Markets Brief

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Last updated 11:30 PM PT

Market Value

$200,282.11

Cost $181,378.71

Day's Gain

$0.00

0.00%

Total Gain

$18,903.40

10.42%

AI semis & memory

MU

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$10,368.20
Total Gain %
51.09%

Qty # 40 · Last Price $766.58 · Value $30,663.20 · Total Cost $20,295.00

Micron is the essential play on HBM supply constraints and the insatiable demand for high-bandwidth memory in data centers. You own this name for the long haul because the structural shortage in memory is nowhere near finished, booyah.

NVDA

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$318.30
Total Gain %
2.97%

Qty # 50 · Last Price $220.78 · Value $11,039.00 · Total Cost $10,720.70

Nvidia remains the undisputed king of the data center, and you should keep buying this name on every minor dip. Demand for HBM and CoWoS packaging capacity is nowhere near peaking, so stay long and let the fundamentals drive the rally.

Hyperscaler

GOOGL

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$5,316.66
Total Gain %
10.07%

Qty # 150 · Last Price $387.35 · Value $58,102.50 · Total Cost $52,785.84

Alphabet is locking in cheap capital to dominate the HBM-hungry AI infrastructure race, and I love this move for long-term margins. Own it, don't trade it, because the hyperscaler moat is only getting wider.

AI buildout — fiber, storage, power

GLW

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$1,783.74
Total Gain %
9.89%

Qty # 100 · Last Price $198.24 · Value $19,824.00 · Total Cost $18,040.26

Corning is the hidden backbone of the AI buildout because these data centers cannot function without their specialized fiber optic connectivity. You own this name for the long haul as the demand for high-speed infrastructure continues to outpace supply.

PWR

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$161.67
Total Gain %
4.41%

Qty # 5 · Last Price $765.81 · Value $3,829.05 · Total Cost $3,667.38

Quanta Services is the ultimate pure play on the grid power bottleneck constraining every major AI data center rollout. Own it, don't trade it, because the massive capital expenditure cycle for electrical infrastructure has years left to run.

SNDK

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$2,605.46
Total Gain %
16.01%

Qty # 13 · Last Price $1,452.02 · Value $18,876.26 · Total Cost $16,270.80

Sandisk is the ultimate play on the AI storage supercycle, and you have to keep riding this monster higher. The valuation is stretched but the explosive demand for high-capacity memory makes this a long-term winner you absolutely own, don't trade.

AI thematic & data

RDDT

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$388.95
Total Gain %
-7.84%

Qty # 30 · Last Price $152.35 · Value $4,570.50 · Total Cost $4,959.45

Reddit owns the high-value human training data that makes LLMs actually functional, so own it and ignore the short-term noise. The monetization engine is just hitting its stride, so stay long and let the AI premium play out.

Other holdings

AMZN

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$259.63
Total Gain %
-3.76%

Qty # 25 · Last Price $265.82 · Value $6,645.50 · Total Cost $6,905.13

Amazon is weaponizing its logistics network to crush third-party competitors and capture long-term margin expansion. Own it for the cloud and retail dominance, don't trade it on short-term noise.

ASML

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$30.60
Total Gain %
0.40%

Qty # 5 · Last Price $1,520.94 · Value $7,604.70 · Total Cost $7,574.10

ASML remains the undisputed gatekeeper of the semiconductor roadmap because nobody else can ship EUV machines at scale. Own this name for the long haul to capitalize on the insatiable demand for high-end logic and memory capacity.

BE

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$218.10
Total Gain %
-7.21%

Qty # 10 · Last Price $280.69 · Value $2,806.90 · Total Cost $3,025.00

This is a speculative moonshot headline based on NASA partnerships rather than the core fundamentals of fuel cell scalability and grid-constrained demand. I would stay long to see if they can finally translate this hype into meaningful margin expansion, but don't mistake a PR bump for a structural breakout.

INTC

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$452.20
Total Gain %
-5.08%

Qty # 70 · Last Price $120.61 · Value $8,442.70 · Total Cost $8,894.90

Intel is a long-term foundry play that requires patience while they burn cash to scale their domestic manufacturing footprint. Buy this weakness in pieces because the Ohio facility is the structural catalyst that will eventually turn this ship around.

