Intel's 12% Pop, SpaceX IPO Chaos, and the Semiconductor Sell-Off Nobody Saw Coming
Three tickers are dominating the social feed this week, and the reasons why couldn't be more different
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Let's talk about the most chaotic week in chips since… last month. The semiconductor ETF ($SOX) dropped over 10% in a day and a half, and the post-mortems are flying across every platform. On YouTube, BofA's Vivek Arya is doing damage control, arguing utilization is so high there's no bubble here — 'can you build fast enough?' is the new question. Bloomberg Surveillance's Cam Dawson is less chill, flagging that SOX hit 76% above its 200-day moving average before the reset. Reddit and X are split between 'buy the dip' and 'this is the top' energy.
Meanwhile, $INTC staged a surprise 12% single-session rally after reports surfaced that Google placed an order for over 3 million advanced AI chips from Intel — with Nvidia apparently using Intel as a backup supplier too. That's the kind of plot twist that makes your short position cry. Social sentiment on Intel flipped from 'dead company walking' to 'sleeper pick' overnight.
The wildcard eating everyone's lunch? $SPCX — the SpaceX IPO priced this week at a ~$1.77 trillion valuation seeking to raise $75 billion, and BNP Paribas literally blamed it for the Nasdaq volatility, noting retail sold recent winners (including $MU, which saw $6.5 billion in net retail outflows) to fund their SpaceX allocation. The market didn't sell off. It got mugged for IPO money.