US stocks ended higher on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing just shy of a record high as enthusiasm around artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks offset concerns over renewed tensions in the Middle East. Investors also turned their attention to the start of the second-quarter earnings season next week, when major US banks will begin reporting results.
The exchange-traded fund market has experienced a three-decade boom led by low-cost, tax-efficient, core index fund investments. But many recent big winners have been single-stock ETFs levering up both bullish and bearish bets on momentum plays, typically tech stocks, such as SpaceX and Nvidia.
South Korean memory-chip giant SK Hynix (SKHYV) soared in its American debut on Friday, suggesting U.S. investors remain bullish on memory stocks despite their recent pullback.
SK Hynix Chief Executive Kwak Noh-jung said the global memory industry is heading for its worst-ever supply shortage in 2027, forecasting that demand for memory will continue to exceed the company's ability to produce it well into the next decade despite aggressive capacity expansion.
The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. SK Hynix, a South Korean memory chip giant, said Friday it has raised $26.5 billion (KRW 40 trillion) in its US market debut.
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