Markets Brief

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Last updated 6:09 PM PT

Market Value

$117,192.90

Cost $109,758.03

Day's Gain

$717.47

0.62%

Total Gain

$7,434.87

6.77%

AI semis & memory

MU

Day's Gain $
$501.00
Day's Gain %
4.84%
Total Gain $
$3,274.20
Total Gain %
43.25%

Qty # 20 · Last Price $542.21 · Value $10,844.20 · Total Cost $7,570.00

Memory is still the pressure point in AI semis, and MU works as long as HBM pricing, data-center demand, and supply discipline stay tight. Up 43% in the position, I’d trim a little strength but stay long the core because the trade is still on.

NVDA

Day's Gain $
-$134.40
Day's Gain %
-0.56%
Total Gain $
-$1,118.80
Total Gain %
-4.49%

Qty # 120 · Last Price $198.45 · Value $23,814.00 · Total Cost $24,932.80

AI semis are still the toll booth, but Alphabet’s cloud beat says customers want cheaper inference and leverage against Nvidia, so the stock needs HBM, CoWoS, and networking supply to keep margins heroic. I’d stay long NVDA but buy weakness in pieces, because the AI trade is on and this is still the platform name, not just a chip name.

Hyperscaler

GOOGL

Day's Gain $
$133.50
Day's Gain %
0.23%
Total Gain $
$5,067.66
Total Gain %
9.60%

Qty # 150 · Last Price $385.69 · Value $57,853.50 · Total Cost $52,785.84

GOOGL is the hyperscaler with the cleanest AI proof right now: cloud growth, search durability, and margin leverage all firing while the market separates winners from pretenders. Stay long, own it, don’t trade it, and only trim if position sizing gets sloppy after that 9.6% run.

AI buildout — fiber, storage, power

ETN

Day's Gain $
$2.55
Day's Gain %
0.12%
Total Gain $
$2.55
Total Gain %
0.12%

Qty # 5 · Last Price $425.55 · Value $2,127.75 · Total Cost $2,125.20

ETN is still the power-infrastructure way to play AI, and with the market rewarding real earnings, I’d stay long because grid gear, electrical distribution, and data-center power are the bottlenecks. The Red Sox headline is noise; own it, don’t trade it, and buy weakness in pieces if AI capex stays hot.

GLW

Day's Gain $
-$299.00
Day's Gain %
-3.64%
Total Gain $
-$304.56
Total Gain %
-3.71%

Qty # 50 · Last Price $158.26 · Value $7,913.00 · Total Cost $8,217.56

Fiber and specialty glass remain a clean AI infrastructure derivative, but with no fresh GLW headlines today, the move looks like market tape pressure more than a thesis break. Stay long, but do not chase adds until the AI buildout shows up in orders, margins, or optical demand.

PWR

Day's Gain $
$43.67
Day's Gain %
1.19%
Total Gain $
$43.67
Total Gain %
1.19%

Qty # 5 · Last Price $742.21 · Value $3,711.05 · Total Cost $3,667.38

Power infrastructure is the choke point for AI, and PWR owns the grid, substations, transmission, and utility work that has to get built before the data-center dream shows up in earnings. I like this name here, but after a quick move I’d buy weakness in pieces because the thesis is capex durability, not one clean headline.

SNDK

Day's Gain $
$435.20
Day's Gain %
7.91%
Total Gain $
$435.20
Total Gain %
7.91%

Qty # 5 · Last Price $1,187.00 · Value $5,935.00 · Total Cost $5,499.80

Storage is in the AI buildout blast zone, and that 251% revenue surge says demand is real, not narrative. Up 7.9% today, I’d stay long but stop chasing; buy weakness in pieces because the trade is on.

AI thematic & data

RDDT

Day's Gain $
$34.95
Day's Gain %
0.70%
Total Gain $
$34.95
Total Gain %
0.70%

Qty # 30 · Last Price $166.48 · Value $4,994.40 · Total Cost $4,959.45

RDDT is still an AI data tollbooth story, but today’s tape is thin because the only relevant headline is community edge, not revenue acceleration. I’d stay long but buy weakness in pieces, because the real upside is licensing Reddit’s corpus into AI models while keeping ad margins moving higher.

Watchlist

AAPL

APPLE INC COM

$280.14 $8.79 (3.24%)

AAPL’s Q2 beat puts the trade back on, but the real watch is services margin strength and whether iPhone demand can hold without leaning too hard on price-target enthusiasm. I like the name on weakness, not after a 3% pop, because the next leg needs fundamentals, not analyst applause.

ARM

ARM HOLDINGS PLC SPONSORED ADS

$211.18 $0.86 (0.41%)

ARM is a high-quality semiconductor royalty story, but at $211 it needs flawless AI and smartphone royalty momentum to keep the multiple from getting heavy. Watch the next earnings setup for margin leverage, v9 adoption, and data-center licensing traction; if those are intact, the trade is on, but I would not chase a quiet up day.

PLTR

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC CL A

$144.07 $4.96 (3.57%)

Software is hot and AI budgets are still the tell, so watch PLTR’s revenue acceleration, commercial customer adds, and margins because valuation is already pricing in greatness. At $144.07 after a 3.57% pop, I would not chase a no-news move; the trade is on only if the next print proves demand is real and durable.