The Dow and S&P 500 are rising in premarket trading, Nasdaq futures are falling as the stock market reacts to fresh hopes for a U.S.-Iran peace deal Amid fears over inflation.

Wondering if Synopsys at around US$480.64 is still a solid opportunity or if the easy gains are behind it? This article focuses squarely on what that price could mean for value. The stock has been fairly steady recently, with the share price down 4.6% over the last week and 0.7% over the last month, while the 1 year return sits at 5.6% and the 5 year return at 91.8%. Recent headlines around Synopsys have continued to keep attention on the company, reflecting its role in semiconductor design…

Follow the action in markets on Friday after the S&P 500 closed at its 21st record high of the year.

Shares of semiconductor photomask manufacturer Photronics (NASDAQ:PLAB) fell 34.9% in the afternoon session after it reported underwhelming first quarter results which missed analysts sales and earnings estimates.

Shares of voice AI technology company SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) jumped 5.7% in the afternoon session after Snowflake’s impressive earnings results provided clearer evidence that the “SaaSpocalypse” — a rolling selloff that had erased approximately $2 trillion from software market values since late 2025 on fears that AI would make subscription software obsolete — had been overstated for platforms sitting at the centre of AI workflows.

The mind-bending explosion of intergenerational wealth anticipated by the pending IPOs of SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI—.and the speculative melt-up of public equities—sure smacks of a bubble to us.