USD/JPY gains on strengthening US Dollar – BBH

TradingKey - Western Digital surged 12.5% to $548 today as memory stocks rebounded and Kioxia merger talks resumed. HDD production is sold out through 2026. Cantor Fitzgerald targets $900, Citi $800. Earnings August 5. Here is the setup.

TradingKey - Micron bounced from $848 to $969 after Morgan Stanley called the selloff a buying opportunity and BofA said open-source AI actually helps memory demand. 16 non-cancelable contracts worth $22B. At $938, here is where resistance sits.

TradingKey - Recently, SpaceX (SPCX) CEO Elon Musk publicly warned investors shorting the company, stating that institutions holding large long-term short positions in SpaceX have an "extremely low probability of survival." Musk also noted that if SpaceX achieves its established development goals, there is still significant room for growth in the company's long-term value.

SK hynix has denied the acquisition of Intel’s US fab, putting its stock price under pressure and causing it to briefly fall below the 2 million mark.

TradingKey - Alphabet (GOOGL) (GOOG) will release its second-quarter 2026 financial results after the U.S. market close on July 22. As one of the world's most valuable technology companies by market capitalization, Alphabet’s business spans multiple sectors including search advertising, YouTube, Google Cloud, generative AI, and autonomous driving. Its earnings performance not only impacts its own stock price but is also regarded as a crucial bellwether for the global AI investment cycle.