Why AI Stocks Got Hammered Wednesday
Three things went wrong at once.
Hot inflation data burns up AI, tech and small-cap stocks as CoreWeave unravels and ‘neocloud’ names in ‘crash mode’; also the chart looks precarious.
TSMC beat and still fell, a giant AI offering is coming, and the market wants to know what AI growth costs.
Nasdaq is approaching an oversold condition, selling pressure is finally picking up, and a dose of bearish sentiment could improve the outlook.
A hotter-than-expected September CPI report and a deepening selloff in AI names sent the S&P 500 down more than 1% for the first time in 54 sessions, with the Nasdaq and small caps falling nearly 2%.
The either/or market continued for another day with tech stocks continuing to fall. They’re nearing interesting support levels, but a bounce could be followed by more downside.
Stocks were slammed after a hot core CPI report, but bonds rallied and biotech rose.
The October edition provides hawks a lot more to work with than August did.
Layoff news is overshadowing more worrisome churn data from Apptopia.
Morgan Stanley delivers on wealth and equities, while Bank of America absorbs a $1.2 billion penalty.