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Today
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Don’t ditch tech stocks just yet. Make these moves to take advantage of the latest AI reset.
Investors have a ‘love-hate relationship’ with tech stocks now — and experts recommend selectively hunting for bargains while also betting on the major cloud companies.
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This one governor’s race could derail the AI trade that’s powered the stock market
Here’s the Nov. 3 contest that “presents the biggest election-specific risk,” analysts say.
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People who paid $50K to reserve a Roadster would have made bank investing that into Tesla stock instead
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is about to pull the wraps off the second-generation Roadster — again. It's been nine years since Elon Musk said it would revive the Roadster.
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Big pharma stocks near all-time highs as tech selloff pushes investors toward safer bets
Shares of AbbVie, Eli Lilly and Gilead Sciences are trading at or near record highs.
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University Endowments Land Biggest Returns Since 2021 on SpaceX, AI Gains
Harvard, WashU and the UNC system were among those that benefited from investments in the Elon Musk company.
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Tesla Stock Is Down Nearly 20% This Year. Is it a Buy Ahead of Earnings?
Tesla Stock Is Down Nearly 20% This Year. Is it a Buy Ahead of Earnings?
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Trump’s former top crypto adviser faces scrutiny over allegations his firm accepted millions from Tether while he shaped key stablecoin law
A new investigation reports that former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines helped shape a stablecoin law while, at the same time, a consulting firm he co-owned received millions of dollars from Tether, the industry’s biggest player.
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CoreWeave investors are feeling spooked, as the company’s stock and bonds see fresh pressure
It’s getting more expensive for investors to buy protection against a CoreWeave default.
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Mark Walter Probe Dings a Guggenheim Funding Machine That Powers Wall Street
Customers are shying away from doing business with a unit in Mark Walter’s empire.
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Traders pile into bonds and defensive stocks as the ‘tech wreck’ picks up steam
The continued selloff in the AI trade is forcing investors to ditch highflying tech for relative safety of government bonds, even as hot inflation threatens to make that trade complicated.
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Micron, Nvidia and other chip stocks face renewed pressure as AI fears swell
Reported details about Anthropic’s financial progress are adding to concerns about the health of the AI ecosystem.
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There’s a ‘monstrous bull market’ developing under the surface of the S&P 500. This hedge-fund manager tells you where it’s at.
The index may not move much because the stocks with the biggest weightings lag, but there’s a bull market starting to bubble elsewhere, says a hedge-fund manager.
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The Morning Risk Report: Debanking Probe Finds JPMorgan, Banks Cut Off MAGA Sellers and Democrat Groups
Plus: OpenAI alleges an ex-employee took confidential files to Apple and two cargo ships sink near the Strait of Hormuz.
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This 30-year market veteran is alarmed by a near-record S&P 500. Here’s where he’s investing instead.
Steven Jon Kaplan sees a completely irrational stock market right now, and investors ignoring a perfectly safe way to play that.
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Pantera Capital-backed startup Fission raises $10 million to help investors cash out of tokenized funds faster
Money can move into tokenized private funds much faster than it comes out. Even as asset managers use blockchain technology to turn fund shares into digital tokens, a lack of liquidity can mean investors must wait months to find a buyer.
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CEOs say they're getting gains from AI agents. A true transformation is harder.
Leaders of big US companies say AI agents are starting to produce gains, yet few report that the technology is fundamentally reshaping their businesses. KPMG US released a survey on Thursday of 400 CEOs of major US-based companies.
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TSMC CEO sees no sign of a slowdown as chip foundry reports record profit
The semiconductor foundry announced third-quarter net profits of 763.34 Taiwanese new dollars, marking a record.
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Chevron CEO warns oil buffers that cushioned the Iran war shock have been ‘drained’—and diesel relief may not come until 2027
The Iran war has pushed fuel prices to record highs, and the head of America’s second-largest oil company says the world has run out of easy ways to absorb the shock. “Those are all buffers in the system that have bought us time, but they’ve been drained,” Chevron CEO Mike Wirth …
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Wall Street’s earnings split: Goldman’s $18.7 billion blowout quarter—and why JPMorgan and BofA fell short
For Wall Street banks reporting earnings this week, it was largely a hit—or, for two big names, a stunning miss. Goldman Sachs gave investors exactly what they wanted, while JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America gave them reason to flinch.
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An early Anthropic backer predicts a post-IPO valuation of up to $2.4 trillion, topping SpaceX
While most of the business world and business press is waiting on pins and needles for Anthropic to drop its S-1, perhaps no elite group is more fired up than the early investors who appear to have made the bet of their careers.
