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The New "Oil": How the AI Boom is Rewriting the Rules for Memory Chips

For decades, the memory-chip industry was the roller coaster of the tech world—defined by brutal cycles of feast and famine. However, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, the rise of Artificial Intelligence has fundamentally altered the landscape, sending profit margins and market valuations into uncharted territory. Here are the key takeaways from the industry’s massive structural shift: 1. Unprecedented Profitability Memory manufacturers are currently

Trading Revenues Set to Hit a 12‑Year High

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Bank of America are expected to report over $40bn in Q1 trading revenue. This would be the highest combined quarterly trading revenue since at least 2014, Representing a 13% YoY increase.

Piper Sandler downgrades $NKE

Piper Sandler downgrades $NKE to Neutral ($50 PT). Key concerns: 👟 Lack of innovation to fill the "Classics" void. 🧘‍♂️ Saturated athleisure market at "peakish" levels. 🏃‍♂️ Approaching tough year-over-year comps in running. Piper thinks $NKE still is not "cheap."

Zeta Global

Zeta Global (ZETA) is an omnichannel data-driven cloud platform that provides consumer intelligence and marketing automation software. Major Products: The Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) and Zeta Alpha (its Generative AI orchestration layer). Core Asset: A proprietary Identity Graph containing over 245 million unique U.S. consumer profiles and trillions of intent signals. The "Moat": Unlike "wrap-around" AI companies, Zeta owns the underlying data (1st party) and the act

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