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Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (March 9 to March 13) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow. Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI ), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU ), Ulta Beauty Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA ), CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF ), Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA ), spanning software, semiconductors, online retail, agriculture and fertilizers, and AI reflected diverse investor interests. Super Micro Computer The U.S. federal government charged three individuals tied to Super Micro Computer—including co-founder and board member Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw—for allegedly conspiring to smuggle billions of dollars worth, around $2.5 billion, of restricted Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA ) AI servers and high-performance GPUs to China in violation of U.S. export controls. The scheme reportedly involved shell companies in Southeast Asia, falsified documents, fake “dummy” servers to evade audits, and even using hair dryers to swap serial numbers, with shipments peaking at about $510 million in just weeks during 2025. Some retail investors were questioning multiple fallacies at SMCI, with its issues in earnings reporting in 2024 and 2025 to the current issue of chip smuggling. Source: Reddit The stock had a 52-week range of $27.60 to $62.36, trading around $23 to $30 per share, as of the publication of this article. It fell 23.22% over the year and fell 32.79% over the last six months. SMCI had a weaker price trend in the short, medium, and long term, with a solid value ranking, as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings. Micron Technology MU reported fiscal second-quarter 2026 earnings this week, driven by explosive AI-driven demand for memory chips, with revenue surging to $23.9 billion, adjusted EPS at $12.20, and record highs across DRAM, NAND, HBM, and business units. Guidance for the third quarter was exceptionally strong at ~$33.5 billion in revenue with ~81% gross margins and EPS around $19.15, signaling continued ... Full story available on Benzinga.com