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UK economy unexpectedly grows in August despite fall in consumer spending
Latest data showing surprise 0.1% growth is boost to John Healey a fortnight before his first budget Business news – live updates The UK economy unexpectedly continued to grow in August despite a fall in consumer spending before John Healey’s first budget as chancellor.
Yesterday
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Bloomberg Doubles Down on Conversational AI
Allowing users to add their own information to the company’s generative AI-based ASKB interface will feed the system with a new level of context.
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Anthropic’s Quarterly Revenue Jumped 45% to Nearly $17 Billion
The artificial-intelligence giant met with public-market investors Wednesday ahead of its planned IPO next month.
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Rocket Lab’s stock slides as the company pushes back Neutron’s first launch
Neutron, a medium-lift rocket meant to rival SpaceX’s Falcon 9, will no longer launch this year.
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From a record high to a 10% drop in just two months: Why small-cap stocks have unraveled so fast
Buckle up: Small-cap stocks just hit a market milestone they’d rather avoid.
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AI Jitters and Rate-Hike Fears Combine for Worst Day for Stocks Since July
A hot inflation report reset expectations for an October rate increase. Then wavering confidence in the AI trade took center stage.
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Seventh Time Is the Charm: Apple Closes Above $5 Trillion Market Capitalization
To power Apple’s next phase, CEO John Ternus needs to raise Apple’s AI game.
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CoreWeave sparks worry about broader credit-market stress as its bonds tumble
Signs of stress in the high-yield “junk” bond market are rising, with recent borrowing tied to artificial intelligence falling under increased scrutiny.
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Why Dell’s stock was one of the S&P 500’s biggest laggards on Wednesday
An analyst sees limited room for Dell and HPE shares to continue climbing, as dynamics could shift within the market for memory components.
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5 reasons Netflix is struggling as it cuts about 1,000 staffers
Netflix is in a slump — and it's not just because you can't find a hot new show to watch. The streaming titan's shares are down 42% in the last 12 months and have been nearly cut in half from their all-time high last summer.
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What to expect at the next Fed meeting now that rate-hike odds are rising
Market participants and economists are split on the question of whether or not the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by another quarter-point in two weeks.
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The UK energy secretary is flirting with a bad idea for bills – the ‘rising block tariff’
There are many reasons to ignore this affordability ‘solution’, not least it being complex and fiddly. Just keep things simple “My mark of failure or success is whether I can get bills down or not.
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The AI Boom Is Supercharging Wall Street’s Profits
Investment banking revenues are up, and wealth-management divisions are winning new AI millionaires as clients.
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Done family took £30m dividend from Betfred before warning of job cuts
Money was withdrawn from gambling firm before founder warned chancellor against doubling machine games duty The billionaire Done family took a £30m dividend from their Betfred gambling empire, before warning that they would close hundreds of bookies and cut jobs if the …
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Netflix to lay off about 1,000 employees in biggest cuts since 2022
Streaming company faces tough competition for viewers and engagement from legacy rivals and YouTube Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce, or roughly 1,000 employees, in its biggest cuts since 2022, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters, as the streaming pioneer …
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How Iran’s $2 trillion threat puts your AI stocks at risk
The Fed admits it can’t cool Big Tech’s spending spree. Tehran says it can, and it just named the targets.
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China’s trade surplus reaches $938 billion as exports surge 36.3% and as pressure mounts for it to rebalance trade with Europe
China’s exports surged 36.3% in September from a year earlier, its customs agency said Wednesday, bringing it on track to exceed last year’s record trade surplus as pressure ramped up from its trading partners, including the European Union, to rebalance trade.
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Bank of America adds a profit miss to the misery of a $1.2 billion government fine
Bank of America’s stock falls as investor disappointment over the $1.2 billion government fine added to the bank’s downbeat earnings report.
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From Charles Schwab to DoorDash: Why these bargain stocks could lead the market higher
Third-quarter earnings growth is expected to be driven by energy and semiconductor companies, but what if the rest of the market shows up? HSBC envisages a stock market finally broadening out.
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Investors have made big bets on tech stocks. Why one strategist just downgraded the sector.
Slowing flows into tech stocks as valuations deteriorate has one strategist lowering the firm’s rating on tech stocks.
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Europe, U.S. futures rise as semiconductor supplier ASML beats expectations
ASML, the Dutch company that is the only supplier of the “extreme ultraviolet lithography” machines needed to make the most advanced semiconductor chips, reported Q3 profits that beat expectations and said it had customers interested in placing orders through 2030.
October 13, 2026
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Failure of Australia’s Largest IPO in Decades Sends Tremors Through AI Trade
High interest rates and political uncertainty have data-center startups and other tech companies rethinking their go-public timing.