Last night’s selloff felt like more than a normal pullback. The Nasdaq fell 2.15%, while the VIX jumped more than 12% to 18.7. $Tesla(TSLA)$ plunged 14.53%, and $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ dropped 7.13%. By several market estimates, the Magnificent Seven lost close to $800 billion in market value in a single session. At the same time, Brent crude moved above $100 per barrel and Treasury yields climbed. Two pressures hit growth stocks together: AI return concerns and renewed inflation risk. A week ago, the market was still rewarding companies for spending more aggressively on AI. Now investors are asking a harder question: When will all that spending turn into profit and free cash flow? 1. The capex scare finally a
Intel Reports Best Quarter in Years, Yet Crashes 8% — Why?
Intel closed down 7.89% Friday despite delivering what management called its best quarterly results in years, with a related ETF briefly triggering a 20%-level plunge and roughly $90 billion in market cap erased. Markets questioned the sustainability of gross margin recovery and advanced node ramp, reading the beat as a one-time bounce rather than a structural inflection. Management countered by highlighting AI chip packaging investments as part of a long-term turnaround narrative. When a record quarter triggers the steepest selloff, is Intel's comeback story disproven or unfairly punished?
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