AI Selloff a ‘Wake-Up Call’ for Investors, Wells Fargo Says

Friday’s technology-driven selloff was a “wake-up call” for investors, according to Wells Fargo & Co., which said it has highlighted the risks of piling into the artificial-intelligence trade. As a result, analyst Ohsung Kwon said the “sugar rush” behind the...

How One Hedge Fund Is Replacing Human Analysts With AI Bots

Magnetar Capital, the $18 billion hedge fund firm, will shun human analysts for its newest offering and instead deploy hundreds of AI bots to research stocks. The firm’s AI technology seeks to replicate the depth of research and analysis usually provided by fleets of...

Nasdaq 100 Sinks 5% in AI-Led Rout as Yields Climb: Markets Wrap

Wall Street’s historic weekly run came to a halt, with stocks hit by a tech selloff and higher bond yields after a solid jobs report added to bets the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate move will be a hike. That repricing of the Fed outlook coincided with a swoon in...

SpaceX and Other Mega IPOs May Wait Years to Join the S&P 500

Mega-IPO candidates including SpaceX are expected to face a long road to entry to the S&P 500 Index, after the company that makes the rules rejected a proposal that included relaxing the requirement that they be profitable. S&P Dow Jones Indices’ index...

Wall Street Sours on Lululemon Shares After Sales Outlook Cut

Only one Wall Street analyst still rates Lululemon Athletica Inc. as a buy after the upscale yogawear company cut its annual forecast amid slumping sales in North America. BTIG LLC analyst Janine Stichter downgraded the firm to a neutral rating from a buy on Friday...

Switzerland Speeds Anti-Drone Procurement as Incursions Rise

Switzerland’s army chief said the country is fast-tracking the purchase of anti-drone systems as incursions mount over civilian and military infrastructure. Rising intrusions means the Swiss have been buying “systems as quickly as possible to protect the army against...

Broadcom’s sell-off just entered megacap history

Broadcom (AVGO) closed down 12.6% Thursday, erasing $280 billion in market value, putting it among the biggest single-stock wipeouts of the megacap era. The trigger was Broadcom's AI outlook. The company beat quarterly earnings expectations, but its AI chip sales...