# Closing Bell Overtime: Chip stocks had their best quarter ever while big tech lagged. What’s ahead for the second half of the trading year? 6/30/26 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-bell-5237668/closing-bell-overtime-chip-stocks-had-their-best-quarter-ever-while-big-tech-lagged-what-s-ahead-for-the-second-half-of-the-trading-year-6-30-26 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-bell-5237668/closing-bell-overtime-chip-stocks-had-their-best-quarter-ever-while-big-tech-lagged-what-s-ahead-for-the-second-half-of-the-trading-year-6-30-26.md Podcast: [Closing Bell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-bell-5237668) Published: 2026-06-30T21:09:12+00:00 Episode link: https://www.cnbc.com Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cnbc.simplecastaudio.com/d13412e5-373f-49ef-b0d3-745a4f74427f/episodes/589536b4-5cd0-4b76-b3ec-4715321e89e9/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d13412e5-373f-49ef-b0d3-745a4f74427f&awEpisodeId=589536b4-5cd0-4b76-b3ec-4715321e89e9&feed=Nh1wIaXT Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/closing-bell-5237668/episodes/closing-bell-overtime-chip-stocks-had-their-best-quarter-ever-while-big-tech-lagged-what-s-ahead-for-the-second-half-of-the-trading-year-6-30-26 Duration seconds: 2613 ## Resource Chip stocks had their best quarter ever while big tech lagged. What’s ahead for the second half of the trading year? Venu Krishna, Head of U.S. Equity Strategy at Barclays, makes the case that the rally still has room to run and explains what could keep stocks moving higher. Nike headlines earnings. The show breaks down the results before Robert Drbul of BTIG analyzes what they reveal about consumer demand, inventory trends and the company's turnaround efforts. Paul Hickey of Bespoke assesses the market's next phase and explains what investors should watch as earnings season continues. Plus, our Morgan Brennan reports on the outlook for space stocks following comments from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and examines what the latest developments could mean for SpaceX ahead of its anticipated IPO. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/closing-bell-5237668/episodes/closing-bell-overtime-chip-stocks-had-their-best-quarter-ever-while-big-tech-lagged-what-s-ahead-for-the-second-half-of-the-trading-year-6-30-26/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/closing-bell-5237668/closing-bell-overtime-chip-stocks-had-their-best-quarter-ever-while-big-tech-lagged-what-s-ahead-for-the-second-half-of-the-trading-year-6-30-26.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.