Lasertec Stock Forum

Thursday's release of multiple economic data points all showed poor performance, reigniting fears of a recession due to deteriorating macro demand expectations and weak employment figures. This led the market to experience a significant decline. Simultaneously, leading chip design giant Arm's projected growth rate for patent licensing fees, which benefit from the AI-enabled smartphone trend, fell below previous expe...

The market continued to be affected by geopolitical conflicts and weakness in technology stocks heading into the weekend.
All three major U.S. stock indexes wavered throughout the session, with weakness in the chip sector weighing the Nasdaq down the most. The Nasdaq fell 0.52% on Thursday. 10-year US Treasury yields fell, with the yield rising from a low of 4.52% on April 18th to a peak of 4.6...