AI-infrastructure conviction defined the week: SK Hynix’s record $26.5B Nasdaq debut surged 14%, Meta rallied roughly 15% on its “Meta Compute” cloud pivot, and Broadcom extended a $30B+ Apple chip deal — even as a genuine US-Iran ceasefire collapse sent oil spiking as much as 5.9% and nine of eleven S&P sectors red mid-week. The Fed turned meaningfully more hawkish, with 2026 rate-hike odds jumping to 59% after Williams named AI-driven demand his top inflation risk. The S&P 500 closed +1.24%; the Dow finished red.
MIB Weekly: SK Hynix and Meta Powered Through Iran and a Hawkish Fed, But Software Lagged — SpaceX’s Junk Spreads Say the AI Trade’s Real Test Is Still Ahead
MIB Daily: Oil +6%, Gold Falls — AI Chips Buck a 577-Point Dow Drop as a Split Fed Eyes July 28
Iran’s ceasefire collapsed as the U.S. struck 80+ targets and Treasury revoked Tehran’s oil waiver, sending WTI up 5.9% and Brent up 6.9%. The Dow sank 577 points (-1.1%) as nine of eleven sectors fell. Hawkish FOMC minutes showed nine of eighteen officials still eyeing a hike on AI-capex and oil-driven inflation risk. AI chips bucked the selloff — Broadcom’s $30B Apple deal, Nvidia’s China reports, and Arista +8.8%. Gold fell 1.7% despite the risk-off tape. May consumer credit unexpectedly contracted.
MIB Daily: SOX +3% and AMD +6.61% Confirm a Broadening AI Rally — But Can Cyclical Rotation Survive a Fed Still Split on Rate Cuts?
Broadcom’s decade-long Apple chip deal ignites a broad semiconductor rebound, driving the S&P (+0.72%) and Dow to record highs while AMD (+6.61%) and Arista (+8.31%) ride AI-infrastructure demand. June’s ISM Services report complicates the rate-cut story: hiring jumped even as growth cooled, muddying the Fed’s path into month-end’s FOMC. Tesla (+6.69%) rebounds on its first Miami robotaxi trading day. Vertex snaps up Crinetics for $10B in a biotech bet, and SK Hynix confirms a record $28B Nasdaq listing, pricing Thursday.
