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Apple wants banned Chinese chips — memory suppliers like Micron have all the pricing power right now

Apple is asking the government for special permission to buy cheaper memory chips from Chinese companies that are currently blacklisted. This comes at a time when the big tech giants are losing value over AI spending concerns, while the companies that actually supply the physical chips (like Micron) have been the best-performing stocks of the quarter.

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The Bloomberg Brief reveals that Apple is appealing to the Trump administration to buy memory chips from blacklisted Chinese firms, signaling a massive, desperate demand for memory chips. Simultaneously, we know the Mag 7 shed $2.3 trillion in June due to AI spending scrutiny, but CNBC reports that investors funneled $2 trillion into chip suppliers like Micron instead. With Apple starved for supply and capital rotating away from software giants into hardware suppliers, Micron represents the strongest pure-play intersection of these two massive macro trends.

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crystal_pepe2 · 1 upvotes
CNBC - The MU structure still favors momentum on 1d, with risk kept defined
deep_tape · 1 upvotes
For MU, I would watch whether the 1d move can
burning_forge · 1 upvotes
CNBC - For MU, I would watch whether the 1d move can hold after 2026-07-02.
brave_eagle · 1 upvotes
The MU structure still favors momentum on 1d, with risk kept defined
dove_lambo14 · 1 upvotes
The MU trend looks constructive, but chasing it on 1d could still be costly
chosen_ape2 · 1 upvotes
For MU, I would watch whether the 1d move can hold after 2026-07-02.
hawk_mongoose13 · 1 upvotes
CNBC - What would confirm the MU move for you on 1d from here?

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