As the U.S. and China settle into an uneasy one-year truce, the takeaway for investors is that each country will double-down on homegrown technology, analysts said. “Own quality exporters and R & D-rich tech stocks aligned with localization, and use scenario odds — not headlines — to assess risk,” Morgan Stanley strategists recommended in a…
Macro: The Nvidia miracle did not happen after all. Despite the publication of impressive results and the company’s attempts to reassure investors, the upturn was short-lived, leading to a decline in technology stocks. Even more surprisingly, European defense stocks have also suffered recent setbacks, penalized by the prospect of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia….
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told employees this week that the company has been pushed into a no-win situation by mounting fears of an AI bubble, even as it continues to post blockbuster results, according to audio of an internal all-hands meeting reviewed by Business Insider. “The market did not appreciate our incredible quarter,” Huang said…
Concerns about stock valuations in companies tied to artificial intelligence knocked the market around this week. Whether these worries will recede, as they did Friday, or flare up again will certainly be something to watch in the days and weeks ahead. We understand the concerns about valuations in the speculative aspects of the AI trade,…
Stocks bounced back Friday, but not enough to recover the week’s earlier losses. All three major averages posted gains — with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S & P 500 each adding about 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.9% — after New York Fed President John Williams suggested that a December rate…
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…
Bitcoin is crashing into dangerous territory — and options-fueled selling is adding to the volatility. The largest cryptocurrency dropped as much as 7.6% on Friday to $80,553, deepening a selloff that’s erased nearly 25% of its value this month. November is now shaping up to be Bitcoin’s worst month since the 2022 collapse of Terra…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Hero to zero Stock investors didn’t end up getting the post-Nvidia earnings market bounce they hoped for. After opening yesterday’s trading session higher, stocks took a dramatic…
Bitcoin fell sharply after a sell-off of major U.S. stock indices. Bitcoin has been correlated closely to the price movement of the Nasdaq index. Luke MacGregor | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin tumbled as much as 6% early Friday, hovering just above its critical $80,000 support level at one point, as investors continued their flight…
The markets are volatile—and Wall Street’s most reliable barometer of panic has surged to levels not seen since April, when President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs triggered a global market meltdown. The Cboe Volatility Index, known as the VIX, peaked at 27.8 on Thursday and closed the day around 26.3—its highest point since the…