AI stock enthusiasm wobbles, deepening global chipmaker sell-off.
Context
What happened: Chipmaker stocks sold off sharply Thursday, with a semiconductor index falling 2.5% for a seventh straight day, as worries about AI buildout costs, Chinese competition, inflation and rates pushed investors into other sectors and government bonds.
Key numbers: Chip index
Why it matters: Saxo's Neil Wilson cited AI buildout worries, bubbly valuations, weak earnings growth at frontier labs, Chinese competition and rates. TSMC CEO C.C. Wei flagged rising component prices and macroeconomic uncertainty. Gartner forecast over 80% of neocloud providers will cease operations by 2030.
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