Two memory-chip stories hit the market this week. On one side, SK hynix’s U.S. ADR offering reportedly drew demand more than 7x the available supply, with proceeds expected to support new facilities tied to AI memory demand. On the other side, China’s Changxin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, is moving ahead with its Shanghai IPO book-building, aiming to raise funds for production-line expansion and technology upgrades. Different markets, different paths, but the same underlying question: Is AI turning memory chips from a cyclical trade into a structural AI infrastructure story? For years, investors mainly watched memory stocks through the old cycle: When will DRAM prices bottom? When will inventories clear? When will the next upcycle arrive? Now the questions are changing: Can HBM demand sta
Alibaba Surges 11% as China AI Stocks Rally — Can the Re-Rating Last?
Alibaba (BABA) soared 11.05% to $109, while its Hong Kong shares (09988) rose 4.56% — leading a broad rally in Chinese AI stocks. The driver: a rising tide of China AI optimism, as markets reprice the long-suppressed valuations of Chinese tech giants in the AI era. As the flagship of China's cloud and AI infrastructure, Alibaba is now the standard-bearer for a Chinese ADR re-rating. With capital rotating out of crowded U.S. AI names toward cheaper Chinese ones, is this 11% jump the start of a sustained re-rating — or just an oversold bounce?
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