Tuesday, May 5, 2026

It's Not A Bubble -- The Market Could Crash But It Won't Be Because AI Was "Fake" -- This Is Not Dot-Com Redux -- May 5, 2026

Locator: 50726MICRON. 

Profits

May 5, 2026:

Micron

May 9, 2026: link here. 

News

The usual suspects:

  • AMD: soars 15%; earnings exceed estimates
  • Samsung: hits $1 trillion evaluation
  • Micron: zooms past $700 billion market cap
  • AAPL: valuation -- $4.17 trillion

Other news:

  • Trump pauses Project Freedom (after two days): could set up huge rally
  • Super Micro: shares surge 18%; guidance beat; revenue more than doubles
  • Lucid: suspends production guidance; new CEO; Saudi major contributor; hit hard by blockade of Strait of Hormuz
  • Spirit: biggest corporate collapse in a decade
  • NYC: Citadel founder Ken Griffin will double down on Miami; moving away from NYC

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Chart

Profits


TSMC
: $81 billion.
SK Hynix: $115 billion.
Samsung: $151 billion, almost double TSMC's.

AMD's income pales in comparison.

Intel (INTC)? For 1Q26, Intel reported a loss of $4 billion for the quarter. Intel is valued at one-half trillion dollars (market cap).  BRK has almost one-half trillion dollars in cash. 

Nancy Pelosi? Somewhat less.

Ilhan Omar? Whatever number she says it is. 

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Charts At the Close

AMD:


MU