NXPI

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$33.50
Total Gain %
-0.57%

Qty # 20 · Last Price $294.23 · Value $5,884.60 · Total Cost $5,918.10

NXPI is stuck in a painful automotive inventory correction that makes this name dead money for now. Stay patient and wait for the margin recovery narrative to materialize before you add to the position.

Q

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
$267.20
Total Gain %
8.62%

Qty # 20 · Last Price $168.36 · Value $3,367.20 · Total Cost $3,100.00

This conglomerate is a classic value trap sitting on a stagnant portfolio that lacks a clear growth catalyst. Sell the strength and rotate that capital into high-growth data center infrastructure names that actually move the needle.

STM

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$169.50
Total Gain %
-2.84%

Qty # 100 · Last Price $57.93 · Value $5,793.00 · Total Cost $5,962.50

STMicroelectronics is suffering from a brutal automotive inventory correction that makes this name dead money for the foreseeable future. I would dump this stock to rotate into high-growth AI infrastructure plays where the margins actually have room to expand.

TSM

Day's Gain $
$0.00
Day's Gain %
0.00%
Total Gain $
-$162.20
Total Gain %
-2.00%

Qty # 20 · Last Price $397.28 · Value $7,945.60 · Total Cost $8,107.80

TSMC is the absolute backbone of the AI revolution with massive capex fueling their untouchable CoWoS lead. Own it, don't trade it, because the demand for advanced nodes is going nowhere but up.

Watchlist

AMAT

APPLIED MATLS INC COM

$431.20 -$12.42 (-2.80%)

Applied Materials remains the ultimate gatekeeper for the semiconductor supercycle, and this pullback is a gift for long-term investors. Focus on their dominance in logic and foundry spending because the CoWoS capacity crunch ensures their backlog stays bulletproof.

CHAT

ROUNDHILL GENERATIVE AI & TECHNOLOGY ETF

$84.24 -$2.60 (-2.99%)

Memory stocks are getting caught in the broader AI rotation, but the underlying demand for HBM remains a secular powerhouse. Keep this one on your radar to buy the dip because the supply-demand imbalance in high-bandwidth memory is far from solved.

GEV

GE VERNOVA INC COM

$1,071.98 -$1.10 (-0.10%)

GE Vernova is the pure-play electrification king and this engine clearance proves their aerospace tech remains best-in-class for the long haul. Keep this name on the top of your watchlist because the grid demand cycle is just getting started and I love this setup.

INTC

INTEL CORP COM

$120.61 -$8.83 (-6.82%)

Intel is burning through too much cash on these massive capex projects while the foundry business fails to gain any real traction. I would stay away from this name until the margins stop shrinking and the semiconductor cycle turns in their favor.

IRDM

IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC COM

$41.66 -$1.49 (-3.45%)

Satellite connectivity is a crowded, commoditized race where IRDM lacks the pricing power to justify this premium valuation. Stay on the sidelines until they prove they can secure consistent long-term government contracts to stabilize those margins.

LRCX

LAM RESEARCH CORP COM NEW

$289.24 -$6.81 (-2.30%)

Lam Research is the king of the memory cycle, but the current lack of HBM-driven momentum makes this a wait-and-see story. Keep this on the watchlist until the wafer fabrication equipment spending turns and justifies a premium multiple.

NXPI

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS N V COM

$294.23 -$11.76 (-3.84%)

NXP is suffering from a brutal automotive inventory correction that makes this name dead money until the cycle flips. Stay on the sidelines until we see a definitive bottom in the industrial and auto channels, because the demand cliff is still too steep.

Q

QNITY ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK

$168.36 $15.12 (9.87%)

Qualcomm is finally breaking out of its mobile dependency as the automotive and industrial IoT sectors start to drive real margin expansion. This stock is a buy on any pullback because the pivot to edge AI is the real deal, booyah.

STM

STMICROELECTRONICS N V NY REGISTRY

$57.93 -$2.19 (-3.64%)

STMicroelectronics is caught in the industrial inventory glut and needs to see a massive margin recovery before this stock becomes investable. Stay on the sidelines until the automotive chip cycle bottoms out, because this name is dead money until then.