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Broadcom is set to be the final semiconductor giant to report earnings for the quarter, as a historic rally in chipmaker stocks shows little signs of abating. Investors will also watch Friday’s jobs report—one of the first major economic indicators that will inform the Federal Reserve under its new chairman, Kevin Warsh.

The chip designer heads into its report at an all-time high, with one number set to dominate the conversation.

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come for the week of June 1, including fresh labor market data and quarterly results from consumer, retail, and AI sectors.

Economic releases this week will spotlight employment—in both the JOLTS and the jobs report—and business purchasing activity. Palo Alto, Dollar General, and Lululemon will close out this earnings season.

Tech bellwethers and rising retail check in this week with fresh financials.

Markets face a big week focused almost entirely on labor market assessment as comprehensive employment data builds toward Friday's May jobs report at 8:30am that will provide crucial insights into whether the labor market is stabilizing or continuing to deteriorate.

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Nvidia (NVDA) stock is up about 15.44% year to date, at the time of writing, Friday afternoon, May 29. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index (SPY) is up about 11.06% in the same period. While the stock has outpaced the S&P 500, its growth is lagging that of other semiconductor companies that ...

IBM will receive $1 billion in funding to set up a quantum computing foundry.

Broadcom is set to be the final semiconductor giant to report earnings for the quarter, as a historic rally in chipmaker stocks shows little signs of abating. Investors will also watch next Friday’s jobs report—one of the first major economic indicators that will inform the Federal Reserve under its new chairman, Kevin Warsh.

Broadcom stock is near highs ahead of earnings, along with other hot tech stocks like Credo Technology and fiber optic leader Ciena.

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - Investors will turn to an important labor market update next week as they weigh whether simmering inflation and the potential for interest rate hikes

Ambarella (AMBA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +4.76% and +0.19%, respectively, for the quarter ended April 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Apollo Global Management and Blackstone are working to bring in additional investors ‌for about $36 billion debt financing tied to AI ‌startup Anthropic PBC's efforts to expand its AI infrastructure, Bloomberg ​News reported on Thursday. The debt would be used to buy custom chips from Google. Broadcom, which helps Google develop the chips, is backstopping ⁠payments on the largest portions of the transaction, the report added.

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Broadcom stock is biding time in a buy zone of a cup base ahead of the next earnings report, due soon. Analysts expect bolstered sales and profit growth, making it Wednesday's IBD 50 Growth Stocks To Watch pick. Broadcom pulled back during Wednesday's session after earlier gains.

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The real threat to the tech sector isn't a lack of AI ideas, but a classic economic shock. The overproduction of computing power.

Consider Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) here because a forward FY 2027 earnings multiple of 7x on a company sitting at the literal center of the AI memory bottleneck is a valuation that almost never exists at the heart of a megatrend, and the only reason it does now is that your advisor still thinks “memory” means ... Trading at 7x Earnings in an AI Boom? This Is the ‘Stupid Cheap’ Stock Your Financial Advisor Won’t Tell You About

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UBS raised its target on Micron to a Street-high $1,625 from $535, arguing AI has structurally changed the memory market

The AI chip race has produced a handful of clear winners. Broadcom is one of them. But the question heading into its next earnings report is no longer about whether it is a top AI stock to own. The real debate now is: Can a company already pulling in billions from artificial intelligence keep ...

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Carillon Tower Advisers, an investment management company, released its first-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Carillon Eagle Growth & Income Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here. The first quarter of 2026 was volatile due to market shifts, including increased geopolitical risk and inflation fears from rising energy prices. The S&P declined […]

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is one of the Most Undervalued US Stocks According to Hedge Funds. On May 8, Reuters reported that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) has hired Richard Hardegree as Vice Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions. ​Hardegree is a seasoned investment banker at UBS and brings over 30 years of M&A experience […]

Broadcom is locked in a clash of titans with rival artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia but seems to be holding its own as the member of Investor's Business Daily's Sector Leaders list hovers just below a buy point. As it awaits its second-quarter results, due June 3, Broadcom ended trading Thursday just below a cup base's pivot of 414.61 after recently scoring an all-time high, according to chart analysis tools on IBD's MarketSurge. In April, Broadcom scored a partnership with Google parent Alphabet.

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) — namely the Dow Jones Industrial Average — are gaining back some ground ahead of Thursday's close as investors continue to digest Nvidia's (NVDA) first quarter earnings. The AI chip stock's movement has largely been muted despite the company boasting record quarterly revenue ($81.62 billion). Gradient Investments senior portfolio manager Keith Gangl weighs in on how investors are viewing Nvidia's results through the broader lens of geopolitical pressures stemming from the US-Iran war. Catch up on the top moments from Nvidia's earnings call, as well as what Nvidia CFO Colette Kress told Yahoo Finance about the company's CPU sales forecasts.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock closed the May 20 trading session 8.1% up at $447.58, according to Yahoo Finance. It is currently trading 0.8% down at $444.0, according to Yahoo Finance at the time of writing, Thursday morning, May 21. ARM closed 15.05% higher at $256.73.Intel closed 7.36% ...

Broadcom (AVGO) stock closed the May 19 trading session at $411.07, or 6.5% lower compared to its highest-ever closing price of $439.79 on May 14, according to Yahoo Finance. The drop happened despite several analyst upgrades. Wells Fargo and TD Cowen both raised their price targets. Wells Fargo ...