Tech stocks lead market bloodbath as fears of Fed rate hikes add to worries about the AI-fueled chip boom petering out
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Tech stocks lead market bloodbath as fears of Fed rate hikes add to worries about the AI-fueled chip boom petering out

Stocks tumbled Friday as a selloff that began earlier in the week over fears about the AI boom’s longevity was compounded by worries about rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. The Nasdaq sank 4%, suffering its worst selloff since April 2025—during the height of President Donald Trump’s tariff shock. The S&P 500 lost 2.6%, and…

Netflix names longtime director Jay Hoag as chairman, succeeding Reed Hastings
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Netflix names longtime director Jay Hoag as chairman, succeeding Reed Hastings

June 5 (Reuters) – Netflix appointed lead independent director Jay Hoag as chairman of its ā€Œboard, succeeding Reed Hastings, who stepped ā€Œdown from the board of the streaming service he co-founded ​nearly three decades ago. Here are some details on the move: • The streaming platform announced the move in an SEC filing on Friday,…

Cotton Slides Lower on Friday
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Cotton Slides Lower on Friday

Cotton futures faced outside pressure on Friday, with contracts down 41 to 137 points across the board, with July falling 240 points. The US dollar index was up $0.643 at $100.025. Crude oil losses of $2.79 added some modest pressure. Weekly CFTC data showed spec funds trimming 1798 contracts from their net long and cotton…

Corn Liquidation Continues into Friday’s Close
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Corn Liquidation Continues into Friday’s Close

Corn futures saw continued long liquidation heading onto the weekend, with contacts down another 2 ¼ to 7 cents. July was down 29 ½ cents (-45 cents in 2 weeks), with December falling 29 cents. A wetter forecast, lack of news on China and weaker world FOB offers as the Argentina and Brazilian crops start…

Soybeans Falls Lower on Friday, Amid Product Pressure
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Soybeans Falls Lower on Friday, Amid Product Pressure

Soybeans faced more weakness to close out the week, as contracts were down 2 to 8 cents on Friday. The weekly move for July was down 65 1/4 cents, with November down 52 ½ cents. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was down 7 cents at $10.63 1/4. Soymeal futures were down 20 cents to $5.20…

Wall Street’s hottest trade is cracking in a trillion-dollar wipeout
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Wall Street’s hottest trade is cracking in a trillion-dollar wipeout

Chip stocks turned a rough session on Friday into a rout, with the semiconductor complex suffering its worst drop since April 2025, erasing more than $1 trillion in market value as the AI trade buckled. The damage was heavy, but it was not evenly distributed. A Yahoo Finance screen of semiconductor stocks shows the group…

Meta weighs big equity raising to finance AI infrastructure, FT reports
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Meta weighs big equity raising to finance AI infrastructure, FT reports

June 5 (Reuters) – Meta is considering raising tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering as it ā€Œseeks new sources of capital to fund the company’s AI ā€Œambitions, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The report comes after Alphabet moved to ​raise $84.75 billion in upsized equity offerings, as Big Tech competes to…

UnitedHealth Stock Jumps on Upgrade From Bank of America. UNH Is No Longer Just an Insurance Company.
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UnitedHealth Stock Jumps on Upgrade From Bank of America. UNH Is No Longer Just an Insurance Company.

Things may finally be looking up for UnitedHealth (UNH). Shares of the largest health insurer in the United States popped more than 5% in yesterday’s trading session after leading broker Bank of America upgraded the company to a ā€œBuyā€ from ā€œNeutral.ā€ The firm also increased its price target on the stock to $450 from $420,…

1 High-Flying Artificial Intelligence Stock You Might Want to Avoid Buying Right Now
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1 High-Flying Artificial Intelligence Stock You Might Want to Avoid Buying Right Now

Quick Read QCOM surged 68% in 30 days on hyperscaler chip news, yet handset revenue fell 13% and operating income dropped 26% last quarter. QCOM now trades 27% above the $177 analyst consensus target while SPY gained only modestly over the same post-earnings window. CEO Cristiano Amon’s hyperscaler silicon doesn’t ship until late 2026, making…

Porch Group’s CFO Sold 30,000 Company Shares. What Does That Mean for Investors?
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Porch Group’s CFO Sold 30,000 Company Shares. What Does That Mean for Investors?

Shawn Tabak, Chief Financial Officer of Porch Group (NASDAQ:PRCH), reported the sale of 30,000 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction on May 26, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing. Transaction summary Metric Value Shares sold (direct) 30,000 Transaction value ~$303,000 Post-transaction shares (direct) 269,439 Post-transaction value (direct ownership) ~$2.75 million Transaction…

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