Wall Street set for a winning week

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 21, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today’s edition of the Daily Open newsletter. What a difference a week makes. On Monday,…

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How the Iran war is raising costs for AI chip companies

The AI rally continued this earnings season. But companies building the underlying hardware powering the boom warned that the Iran war is putting pressure on their supply chains and profitability. A spiraling conflict in the Middle East has seen oil prices skyrocket and supply chains crucial to the tech sector hamstrung. Shortages of key chipmaking…

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Here’s what you need to know

Cerebras Systems‘ monster debut on Thursday didn’t just place it among tech’s biggest-ever IPOs — it was a crystal clear signal of unstoppable demand for chips to power AI, as tech giants scramble to find alternatives to the costly, sold-out graphics processing units made by Nvidia. Cerebras closed its first day trading on Wall Street…

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