content: “People didn’t dump out on that spike.”  Well some sure did but not for reasons you are thinking. Your research is shallow, incomplete and highly speculative; your conclusion is lazy.  Qualcomm’s stock spike because of the settlement reached with Apple which gave it a multi-year licensing agreement and something like a 4.5 billion $ lump sum.  https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/04/qualcomm-and-apple-agree-to-drop-all-litigation/ If you’re going to report news, or create narrative, at least have some sources.