INTC leads the CPU/agentic AI first-order beta trade as a Friday inflation print drives risk-on into semis
MU is the alpha bellwether for a post-inflation-print risk-on semi rally, with a blowout Q3 behind it
BB is an idiosyncratic opportunistic long on QNX momentum, lagging alpha but catching up in a risk-on semi tape
CRDO is a second-order connectivity bid magnet: retail flows from alpha/first-beta semis spill into CRDO as the narrative widens
MSTR short hedges the long semi book: a leveraged Bitcoin proxy that can absorb pain if the inflation print disappoints