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• 'Just another scare': Wall Street sees the AI trade strong despite tech's latest rout

  Technology stocks fell this week as financing concerns mounted, pulling the S&P 500 and Nasdaq into negative territory. CoreWeave (CRWV) and Nebius (NBIS) each closed the week down more than 25%, and Baird's Ted Mortonson placed Oracle (ORCL) near the bottom of tech on free cash flow, citing a higher cost of capital and scrutiny of circular finance. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang voiced optimism about CoreWeave, in which Nvidia holds roughly a 10% stake. Patrick Moorhead (Moor Insights & Strategy) called the sell-off another scare, while Dan Ives (Wedbush Securities) pointed to CoreWeave's revenue backlog of roughly $104 billion at the end of the second quarter. UBS described the volatility as a recalibration of expectations rather than a fundamental break, urging investors to watch whether AI spending turns into sustainable earnings growth.

  Yahoo Finance·18/10, 15:59▲ NVDAAI investmenttech stocksWall Street
• Tech sell - off rolls on as hot inflation data stokes rate worries

  CoreWeave, an AI data centre infrastructure company, fell 3.6% after plunging 15.5% the previous day, and Nvidia is both a major client and a large shareholder. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.3% while the Dow rose, as investors rotated out of speculative AI infrastructure into established sectors. Seoul's Kospi closed down 7.6% and Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 4.9% as traders sold chipmakers, while European markets were more resilient. The sell-off was driven by US consumer prices rising to 3.7% in September, above expectations, and wholesale inflation hitting 6.3% annually, its biggest jump since 2022 as petrol prices surged amid the war with Iran, raising expectations of at least one more Fed rate hike. Because tech firms depend heavily on borrowing for AI spending, they are especially sensitive to higher rates, and the Fed decision is due October 28, a week before the US midterm elections.

  nzherald.co.nz·15/10, 20:45▼ QQQ▼ NVDA▼ SPY▼ AAPLinflationinterest ratestech stocks
• Stock Market Midday, Oct. 15: Markets Mixed as AI Sell-Off Continues

  As of 11:38 a.m. ET, the Dow rose 0.98% to 52,126 while the S&P 500 gained 0.10% to 7,727 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.36% to 26,600 on tech weakness. Healthcare led the sectors while energy and technology dropped, and gold rose 1.18% to $4,154.09 with the 10-year Treasury yield at 5.10%. Vertiv fell around 6% after two analysts cut their price targets, and CoreWeave declined further as capital-cost worries spread to industrial names like Caterpillar. The article links the AI selloff to CoreWeave bond yields touching 15%, Chinese chipmaking news and a hotter-than-expected producer price index, with wholesale prices up 6.3% year-on-year. It notes that AI firms make up around 40% of the S&P 500 and urges investors to understand their AI exposure.

  Yahoo Finance·15/10, 16:55▼ NVDA▼ GOOGL▼ META▼ MSFTtech stocksAI investmentWall Street
• Wall Street's AI Boom Just Reached a Dangerous Milestone. History Says the Winners Could Change.

  Wall Street has spent recent years rewarding nearly every company tied to AI, including hyperscalers, chipmakers, memory providers, cloud firms and equipment makers. A Columbia University estimate puts cumulative AI infrastructure investment and spending at about $9 trillion over 2025–2032, and says the sector would need more than $3.5 trillion in annual revenue by 2032 just to break even. The article argues that, as with the late-1990s telecom fiber build-out and 19th-century railroads, the biggest winners may be the businesses that use the infrastructure rather than those that build it, since builders often face overcapacity and weak returns. It points to industrial companies using AI for tasks such as predictive maintenance and logistics as potential beneficiaries, and presents the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI) as a complementary holding with a small allocation.

  Yahoo Finance·18/10, 18:05▼ NVDAAI investmentartificial intelligenceNVDA
• AI Investment boom raises cross - asset risks as capex cycle matures , says BCA research strategist

  Peter Berezin, Chief Global Macro Strategist at BCA Research, says AI can remain transformative but could trigger a significant market correction if productivity gains fail to keep pace with investment. He argues the core risk is financial and about timing, as returns may arrive too slowly to justify current capital spending, with the five largest hyperscalers expected to spend more than $1 trillion next year. Berezin believes the equity bull market is mature rather than over, expecting consolidation and volatility before a more material downturn; a US recession in 2027 looks unlikely, but 2028 poses a bigger risk, potentially with a Nasdaq drawdown of around 50%. He sees China unlikely to offset a US slowdown and remains neutral on equities and bonds in the near term.

  iraqsun.com·18/10, 07:00• NVDAAI investmentartificial intelligenceNVDA
• AI Investment boom raises cross - asset risks as capex cycle matures , says BCA research strategist

