Stocks Dive as Investors Retreat From AI Trade
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Stocks Dive as Investors Retreat From AI Trade

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 5, 20261 min
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Plus: A string of bomb threats disrupted flights across Europe in a suspected hoax campaign. And the Bank of England raises interest rates for the first time since the start of the Iran war. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...

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In moments of seismic change through crisis and transformation, it is our real world experience that delivers. FTI consulting, experts with impact. Here's your midday brief for Thursday, November 5th.

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I'm Alex Osella for The Wall Street Journal. Stocks are tumbling today as some of this year's most popular AI trades are unwinding. are now positioning for a slowdown in the AI build-out after midterm voters came out hard against data centers.

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It's a broad sell-off, but shares of chip makers and data center suppliers are some of the biggest decliners. The Nasdaq sank more than 4%, putting it on pace to enter a correction. That's a 10% decline from a recent high.

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