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Big Tech Faces an AI Spending Reckoning

Microsoft and Meta earnings will test whether surging artificial-intelligence investment is producing returns fast enough to support technology valuations. The artificial-intelligence trade is entering a more demanding phase, as investors shift their
July 29, 2026
A concerned investor studies sharply falling market charts on multiple screens beside semiconductor hardware and server racks in a dimly lit data-centre environment.

The AI Sell-Off Is a Discipline Test, Not a Verdict

Investors are right to question the scale of artificial-intelligence spending, but abandoning the sector wholesale risks confusing financial scrutiny with technological failure. The global retreat from semiconductor and artificial-intelligence stocks is less
July 28, 2026
A photorealistic data center scene with glowing server racks, a balance scale, a semiconductor chip, and an upward financial chart symbolizing the AI stock rally and valuation discipline.

AI Has Earned Its Rally, But Not Its Blank Check

The market’s first-half strength shows investors still trust the artificial-intelligence capital cycle, but the second half may reward discipline more than enthusiasm. The most dangerous point in a bull market is not
July 1, 2026
A semiconductor chip and silicon wafer sit in the foreground of a modern server room, with a red downward market chart glowing in the background.

AI Trade Faces a Valuation Test

A sharp pullback in semiconductor and AI-linked shares has turned Micron’s earnings into a market-wide test of whether technology’s most powerful growth story can still justify its price. The technology trade is
June 24, 2026
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