Crypto Pulse—US Stocks

U.S. stocks moved lower on August 20 as investors returned to the same macro pressures that have been weighing on the market: high long-term interest rates, rising oil prices and uncertainty over the Federal Reserve’s next move. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.32%, the S&P 500 lost 0.87%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 1.00%.The key issue was not a single earnings report. Long-term Treasury yields resumed their climb just one day after the U.S. Treasury expanded bond buybacks in an at

Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is making another major bet on AI memory. On August 20, the company announced plans to invest $10 billion over the next decade in Micron Research Labs, a new U.S.-based research institution headquartered in Boise, Idaho. The initiative will focus on advanced memory technologies, memory and compute architectures, packaging and future semiconductor manufacturing.MU stock responded positively. Micron shares rose 3.97% to $974.33 on August 20 even as the broader techno

Walmart stock (WMT) dropped sharply on August 20 after the retailer reported its fiscal second-quarter 2027 results. The headline numbers were not uniformly weak: total revenue increased 5.9% year over year, Walmart U.S. e-commerce sales rose 24%, and the company raised its full-year sales and earnings outlook. Yet WMT stock still fell more than 9%, wiping out more than $80 billion in market value.The reason was the gap between Walmart’s overall growth and what investors saw underneath it. Walma

Moderna (MRNA) stock surged 177% on August 19 after the company and Merck announced positive Phase 3 results for an experimental personalized mRNA cancer therapy. Merck (MRK) climbed 12.6% as investors reassessed both the commercial opportunity for the treatment and the broader potential of combining mRNA technology with cancer immunotherapy.The treatment, intismeran autogene, is being developed by Moderna in combination with Merck's Keytruda for patients with high-risk melanoma whose tumors hav

Walmart (WMT) reports fiscal second-quarter 2027 earnings on August 20, putting one of the world's largest retailers at the center of the latest U.S. earnings calendar. According to Walmart's official earnings schedule, quarterly materials are expected at approximately 6 a.m. Central Time before management holds its earnings call at 7 a.m.Wall Street expects Walmart to report approximately $186.8 billion in revenue and $0.74 in adjusted earnings per share, while U.S. comparable sales are expecte

Semiconductor stocks have lost momentum after one of the strongest stretches of the 2026 AI trade. Micron Technology (MU) fell about 7% on August 18, Sandisk (SNDK) dropped roughly 9%, Nvidia (NVDA) declined 2.3%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost about 5%. The weakness spread across memory, storage, GPUs and other parts of the AI hardware supply chain rather than remaining concentrated in one company.The immediate question is therefore broader than why Micron or Sandisk fell on a si

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What to KnowFabrinet reported $1.316 billion in Q4 FY2026 revenue, up 45% year over year, with non-GAAP EPS reaching $4.10.Data-center revenue rose 68% to $669 million and became Fabrinet’s largest business, representing 51% of total revenue.FN closed the regular session at $598.58, up 4.97%, before reversing sharply after the earnings release and falling about 7% after hours.Fabrinet expects Q1 FY2027 revenue of $1.375 billion to $1.425 billion, supported by DCI, transceivers and high-performan

What to KnowSandisk (SNDK) rose 8.9% on August 17, extending a multi-day rally as other memory and storage stocks also moved higher.Elon Musk replied “Few realize this” to Peter Diamandis’ argument that memory, rather than compute, could become the rate limiter of the agentic AI era.Musk did not specifically mention Sandisk or NAND, but the exchange strengthened an existing market narrative around AI memory and storage demand.Sandisk’s own catalysts remain more important: AI data-center growth,