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Asian Stocks Fall Amid Growing Investor Anxiety Over Massive AI Capex Plans

In an indication of sharp swings in regional benchmark indexes, South Korea's stock-market regulator briefly halted trading on the main exchange.

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What Utilities, Energy, Industrials, and Banks Could Tell Stock Market

Tech stocks and the AI trade have powered global markets ever since the bull run began in October 2022. This year's gains, which include record highs from Japan to Europe, have featured a fresh set of leaders.

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Bitcoin Is The Noise, Google Is The Signal: Buying The 'Industrial Revolution'

The coming regime change at the Fed could squeeze excess out of the market. It may be starting with Bitcoin.

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Why Kevin Warsh could bring a new outlook to the Fed

Allianz chief economic adviser Mohamed El-Erian and Unleash Prosperity principal Phil Kerpen discuss Kevin Warsh's nomination for Fed chair and how President Donald Trump's policies have impacted economic growth on ‘Kudlow.' #fox #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #foxbusiness #kudlow #economy #federalreserve #interestrates #inflation #markets #growth #politics #political #politicalnews #government #trump #donaldtrump #kevinwarsh #monetary #finance

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The Week Anthropic Tanked the Market and Pulled Ahead of Its Rivals

Once a distant second or third in the AI race, the company is pushing to the front with a focus on caution, coding and business clients.

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Trump Ally Mullin Buys 10 Stocks, Including These $5 Billion Companies You've Probably Never Heard Of

• VSE stock is holding steady today. What's ahead for VSE stock?

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Stocks Slide as Software Selloff Deepens; Bitcoin Falls | The Close 2/5/2026

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are BNY Wealth's Sinead Colton Grant, Bob's Discount Furniture's Bill Barton, Raymond James' Wilma Burdis, XPO's Mario Harik, Tapestry's Joanne Crevoiserat, Zacks Investment Management's Brian Mulberry, Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes, Wedbush Securities' Dan Ives, Former Whole Foods' Errol Schweizer, BetMGM's Adam Greenblatt, The Benchmark Company's Mark Palmer, and Tether's William Quigley.

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Did Kevin Warsh Crash The Market?

Kevin Warsh's Fed chair nomination triggered a broad market sell-off, but fears of hawkish policy appear overstated. Despite Warsh's reputation as a monetarist, pragmatic policy—lower rates, SLR exemption, and fiscal support—should cushion markets.

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The Software Rout Is Spreading Pain to the Debt Markets

The tech sector has an outsize presence in loan portfolios, raising the risk of contagion.

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Software stocks are selling off. Here's how to play them.

AI concerns have sparked a sell-off in tech and software stocks this week, dragging all three major indexes lower over the past several trading sessions. RBC Capital Markets managing director in software, Rishi Jaluria, sits down with the Asking for a Trend team to discuss why interpreting these AI advancements as the "death of software" is wrong.

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Job openings drop to lowest level since 2020

U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in more than five years, another sign that the American labor market remains sluggish.

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The Late 2020's Currency Debasement Market: Rotate Into Gold, Commodities, And Out Of U.S. Equities

Capital market leadership is rotating from the overvalued S&P 500 and mega-cap tech to commodities, gold, and non-US equities amid currency debasement and inflationary pressures. Commodities, particularly monetary metals and miners, are positioned for secular outperformance due to supply constraints, central bank gold accumulation, and declining confidence in fiat currencies.

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The resignation of Argentina's statistics chief over delays in updating the inflation index has stirred up memories of price meddling

The resignation of Argentina's statistics chief over delays in updating the inflation index has stirred up memories of price meddling.

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Trillion-dollar tech wipeout ensnares all stocks in AI's path

Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off the value of stocks, bonds and loans of companies big and small across Silicon Valley, with software stocks at the epicenter. The spark for the selloff was AI startup Anthropic.

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Is Now the Time To Load Up on Bonds? Vanguard Thinks So

Vanguard is encouraging some clients to consider allocating more than 50% of their portfolios to bonds, according to the mutual fund giant's chief investment officer.

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Ives Says He's Never Seen a Software Selloff Like This

Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities says he's never seen a structural software stock selloff like this in 25 years, but he's still bullish on tech stocks. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close."

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January layoffs hit highest level since 2009 as monthly job cuts surge

Challenger report shows 205% jump from December as healthcare, transportation and technology companies scale back workforce.

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Growth Scare Hits Markets Edgy From Tech Selloff

Weak job data and deepening AI anxiety pushed the S&P 500 into the red for the year.

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The Case for Optimism – and the Stocks It's Pointing To Next

As an investor, it's challenging to stay constructive when markets feel noisy, crowded, or overdue for a pullback. The instinct to brace for what might go wrong is natural.

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GOP Senators Cast Doubt on Powell Probe, Hope to Move Warsh Along

Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee are raising doubts over the Justice Department's investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. It's important because Senator Thom Tillis says he'll oppose any Trump Fed Chair nominee until the probe is over.

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