Qualcomm is a designer and manufacturer of advanced semiconductors for mobile phones and commercial wireless applications. It provides integrated solutions, including processors, GPS, WiFi, basebands, and other applications, for smartphones, tablets, and mobile PCs. Qualcomm has extended its leadership in the 3G CDMA wireless standard into the 4G LTE niche. It derives substantial royalty and licensing revenue from its extensive intellectual property portfolio for 3G, 4G, and now 5G technologies.

We've seen some typical FOMC price action! Since the market was thumped after the Fed decision on Wednesday, the gears (historically) were likely to reverse on Thursday. Still, it REALLY didn't feel like that was going to happen this time after stocks fully tanked following a very confusing press conference by Fed Chairman Warsh. The media pressed and pressed about the 'no hike despite continued elevated inflation' but got little if anything back. We are told that that is the new norm, so get used to it. Economists and Fed junkies will now have to get down and dirty, as they should have been doing all along, and do their own work rather than just parroting what the Fed spoon feeds them. Imagine if corporations (and there has been talk of this) were no longer required to report results every quarter. The analyst community would have to go back to 'kicking the tires' as was common decades ago. Where's Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett when you need them? The S&P 500 (SPX) surged 1.7% on Thursday and the QQQ ripped higher by 3.3%, reversing Wednesdays' carnage. After breaking down from its triangle, the SPX rallied back in what looks like a false breakdown. The QQQ stalled out at its recent breakdown level of 685. The ETF has plenty of chart and moving-average resistance overhead, so a 'V' bottom is unlikely. The damage to many tech charts is extensive -- and generally that takes time to repair. Yet despite the carnage in many semi names and the inconsistent performance of the Mag 7 stocks, the S&P 500 remains in the middle of a three-month trading range, with little if any technical damage.

Qualcomm develops and licenses wireless technology and designs chips for smartphones. The company's key patents revolve around CDMA and OFDMA technologies, which are standards in wireless communications that are the backbone of all 3G, 4G, and 5G networks. Qualcomm's IP is licensed by virtually all wireless device makers. The firm is also the world's largest wireless chip vendor, supplying nearly every premier handset maker with leading-edge processors. Qualcomm also sells RF-front end modules into smartphones, as well as chips into automotive and Internet of Things markets.

Qualcomm develops and licenses wireless technology and designs chips for smartphones. The company's key patents revolve around CDMA and OFDMA technologies, which are standards in wireless communications that are the backbone of all 3G, 4G, and 5G networks. Qualcomm's IP is licensed by virtually all wireless device makers. The firm is also the world's largest wireless chip vendor, supplying nearly every premier handset maker with leading-edge processors. Qualcomm also sells RF-front end modules into smartphones, as well as chips into automotive and Internet of Things markets.