Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials reports earnings on Aug. 15, with investors likely watching for updates on the company''s China sales and the impact of customer Intel''s recent plans to cut costs.

Though we often think of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as the representative of the 30 most significant and influential companies in the United States, even its members can sometimes falter. These struggles can stem from decreases in consumer spending, grievous mismanagement and even quality control failures that can cause international incidents. These unfortunate circumstances often lead to the formation of Dow stocks to sell. Thus, the old saying that the “bigger they are, the harder they fall” applies even to legacy blue-chip stocks like those on the Dow. For investors, knowing when to exit or avoid positions in these failing stocks can help improve the long-term trajectory of cash holdings like retirement portfolios or college funds. As such, investors should keep a close eye on the reputations and overall outlook for the following three stocks, as they may not be able to provide the returns once expected of them. McDonald’s (MCD) Source: 8th.creator / Shutterstock.com Times might be tough for McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD ) shareholders, but that’s because times are even tougher for its customers.

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Rival making its biggest inroads in server CPU segment The bad news for Intel keeps coming as rival AMD is slowly chipping away at its dominance in server, desktop and mobile processors, although the industry giant still holds onto the lion''s share of the market and any other outfit has a long way to go to unseat it.

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Intel has a big update on its crashing 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs — including a hint that maybe, just maybe, it might be able to do something about chips that are already failing, instead of requiring you to return them . You can read its statement below in full, but here are the parts I find interesting: Intel says it’s now distributing the microcode that addresses elevated voltage issues to all its partners, not just Asus and MSI . (Updating your BIOS should help CPUs from deteriorating prematurely, but doesn’t fix ones that already have.) Intel says it’s “investigating” possible “mitigations” for systems that are already showing symptoms, too — but the company’s stance is still that you should exchange any symptomatic CPU, Intel… Continue reading…

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) certainly faced its fair share of headwinds in recent years. The company’s share price dropped 60% year-to-date as investors are looking past Intel stock to other semiconductor names with much better long-term growth forecasts. There’s plenty of precedent for such a decision. AI is real, and Intel isn’t participating in this rally as it probably should. The company recently received unexpected support from the U.S. government . Intel secured $8.5 billion in grants to bolster domestic semiconductor production. Mizuho Securities analyst Jordan Klein highlighted that the U.S. government cannot afford to let Intel struggle long term, emphasizing the importance of Intel’s success for America’s return to the chipmaking market, especially in an election year. So, there’s the geopolitical support factor that some investors are clearly banking on, and it’s paying off right now. And then there’s the fact that Intel has intelligently been working to diversify its efforts, working to shed its “AI laggard” label and develop a new chip line.

For many investors, the conversation around the semiconductor industry isn’t always the clearest. Some companies are fabricators, others are designers, and then there’s Arm Holdings (NASDAQ: ARM ) which is a designer for designers, which puts ARM stock in an interesting position. That’s because Arm sells the chipset instructions for some of the most sought-after designs for processors that go into devices that need to be energy efficient like cellphones, tablets and laptops. This has resulted in a set of market conditions that have caused ARM stock to soar over the last year. Until recently, ARM’s main competitor, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) held a strong position in the processor market thanks to the ubiquity of its x86 chipset design. This format of processing instructions kept Intel’s chips ahead in processing power despite their power-hungry operation. Yet, with Intel now struggling to survive its generational struggle for its reputation as its 13th and 14th generations of chips experience catastrophic microcode failures, the door for Arm’s dominance has never been more open.

After enduring a long period of high inflation and elevated interest rates, many U.S. consumers are feeling some pain, multiple data points strongly suggest. According to Axios , credit card delinquency rates rose 1.8 percentage points versus this time last year to 7.2%, and 8% of auto loans were delinquent at the end of Q2, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.7 percentage points. Both metrics reached their highest level since the pandemic. Moreover, the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in July versus 4.1% in June, setting a nearly three-year high. And multiple companies, including Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI ) , and Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM ) , noted that their sales did not increase much or at all in the first quarter of the year. Here are three stocks to sell amid the consumer spending pullback. Kohl’s (KSS) Source: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.com Not many brick-and-mortar store chains focused on apparel are prospering. As such, Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS ) struggles in the current environment are unsurprising.

Intel Innovation has been postponed until 2025 – Intel is cutting costs Intel has announced that they have postponed their Intel Innovation 2024 event. This event was to be hosted in Los Angeles on September 24th and 25th, and was rumoured to be the launch event for the company’s upcoming “Arrow Lake” desktop CPUs. Intel […] The post Intel postpones their Innovation 2024 event, citing poor financials appeared first on OC3D .

Intel''s executives, including Chief Executive Officer Patrick Gelsinger and Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner, have been accused of making misleading statements about the company''s business and manufacturing capabilities in the lawsuit