AMD Stock's $65 Billion Day: The Meta Deal Cuts Both Ways
AMD stock dropped 6.9% on July 1, erasing $65 billion, after Meta's cloud plan raised questions about the 6GW MI450 deal that powered AMD's 2026 breakout.
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Umair Aslam
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ACCA-qualified finance executive and INSEAD Executive Education alum covering markets, fintech, AI, and executive strategy
Umair Aslam is an ACCA-qualified finance executive based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. His CV lists INSEAD Executive Education's Management Acceleration Leadership Program in 2025, so his TECHi profile treats INSEAD as completed executive education rather than current enrollment. His work sits at the intersection of corporate finance, operating discipline, financial reporting, and executive decision-making across growth markets. On TECHi, Umair focuses on finance, markets, fintech, AI adoption, and boardroom-level strategy: the practical questions executives, investors, and operators ask when numbers, policy, technology, and execution all meet. His profile is built around transparent credentials, public social links, and a clear professional beat so readers can evaluate his perspective before following his analysis.
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Nvidia Stock Barely Moved on July 1. Everything Around It Repriced
Nvidia stock slipped 1.3% while Meta's cloud plan crushed AI renters and Palantir soared on NVIDIA's sovereign-AI pact. What the two signals mean for NVDA.
Nebius Lost $12 Billion in a Day. Meta's Cloud Plan Explains Why
Nebius lost about $12 billion in market value on July 1 after Bloomberg reported Meta plans to sell AI compute. Inside the $27B contract that repriced.
What Is an M&A Advisory?
M&A advisory explained - what advisors do across due diligence, valuation, negotiation and post-merger integration, and how AI is reshaping deals in 2026.
Best AI Security Platforms for Enterprise in 2026
The best enterprise AI security platforms of 2026 - Check Point, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike - compared by approach and best fit.
Rocket Lab's $8 Billion Iridium Deal Is a Bet on the Whole Space Stack
Rocket Lab is acquiring Iridium for $8 billion - gaining L-band spectrum, 2.55M subscribers and a captive launch customer. Here's why RKLB jumped 16%.
Washington Thinks China Has ASML's Best Machine. ASML Says It's Impossible.
US officials suspect a top ASML EUV machine reached China; ASML denies it. What the export-control overhang means for ASML stock and the semicap rally.
The AI Memory Crunch Reached Your iPhone. Sandisk and Micron Cashed In.
Apple's Tim Cook calls memory price hikes 'unavoidable' as AI demand spikes NAND and DRAM. Why Sandisk and Micron jumped — and the risk after a huge run.
Do Data Centers Raise Your Electricity Bill? The State-by-State AI Power Fight — and the Utility Stocks Caught in It
Do data centers raise your electricity bill? The truth about the viral 267% figure, the state moratorium fight, and the utility stocks (CEG, VST, NRG) exposed.
Eos Energy (EOSE) Surges 15% on Line 2 Launch and a European Debut
Eos Energy (EOSE) jumped ~15% as its second battery line went live and it entered Europe, with Needham starting at Buy. The ramp is real — and so is the cash-burn test.
The AI IPO Supercycle Is Here: SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI
SpaceX just pulled off the largest IPO ever, and Anthropic ($965B) and OpenAI ($852B) have filed to follow. Inside the AI IPO supercycle — and how to play it.
Intel's Foundry Finally Has Real Customers — Its Stock Is Priced for More
Google reportedly ordered 3 million TPUs from Intel for 2028 and Nvidia is testing 18A. What the foundry wins mean for INTC stock — and the valuation gap.
Ciena Stock Is AI's Bandwidth Tax Wall Street Just Repriced
Ciena stock shows how AI infrastructure is shifting from chips to bandwidth, with record revenue, a bigger backlog, HyperRail demand, and valuation risk.
Onto Innovation Is the AI Chip Buildout's Yield Layer
Onto Innovation is an AI chip infrastructure stock tied to metrology, inspection, HBM packaging, and gate-all-around process control.
Why AppLovin Still Ranks Near the Top of TECHi's AI Stock Model
AppLovin stock ranks high in TECHi's AI model because quality and growth are exceptional, but APP valuation still needs discipline.
Oracle earnings preview: OCI backlog is huge, but AI capex is the real test
Oracle reports June 10. OCI backlog is huge, but the real ORCL earnings test is AI capex, cloud margin, debt and lease-funded capacity.
HPE earnings preview: Juniper makes networking the AI story
HPE reports June 1 with Juniper-led networking now central to the AI thesis, not just servers. Here is what investors should watch.
MongoDB earnings tonight: Atlas has to justify MDB's rally
MongoDB reports Q1 FY27 after the close. Here is the MDB stock setup, live quote data, Atlas growth test, AI product angle, and tomorrow scenarios.