Big Tech heavy hitters such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft are pushing for Congress to advance legislation to reform the process for obtaining federal permits for projects to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Backers of the bill, the SPEED Act, argue it is key to helping the U.S. beat out China…
This week is the last full trading week on Wall Street for the year, and it is packed with key economic and earnings reports. The data will help us sharpen our 2026 market outlook following a wild week for stocks that saw the S & P 500 close at a record high this past Thursday…
Investors are facing a period of historically high concentration in the S&P 500 Index headed into 2026, with a small number of mega-cap technology and AI-related companies dominating the index’s performance and risk. That’s leading more investment managers to advise clients as part of an annual portfolio review process to pay extra attention to opportunities…
U.S. artificial intelligence names were in negative territory in premarket trading on Friday, extending losses into their third day. Oracle was 0.9% lower in premarket trading, paring earlier losses which saw it fall 1.3%. Nvidia shed 0.7%, Micron fell 0.9%, and CoreWeave was down 1.3% at 5:16 a.m. ET. Broadcom, which reported a strong…
Oracle shares plummeted 11% in premarket trading on Thursday, extending yesterday’s losses after the firm reported disappointing results. The cloud computing and database software maker reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue on Wednesday, despite booming demand for its artificial intelligence infrastructure. Its revenue came in at $16.06 billion, compared with $16.21 billion expected by analysts, according to data compiled by…
Illustration of the SK Hynix company logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images South Korea’s SK Hynix on Wednesday confirmed that it is weighing a U.S. listing as the memory chipmaker’s valuation soars on global demand for artificial intelligence hardware. The company at the center of the AI…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – MARCH 01: Skyscrapers stand at the Pudong Lujiazui Financial District on March 1, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Xiao Yang | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, after Wall Street’s tech stocks rebounded on a rally in Google parent and hopes of a Fed rate cut. Optimism about Alphabet’s…
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, has a Q&A session at a press conference during the APEC CEO summit on October 31, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea. Woohae Cho | Getty Images News | Getty Images Even Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang couldn’t save the tech and artificial intelligence trade this week. The chip giant’s talismanic…
Shares in AI darling Nvidia popped in premarket trade after the U.S. firm beat expectations in third-quarter results after the closing bell on Wednesday. Shares were last trading 5.5% higher at 4:15 a.m. ET. Nvidia topped forecasts for revenue, which jumped 62% to $57.01 billion year-on-year, and issued stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter sales guidance. “There’s been a…
“Let’s start with something simple. I cannot recall a time this year when it feels this good to be diversified among a whole host of terrific growth stocks, because growth of all kinds always works. Until now, it’s been terrific for all of 2025 to own nothing but data center, AI, nuclear, and quantum stocks….
