Shares of Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) surged over 7% in early trading today, February 24, 2026, reaching a new all-time high as investors recalibrate their valuation of the 175-year-old company. Long dismissed by Wall Street as a "boring glass manufacturer" tied to the cyclical whims of the smartphone and television
As of February 23, 2026, the global technology sector has shifted its gaze from the "GPU gold rush" to the "connectivity bottleneck." In this new era of artificial intelligence infrastructure, few companies occupy a more critical position than Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR). Once a fragmented conglomerate of industrial lasers and specialized materials, Coherent has undergone [...]
As of February 23, 2026, Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has completed a remarkable transformation. Long perceived by Wall Street as a steady, if somewhat cyclical, materials science company tethered to the television and smartphone markets, Corning has successfully repositioned itself as the primary "toll-booth" for the generative AI revolution. The company is currently in sharp [...]
The speculative fervor that once propelled artificial intelligence (AI) software to dizzying heights has met its match: the laws of physics. In early 2026, a profound rotation is sweeping through global markets as investors pivot from "disembodied" software applications to the "Physical Bottleneck" of AI—the massive infrastructure of chips,
Date: February 10, 2026 Introduction Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) has long been perceived by the market as a venerable but cyclical manufacturer of glass and ceramics. However, as of early 2026, that narrative has shifted dramatically. Once known primarily for kitchenware and television glass, Corning has successfully repositioned itself as an indispensable "picks and shovels" [...]
As the calendar turns to 2026, the artificial intelligence industry has arrived at a pivotal architectural crossroads. For decades, the movement of data within computers has relied on the flow of electrons through copper wiring. However, as AI clusters scale toward the "million-GPU" milestone, the physical limits of electricity—long whispered about as the "Copper Wall"—have [...]
As of January 1, 2026, the artificial intelligence investment landscape has undergone a profound structural shift. The "GPU Gold Rush" that defined the 2023–2024 era—characterized by an insatiable and singular demand for chips from Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA)—has matured into a massive industrial build-out of the "AI nervous
As the calendar turns to 2026, the financial markets are bracing for a pivotal earnings season that will determine if the "AI infrastructure trade" still has room to run. At the center of this storm is Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: LITE), a company that has transformed from a niche optical
