While Micron's partnership with NVIDIA boosts its AI prospects, short-term challenges, including weak consumer spending and geopolitical risks, warrant caution.

Nvidia falls after the company provides few updates about its artificial-intelligence chips at the CES trade show, while shares of Micron and Aurora Innovation jump after securing partnerships with the semiconductor giant.

The main piece of news driving Micron stock higher was that Nvidia will be using Micron's high-bandwidth-memory (HBM) in its new GeForce RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs that undergird its new advanced AI platform.

According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the stock finished the month down 14%. As you can see from the chart, shares fell sharply after the earnings report came out in the middle of the month and stayed down from there.

Micron Technology stock is the top performer in the this year, and while analysts are generally optimistic about its performance, some have lingering doubts. The stock rose 2.7% to $101.91 on Monday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that Micron was providing memory for the graphics-processing units of the company’s RTX 50 videogame chips.

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Micron stock surges after Nvidia CEO praises their chips at CES. But mixed technical signals may impact the rally.

Nvidia stock briefly touched a new record Tuesday following a high-profile speech from its billionaire leader Jensen Huang, but surprisingly reversed quickly to a significant daily loss, headlining a surprise stark selloff across technology stocks.

Since AI emerged as the world's next megatrend about two years ago, one product in particular has become the technology sector's holy grail.

Several wildfires in Los Angeles Country were still burning on Friday, with at least 10 people killed and 350,000 evacuated, according to a Wall Street Journal report. AccuWeather estimated on Thursday that the total economic fallout from the fires would range from $135 billion to $150 billion.

For investors, both Amazon and Micron Technology offer a promising pathway to long-term returns, capitalizing on key trends shaping the future.