🔥 Bitget US Stock Hot-Topic Strike｜2026.10.08 Main theme: Pullback the day after records｜SpaceX chip-buy talks·memory bucks the tape·Windows desk-side AI

1. SpaceX in early talks on about $40 billion of debt to buy Nvidia chips 

Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported on October 7 that SpaceX is in early talks with banks and investors on as much as about $40 billion in financing to purchase Nvidia chips. The structure discussed is about $10 billion of bank loans plus $30 billion of investment-grade debt. The FT said Apollo is expected to lead; Bloomberg said Pimco is looking at the deal. Closing is expected in 2027, and the talks may not result in a deal. On Wednesday, SpaceX closed down 2.5% and Nvidia fell less than 1%.

🎯 Beneficiaries: NVDA, SPCX; Key catalyst: The chip-purchase financing is still in negotiation. Until it closes, it is an order expectation, not a signed purchase.

2. Micron reverses an early drop; price target raised to $3,000

Micron opened lower Wednesday and closed up 4.06% at about $1,088, on roughly $32.6 billion in turnover. SanDisk closed up about 1.9%. The same day, D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria raised his target from $2,100 to $3,000 and kept a Buy, citing three-to-five-year growth not yet in the multiple, and a memory supply squeeze that could last through 2027–2028. The memory theme rose about 3.2% on the day, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 1.2%.

 🎯 Beneficiaries: MU, SNDK; Key catalyst: A sell-side target hike offset the sector pullback under higher rates. The gain is Wednesday’s tape, not a new company order.

3. Nvidia and Microsoft launch Windows desk-side AI

 At a Microsoft event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jensen Huang and Satya Nadella announced hardware-software co-design so AI agents run on Windows PCs. RTX Spark laptops opened for pre-order the same day, with sales starting October 16. DGX Station for Windows was shown as a preview on the GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra, with no ship date. Nvidia still closed lower on the day.

🎯 Beneficiaries: NVDA, MSFT; Key catalyst: Pre-orders are open. Whether desk-side inference can follow data-center demand still depends on sales.

4. Fed minutes show a split; 10-year yield hits a roughly 24-year high

 Minutes of the September meeting, released Wednesday, showed a unanimous first rate hike since July 2023, but divisions over the rationale. Most participants judged that another increase would likely be appropriate by year-end. The Dow fell 0.66% to 51,180, the S&P 500 fell 0.22% to 7,802, and the Nasdaq fell 0.22% to 27,539. The 10-year yield approached 5.37% intraday, and the 30-year also hit a roughly 24-year high. Caterpillar fell nearly 6% and weighed on the Dow; homebuilders fell about 2.9%.

🎯 Beneficiaries: NVDA, AMD, MRVL; Key catalyst: Higher yields capped high-multiple chips. The semiconductor ETF fell Wednesday, so event drivers matter more than index beta.

Trading note: The last 24 hours were a pullback from records as yields jumped, not a fresh infrastructure-order wave. The only items to track are the SpaceX talks, Micron’s target hike, and Windows desk-side pre-orders. None of the three is an earnings delivery yet. Size positions against the 10-year yield and volume.

US stocks have been more volatile lately. The above is for information only and is not investment advice.