$GOOGL raising capex. Again.
Alphabet is putting even more money into AI infrastructure โ and management already flagged 2027 will be bigger still. This isnโt a one-time bump. Itโs a compounding spending cycle with no ceiling in sight.
Demand is outrunning what they can even build.
Every dollar of that increase flows straight into the semiconductor supply chain: compute, memory, networking, packaging.
$MU โ HBM is the bottleneck of this entire cycle. Tighter supply, more pricing power, every single quarter.
Shorts are betting on โAI capex fatigue.โ Hyperscalers keep doing the opposite โ spend more, beat, spend even more. Thatโs not fatigue. Thatโs acceleration.
When the leader in this space raises capex again, semis donโt shrug it off โ they reprice. The flywheel doesnโt care about your bear thesis.
Quick Memory Stocks Update (MU, SNDK, WDC, STX & Co.)
The semiconductor memory sector (DRAM, HBM for AI, NAND storage) has been extremely volatile but remains fundamentally strong thanks to relentless AI demand.
Key driver: Micronโs blockbuster Q3 2026 earnings (late June) massively beat expectations and triggered a sharp rally across memory names. SanDisk, Western Digital, and others followed higher.
Recent action: Early July brought profit-taking and some weakness (partly linked to SK Hynixโs big Nasdaq offering). However, losses were frequently erased quickly in pre-market or early trading on buy-the-dip interest and positive news โ for example, Metaโs multi-year flash storage deals that confirmed ongoing hyperscaler demand.
Outlook: Supply shortages are still expected to persist well into 2027โ2028. Long-term contracts are locking in revenue and margins for the big players. The structural AI-driven tightness hasnโt changed.
After the massive YTD gains, short-term swings are normal โ but the underlying story stays bullish.
U.S. June Inflation Comes in Below Expectations
โข Headline CPI rose 3.5% year over year versus 3.8% expected and fell 0.4% month over month versus 0.0% expected.
โข Core CPI rose 2.6% year over year versus 2.9% expected.
โข Core CPI was unchanged month over month versus a 0.2% increase expected.