A bruising week for technology stocks has raised fresh questions about whether the artificial intelligence-fuelled market rally is becoming too volatile for comfort. A selloff that began on Monday gathered momentum throughout the week, rippling through markets from Seoul to Silicon Valley. Investors grew uneasy about the sheer scale of spending on AI infrastructure, the
Sunrun shares RUN surged 27% in early trading on Wednesday after the residential solar company unveiled a partnership with Tesla and home-energy management platform Renew Home. The partnership aims to supply electricity capacity to data centers and utilities grappling with soaring demand from artificial intelligence. The three companies said they would work together to deliver
Memory chip stocks came under heavy pressure on Tuesday, extending a broad technology selloff on Wall Street. Investors grew increasingly uneasy about the enormous sums being poured into artificial intelligence infrastructure and the growing use of debt to finance that expansion. Shares of memory chipmakers, some of this year’s biggest market winners, suffered steep declines.
Meta Platforms Inc. is making a significant move into India’s fintech ecosystem with a $900 million investment in startup CRED. The deal gives Meta a roughly 20% stake in the company. According to the announcement, CRED will raise ₹8,550 crore ($900 million) in its Series H round, led by Meta. The round is structured through
Shares of Fervo Energy FRVO surged on Monday as investors looked past a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and instead focused on the geothermal company’s new artificial intelligence partnership with Nvidia. The Houston-based geothermal startup, backed by Bill Gates, was up about 15% after announcing an agreement with Nvidia and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to
The S&P 500 Index remained under pressure last week after the Federal Reserve delivered a highly hawkish interest rate decision. It also wavered as investors reacted to the new ceasefire between the US and Iran, which drove energy prices lower. This article looks at some of the key catalysts for S&P 500 and the key
US stocks are showing surprising resilience as Wall Street increasingly abandons expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts. Several major financial institutions have recently pushed back their forecasts for monetary easing, with some now expecting the Federal Reserve to leave rates unchanged throughout 2026. Yet despite the more hawkish outlook, strategists remain broadly constructive on
Shares of Marvell Technology climbed on Thursday after the semiconductor company received a major price target increase from KeyBanc Capital Markets and announced a milestone shipment of photonic chips used in artificial intelligence data centers. MRVL shares rose 8% in trading after KeyBanc raised its price target on the stock by 48% to $385 from
The Bank of England left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.75% in June, maintaining its cautious stance amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding inflationary pressures linked to recent geopolitical developments. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 in favour of keeping rates on hold. External MPC member Megan Greene and Chief Economist Huw Pill dissented,
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares moved higher on Wednesday after the company successfully launched three of its largest communications satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch marked an important milestone in its effort to build a space-based cellular broadband network. The launch sent BlueBird 8, 9, and 10 into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space