Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) shares fell 1.19% on Friday even as investors looked ahead to the chipmaker’s Advancing AI 2026 event next week in San Francisco. Analysts expect the company to unveil new artificial intelligence products, customer wins, and long-term growth plans in the event. The event marks AMD’s first dedicated AI showcase since
On Friday, Chinese AI startup Moonshot sparked a fresh selloff in global semiconductor stocks after unveiling its latest Kimi K3 model. Apple reclaimed its position as the world’s most valuable publicly traded company briefly before Nvidia went back to the top place. Meanwhile, oil prices surged as the US and Iran intensified military attacks
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares fell 1.5% on Friday, extending a difficult year for the software giant as investors continued to weigh heavy artificial intelligence spending against the company’s long-term growth prospects. The stock has declined more than 20% in 2026 and nearly 23% over the past year, even as Microsoft has continued investing aggressively in
US stocks closed lower on Friday, capping a weak week for Wall Street as a deepening selloff in semiconductor stocks and renewed concerns over artificial intelligence spending weighed on investor sentiment. The decline came despite a strong start to the second-quarter earnings season, with rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East adding to market uncertainty.
Some of Wall Street’s fastest-growing companies are turning expansion into something more tangible: cash. Nvidia, Micron Technology, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks have each reported sharp increases in operating or free cash flow while management or analysts lifted profit forecasts. That combination provides stronger confirmation than an earnings beat alone because cash is available for
Wall Street’s biggest banks are proving that even geopolitical uncertainty and volatile markets can be highly profitable when trading desks stay busy and artificial intelligence fuels an unprecedented wave of capital raising. The six largest US banks generated a combined $55 billion in second-quarter profits, comfortably exceeding analysts’ expectations as market volatility, record AI-related fundraising
Andy Burnham will enter Downing Street on Monday with a promise that has eluded successive British prime ministers for more than a decade: reviving economic growth. But unlike his predecessors, Burnham is betting that the answer does not lie in Whitehall. Instead, the incoming Labour leader is proposing a sweeping transfer of power to Britain’s
As the second-quarter earnings season of 2026 approaches its most critical stretch, the global equity market finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. For over two years, a relentless, AI-driven bull run has propelled mega-cap technology valuations to historically elevated levels. However, the narrative on trading desks has undergone a fundamental shift. The era of rewarding
Bitcoin remained under pressure on Friday as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and weakening institutional demand combined to keep the world’s largest cryptocurrency below key technical resistance. While the broader crypto market has shown resilience in recent months, the latest price action suggests traders are becoming increasingly cautious as macroeconomic uncertainty grows. At the
For investors seeking to pare exposure to the artificial intelligence (AI) trade amid boom-induced volatility, shifting capital toward overlooked equities offers a compelling strategic alternative. Market participants are increasingly adopting a “defensive posture” against a possible downturn – pivoting to segments where high-quality operators with solid fundamentals have fallen out of favor leading to unwarranted