What's Going On With Micron (MU) Stock?
What's Going On With Micron (MU) Stock?
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) shares are trading higher by 2% to $96.79 during Thursday's session as traders and investors assess NVIDIA Corp's second-quarter earnings results.
美光科技股票(NASDAQ:MU)在周四交易中上涨2%，达到96.79美元，在交易者和投资者评估英伟达公司第二季度财报结果时。
The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) is trading marginally higher Thursday by 0.7% to $242.57, despite Nvidia shares falling some 4% in early Thursday trading.
VanEck半导体指数ETF (NASDAQ:SMH)在周四交易中略有上涨0.7%，达到242.57美元，尽管英伟达股票在周四早盘交易中下跌了约4%。
What Happened: Nvidia late Wednesday reported strong second-quarter earnings, with revenue and profits more than doubling year-over-year, driven by robust demand in the data center segment. However, gross margins slightly contracted due to inventory provisions and a higher mix of new products.
事件经过：英伟达公司周三晚间发布了强劲的第二季度财报，营业收入和利润同比翻倍，受到数据中心市场强劲需求的推动。然而，由于库存拨备和新产品比例的增加，毛利率略微下滑。
Despite exceeding expectations and issuing strong guidance for the next quarter, Nvidia's stock is down some 4% following the earnings report. The company also announced a $50 billion stock repurchase plan and projected third-quarter revenue of $32.5 billion.
尽管超过预期并发布了下一个季度的强劲指引，英伟达公司在财报公布后的股价下跌约4%。该公司还宣布了一个价值500亿美元的股票回购计划，并预计第三季度的营业收入为325亿美元。
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Why This Matters: Micron's stock could rise despite Nvidia's decline because investors may anticipate that Nvidia's strong performance, particularly in AI and data centers, will lead to increased demand for memory chips, which Micron produces.
为何重要：尽管英伟达下跌，美光的股价可能会上涨，因为投资者可能预计英伟达在人工智能和数据中心领域的强劲表现将带动对存储芯片的需求增加，而这正是美光的产品所在。
Nvidia's growth in AI and accelerated computing requires substantial amounts of memory, benefiting suppliers like Micron.
英伟达在人工智能和加速计算方面的增长需要大量的存储器，这将使得美光等供应商受益。
Even though Nvidia's stock fell due to specific concerns such as gross margin contraction and potential delays in their AI chips, the overall positive outlook for the AI market and data centers could boost expectations for Micron's future sales and profitability, driving its stock price up.
尽管英伟达的股价因毛利率下滑和AI芯片可能出现的延迟等问题而下跌，但人工智能市场和数据中心的整体积极前景可能会提振人们对美光未来销售和盈利能力的预期，推动其股价上涨。
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How To Buy MU Stock
如何购买MU股票
Besides going to a brokerage platform to purchase a share – or fractional share – of stock, you can also gain access to shares either by buying an exchange traded fund (ETF) that holds the stock itself, or by allocating yourself to a strategy in your 401(k) that would seek to acquire shares in a mutual fund or other instrument.
除了手动到经纪所平台购买股票或者部分股票，您还可以通过购买持有股票的ETF，或者在401(k)中分配资金进入一项该类基金或其他工具的策略来获得股票的份额。例如，Coinbase属于金融部门。ETF通常持有许多能跟踪该部门的流动性和大型公司的股票，使投资者能够获得该股票板块内的趋势。
For example, in Micron Technology's case, it is in the Information Technology sector. An ETF will likely hold shares in many liquid and large companies that help track that sector, allowing an investor to gain exposure to the trends within that segment.
以美光科技为例，它属于信息技术板块。一个etf可能持有许多流动性和大公司的股票，帮助跟踪该板块，使投资者能够受益于该板块内的趋势。
According to data from Benzinga Pro, MU has a 52-week high of $157.54 and a 52-week low of $63.83.
根据Benzinga Pro的数据，MU的52周最高价为157.54美元，52周最低价为63.83美元。