Intel Pump-Dump Scheme: High Concentration Stocks Tumble Begins
$Intel (INTC.US)$ $SanDisk (SNDK.US)$ $Seagate Technology (STX.US)$ $Western Digital (WDC.US)$ $Micron Technology (MU.US)$ $Applied Materials (AMAT.US)$ $ASML Holding (ASML.US)$ $Lam Research (LRCX.US)$ In yesterday’s session, we saw declines in some of the current highly concentrated stocks. Intel will kickstart the tumble when market opens, as we correctly predicted its earrning call’s outcome in our previous post.
Samsung has also clarified all these fake news about price hikes related to margin increased.
The current sentiment for these storage/memory companies for retail is still “buy the dip” whenever there is a short sell-off. We saw several retail investors entering Sandisk at the price of $475+, and happily declare they bought it “cheap” while aiming for $600-1000 target.
Retail investors are feeding institutions a big bonus when these tumble down. From Intel’s earnings, a key fact that we shared earlier is clearly articulated:
When there is a shortage of supply, your margin will grow but your revenue will hit a ceiling.
Simple math to illustrate our point:
- Low margin, High supplies: if you have 1000 eggs to sell, and sell them for $1 each, your max revenus is $1000.
- Low margin, High supplies: if you have 1000 eggs to sell, and sell them for $1 each, your max revenus is $1000.
- High margin, low supplies: If you only have 10 eggs to sell, and you sell them for $10 each, your max revenue is still $100. If you increase the price to $100 per egg, people just simply don’t buy until the price comes down. And your competitors will quickly fill the gap if you don’t lower the price.
[Intel’s Pump-and-dump scheme]
Retail investors have too much greed as they always dream about a quick recovery from Intel to the extent of challenging Nvidia/AMD, and chasing the top.
The facts that retail investors do not like to hear about Intel:
- Recovery in their technology will take years not months because of the high barrier of entry.
Retail investors have too much greed as they always dream about a quick recovery from Intel to the extent of challenging Nvidia/AMD, and chasing the top.
The facts that retail investors do not like to hear about Intel:
- Recovery in their technology will take years not months because of the high barrier of entry.
- Even when it comes to memory chip supplies, Intel does not have the same leverage as Nvidia to negotiate prices and get priority to memory chips. Nvidia even has a standard requirement for Memory chips before even considering using them.
- Intel simply doesn’t have the size of order meaningful enough for TSM to prioritize them. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ is now the biggest client for TSMC.
- Intel simply doesn’t have the size of order meaningful enough for TSM to prioritize them. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ is now the biggest client for TSMC.
- Gaining market share from Nvidia/AMD is not going to be fast and easy, it took AMD 10 years to catch up to Intel.
Those who did not do their due diligence just keep piling on Intel.
So right now: Institutions make a massive profit of 47.21% from Intel by pumping it up based on sentiments not facts, retail buyers are now forced to hold Intel for the rest of the year. Those who pump up Intel have already 47% YTD, and can exit to buy cheaper stocks.
Those who did not do their due diligence just keep piling on Intel.
So right now: Institutions make a massive profit of 47.21% from Intel by pumping it up based on sentiments not facts, retail buyers are now forced to hold Intel for the rest of the year. Those who pump up Intel have already 47% YTD, and can exit to buy cheaper stocks.
All the fake news cycle of pumping up Intel even when there is no news of major technological breakthrough, traders were buying Intel on emotions not numbers.
Believe that many are still in denial. Even in the comments section of this article, you can see many retail investors are still holding up fake hopes that institutions have been feeding them.
“Make it shiny by constantly pumping and pumping. Feed them with fake positive news that have no real impact. They will come. Even after we dump, they will continue to hold and dream.”
Many retail investors choose to leave boring Mag7 because it doesn’t excite them. They kept complaining “Why Sandisk kept going up, but my Mag7 doesn’t move??! Let’s buy Sandisk”. This is exactly the sentiments that market manipulators want you to have. Mag7 stocks are defensive growth stocks and right now they are all very cheap. $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Meta Platforms (META.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$
Reiterate that the current prices for Mag7 is not rational as most of them are either flat or lagging YTD. This shows alot of greed for rapid growth.
Institutions that pump up Intel, will now have the liquidity to dump Intel and buy Mag7. They now sit on a gain of 47% YTD, so even if Mag7 is slow and give them just 10% gain YTD. Just 10% gain on top of their 47% gain is a whopping 61% gain YTD, and it is low risk.
Reiterate that the current prices for Mag7 is not rational as most of them are either flat or lagging YTD. This shows alot of greed for rapid growth.
Institutions that pump up Intel, will now have the liquidity to dump Intel and buy Mag7. They now sit on a gain of 47% YTD, so even if Mag7 is slow and give them just 10% gain YTD. Just 10% gain on top of their 47% gain is a whopping 61% gain YTD, and it is low risk.
Let’s dump Intel now, and we can park our gains in lower risks stocks in Mag7. We can go for holidays now for the rest of the year.
Sorry for the bad news. Retail investors, run and exit now if you can.
Remember this: the current prices for these highly concentrated stocks are determined by those who are holding at the bottom, not by those who bought near the top.
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300 290 220 1220 : Intel's fundamentals are weak as its CPUs lag behind AMD's, and its foundry business is inferior to Taiwan Semiconductor’s or even lacks orders. It still needs time to grow and develop, so a valuation correction is normal. However, the development of AI cannot be denied.
Kean82 : Next week it will be SNDK. Becareful.
Kipbana OP 300 290 220 1220 : The current chase of 47% gain wasn’t rationally backed by numbers or development. and the incoming dump is not normal price correction. It will drop even more. It gains 47% in less than a month, but the actual development will take years.
Development of their AI chips to gain meaningful traction is merely speculation at this point that is not backed by numbers. By the time they catch up to Nvidia/AMD current technology, Nvidia/AMD will have newer technologies.
Caleb Kien :
Intel (INTC) Price Range Forecast — 2026–2027
Quarter Bear Case ($) Base Case ($) Bull Case ($) Key Drivers
Q1 2026 30–34 36–42 43–48 Weak Q1 guidance, supply constraints
Q2 2026 28–36 38–44 45–52 Execution improvements, inventory normalization
Q3 2026 30–38 40–46 48–55 AI/data center demand drives revenue, yield improvements
Q4 2026 32–40 42–50 50–60 New node ramp-up (18A), strategic partnerships, margin recovery
104898262 : Mag7? Help to list it please
Kipbana OP 104898262 : Google “Mag7”. Investing involves doing your own due diligence.
Kipbana OP 不鸣则已_一鸣惊人 : It’s about the stock price not just the demand in its memory chips. It is up 1000% since last year. It definitely will tumble even if it beats earnings.
Those with 100% gain YTD don’t need to hold on even if there is a potential gain of 20-30% more. They can still buy it back after they dump it off the top. Because once they dump it off the top, it will trigger massive fears. The current price is dictated by those holding at the bottom.
TheAussieDude : What am I supposed to learn from the poorly worded and long winded 'article'?
Kipbana OP TheAussieDude : Sorry if you bought alot of those stocks. That’s how I would word it for you. And don’t have a better answer for your sloppy “comment” too.
If articles are long-winded, then you shouldn’t invest because true investors read many articles everyday. Maybe you can try taking your high school exams again.
75157416 300 290 220 1220 : Is Intel's CPU really worse than AMD's? Are you sure?
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