Chip selloff proven wrong — Micron's blowout quarter signals AI trade is back
Chip stocks just had a brutal selloff with fear at extreme levels, but Micron's blockbuster earnings prove the AI demand story is real. This looks like a classic overreaction reversal.
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The combination is telling: just two days ago, chip stocks were in freefall with the tech 'fear gauge' near a two-decade high and investors questioning whether the AI trade was over. Then Micron drops a blowout quarter showing revenue more than quadrupled and $100 billion in locked-in AI memory demand. This is the classic setup where extreme fear gets proven wrong by hard numbers — the selloff was overdone, and the earnings validate that AI infrastructure spending remains robust. When fear spikes to historic highs and then fundamentals surprise to the upside, the reversal can be sharp.