  Peter Berezin of BCA Research says AI can remain transformative but could trigger a significant market correction if productivity gains fail to keep pace with investment. The core risk is financial and about timing, as returns from AI adoption may arrive too slowly to justify current capex. The five largest hyperscalers are expected to spend over $1 trillion next year, and the broader AI industry could need roughly $10 trillion in annual revenue to monetize projected investment, based on his assumptions. He views the equity bull market as mature rather than over, expecting consolidation before a bigger downturn, with 2028 posing a greater risk and a possible Nasdaq drawdown of around 50%. He remains neutral on equities and bonds near term, while real yields near 3% already offer attractive carry.

  news.webindia123.com·18/10, 06:30• NVDA• QQQ• AMZN• GOOGLAI investmentartificial intelligenceNVDA

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• OpenAI nears up to $30 billion funding round at $1.25 trillion valuation led by UAE investors

  OpenAI is nearing a funding round of up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, led by UAE investors alongside Coatue, with that valuation excluding the new capital. The company aims to get signatures by the end of next week, though the final size is still being determined. The raise is positioned as an “opportunistic” bridge ahead of a potential IPO, which CFO Sarah Friar has told employees will likely come in 2027. OpenAI is also negotiating a commercial deal that would secure more computing capacity from the UAE. The move comes amid choppy tech markets, with jitters around CoreWeave and concerns about financing as interest rates rise, while Anthropic's expected IPO will test investor appetite. OpenAI has filed confidentially to go public.

  CNBC·22/10, 20:16▲ NVDA• MSFTOpenAIartificial intelligencevaluation
• Here's what is spooking investors as Meta stock stumbles

  RBC Capital Markets analyst Brad Erickson says Meta shares are under pressure after earnings, with the language in the company's filing unsettling investors. He explains that Meta is issuing non-voting stock to fund billions in AI spending while preserving CEO Mark Zuckerberg's voting control. Erickson said the dilution level cited, nearly 800 billion, is probably well above the actual investment, and that the CFO described that language as boilerplate. He also noted the move lets Zuckerberg keep control and stay in California while a tax situation is being worked out.

  Yahoo Finance·22/10, 20:14▼ METAMETAearningsAI investment
• A lesson from poker tells us not to fold on Meta after its earnings sell-off. Here’s why

  Meta's strong quarterly results were overshadowed by concerns over AI spending, sending shares down 7% on Thursday. Bears point to dilution risk, as Meta plans new non-voting Class C shares to fund AI infrastructure and free cash flow turned negative in the quarter. A New Mexico judge also ordered Meta to pay a $25 billion penalty over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which the company plans to appeal, and Meta booked a $9.89 billion legal settlement charge in the quarter. Bulls argue the core business remains strong, with the new Muse app off to a strong start, and CFO Susan Li said in-house content models are outperforming prior versions in offline tests.

  CNBC·22/10, 20:11• METAMETAearningsAI investment
• Resideo Announces Expected Q1 Software Update to Honeywell Home Smart Thermostats for Compatibility with Apple HomeView

  Resideo plans to release a software update in the first quarter of 2027 that will let its existing Honeywell Home ElitePRO, X7S and X8S smart thermostats support the new Adaptive Temperature Control and Clean Energy Guidance features tied to Apple's HomeView offerings. Homeowners can get these features without replacing devices or paying for extra professional installation. The thermostats already work with Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and other ecosystems and are Matter certified. Resideo says it works with more than 100,000 professionals worldwide, who bring its products into more than 15 million installations annually.

  Yahoo Finance·22/10, 20:11Resideosmart homesoftware
• Why Nokia Sank today

  Nokia shares fell 15.4% on Thursday, as of mid-afternoon, in a sector-wide sell-off of AI-related stocks, even though the company beat earnings expectations. Third-quarter revenue rose 9.7% to 5.15 billion euros, adjusted EPS rose 50% to $0.09, and operating margin expanded 220 basis points. AI and cloud customer revenue jumped 123% and order intake for that segment rose 118%, while mobile networks grew only 5%. Nokia reiterated but did not raise its full-year 2026 guidance, and the article says high expectations after the stock's rally this year, along with fears about the sustainability of AI spending, weighed on shares.

  Yahoo Finance·22/10, 20:10NokiaearningsAI investment
• Google Is Paying SpaceX $11 Billion a Year for Compute. Here's the Concentration Risk Nobody Is Pricing In.

  Google has started paying SpaceX $920 million per month, or $11 billion per year, to lease xAI's cloud infrastructure through 2029, rather than building more data centers to fill its shortage of Nvidia GPUs. According to Synergy Research Group, Google held 15% of the global cloud infrastructure market in the second quarter of 2026, placing third behind AWS (28%) and Microsoft Azure (20%), while Google Cloud revenue rose from $19.2 billion in 2021 to $58.7 billion in 2025. The deal gives Google access to a cluster of roughly 110,000 GPUs, and Alphabet owns a 4%–5% stake in SpaceX. The author warns the arrangement adds concentration risk: Google is effectively funding xAI's growth into a cloud competitor, it reinforces Nvidia's dominance, and the cluster sits at xAI's centralized facilities, including Colossus in Tennessee, where power failures or disruptions could affect many tenants.

  Yahoo Finance·22/10, 20:10• GOOGLGOOGLSpaceXcloud computing