> amd is the opposite of both and it's stock continues to dive. go figure.

AMDs share price is up almost 1400% in 2 years, what on earth are you on about?

It's currently on a bit of a slump after some financial firms lowered their targets of the stock price.

I have a feeling it'll make its way back up though.

I think when you outpace the general index by multiple factors over years a small pull back is not only expected, its healthy.

exactly. it jumped from bankruptcy level ($1.5) to bottom of peers ($20) in august! since then it had a peak in sept and is on freefall again, while it should have been rising faster.

Stock performance is about a lot more than individual product technical specs. That said, I see AMD is down a bit recently but it's had a significant run-up the past 6 months (~2X) and even more over the past couple of years after being basically flat for ages. And it's got quite a high PE (58) which tends to make stocks vulnerable to even middling news. (By contrast, Intel's PE is about 17.)