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Intel, Novartis, Itau Unibanco and AMREP face distinct growth opportunities and risks, from AI expansion and drug sales to banking growth and real estate development.

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The venue’s Oct. 26 notice also restates its risk warnings: its access-token contract had no external audit, upgrades skip a timelock and SIPC coverage for self-custodied tokens is uncertain.

Wedbush analyst Matt Bryson reiterates Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) with a Neutral and maintains $98 price target.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after Bank of America projected that memory chip supplies would remain tight through 2028 due to expanding artificial intelligence demand.

Agentic AI could be a boon for the chipmaker.

Intel has agreed to purchase Israeli quantum software firm Classiq Technologies Ltd. to scale its hardware ecosystem.

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who didn’t). Let’s take a look at how processors and graphics chips stocks fared in Q2, starting with Intel (NASDAQ:INTC).

The TCW Concentrated Large Cap Growth Fund Q3 2026 Commentary details tech sector performance and strategic stock holdings. Read the full analysis for more details.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & TEL AVIV, Israel, October 26, 2026--Intel to Acquire Classiq to Create a Full-stack Quantum Computing Platform

Third quarter earnings season is in full swing this week. Follow along for live updates.
Intel's manufacturing recovery and AI expansion, Novartis' growth drugs and Itau Unibanco's strategic moves headline today's top analyst reports.

A Wall Street analyst just slapped a Buy rating on Intel days before its earnings report, citing a server CPU shortage that could last for years. Whether the chip giant can actually deliver enough silicon to prove that thesis right is the question hanging over the whole trade.

Two legacy tech giants are both rebuilding from the inside out, but one is quietly compounding cash while the other bets billions on factories without a single named customer to show for it.

Key TakeawaysIntel shares rose 4% today after New Street Research upgraded the stock to Buy from Neutral with a $125 price target. New Street argues that AI agents will keep server CPUs in short supply for years, and Intel’s own data center results back up that demand.

Chip stocks with third-quarter earnings reports due this week include Intel and Sandisk.

STMicroelectronics is set to report Q3 2026 results, with AI and data-center demand supporting growth as pricing pressures and weaker production pose challenges.
MPWR is set to report Q3 2026 results, with strong AI data center demand, rising revenue expectations and growth across key business segments.
Investing.com -- New Street Research upgraded Intel to Buy with a $125 price target in a note Monday, telling investors that tight server CPU supply is strengthening the chipmaker’s turnaround.

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Investors punish Big Tech for raising and cutting AI capex. See what MetLife's Matus says to expect from earnings.
SK Hynix's revenue has surged to over $52 billion in the latest quarter, while Intel has remained relatively flat.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) reports third-quarter results on Oct. 29, and margins will shape how the market responds. Shares have slipped 13.24% since the July report. This quarter needs to show that record demand is turning into lasting profit. Record Growth Gave Way to a Sharp Pullback Last quarter was Intel’s best in years. Revenue hit $16.1 […]

The spotlight will be particularly intense as several of the biggest names in technology report quarterly results, while the Federal Reserve prepares to make its latest policy decision.

Intel's margins are rising, which could drive significant earnings growth.

Monolithic Power, Intel and SanDisk lead 12 stocks above $50 billion priced for outsized earnings swings as the AI trade faces Big Tech results.
Stephanie Guild, CIO of Robinhood, joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." They discuss how she is seeing consumers take advantage of the pullback in AI, having cash on the side to invest, and how Robinhood users can now use agentic AI agents to invest on their behalf.
The chipmaker beat its own forecast all three times. Why did the stock fall twice?

V2X President and CEO Jeremy Wensinger joins J.D. Durkin at AUSA 2026.
GPUS, XXII, SHFS, LUCD and RIME led US share turnover on Oct. 23, 2026, with volume spikes and price moves ranging from sharp gains to steep declines.
The Dow Jones index drops 500 points Friday as oil prices rally. Bloom, MaxLinear and WDC are big earnings movers.
Every AI chip, every smartphone processor, and every data center upgrade has to pass through the same tollbooth. Here is why one investor keeps buying that tollbooth without apology, and why the geopolitical risk around it changes the math less than you might expect.
As new U.S. chip fabs get funded, the toolmakers and the chipmakers won't be paid at the same time. Here's where six chip stocks sit in that line.
Microsoft stock is an anomaly in the beaten-up AI sector as the large-cap hyperscaler holds near highs ahead of its fiscal Q4 report.

Nvidia has invested in a number of artificial intelligence (AI) companies over the last few years.

TMUS Q3 2026 results are expected to reflect subscriber gains, device promotions and broadband growth, but rising costs and fierce competition may pressure profitability.
South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix (SKHY) has scrapped plans for a US IPO of its Solidigm business. The 8:30 Hosts Jake Conley, Julie Hyman, and Pras Subramanian examine how SK Hynix shares are actually moving higher in Friday's pre-market trading on this news.
ASX's AI-driven packaging demand fuels record revenues and LEAP expansion plans, while capacity constraints and $10.5 billion in CapEx shape its growth outlook.
The memory-chip giant sent out another warning signal for the AI trade overnight.
Intel (INTC) stock gains on Friday amid pre-earnings optimism and an FCC regulatory waiver following sector-wide losses earlier in the week.
Intel can now build a transistor that rivals anyone in the world, yet its foundry business is bleeding billions while TSMC signs hundreds of outside customers. The two latest earnings reports expose a gap that transistor specs alone cannot close.

AMD has booked gigawatts of AI accelerator commitments and posted a 50% revenue jump, yet the stock shed nearly 19% in a single month. Whether the next earnings report confirms a historic ramp or exposes a valuation built on promises will decide everything.
U.S. chip curbs are hurting China’s AI industry but could accelerate its push to replace American technology.

Investors will now turn their attention to next week’s reports from Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Intel for fresh clues.
Intel's latest quarter hit $16.1 billion while Qualcomm fell to $9.9 billion—the largest gap in the eight-quarter comparison.

Meta beat third-quarter revenue estimates, but its aggressive AI spending plans raised concerns.

CDNS is set to report Q3 2026 earnings, with AI-driven demand, strong EDA momentum and expanding partnerships shaping its growth outlook.
