and computer control.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $Terawulf(WULF.US) Terawulf Eyes $3.5 Billion for Anthropic-Leased Data Center - Bloomberg

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: OpenAI's Altman Says $Microsoft(MSFT.US) Microsoft Will Remain One of Our Biggest Customers- CNBC Interview

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‰๐”๐’๐“ ๐ˆ๐: $Meta Platforms(META.US) Meta Launches Muse Spark 1.1 AI Model and Public Model API Preview

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ:

โžค ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š released ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ with improved reasoning and agentic capabilities.

โžค Model is available in ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž on the Meta AI app and