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Trump bought up to $50,000 of SpaceX shares two weeks after its IPO. The stock has already slipped.
A financial disclosure shows the president bought SpaceX shares at around $150 each. They now trade at $135, roughly where they started when the company went public.

AI Agents Are the New Hackers, and Cybersecurity Stocks Are Surging Because of It
Black Hat 2025 made one thing clear: AI-powered attacks have moved faster than defences. Investors piled into CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks as businesses scrambled for answers.

Wall Street hits record highs as AI company profits surge and oil prices drop
The S&P 500 climbed to its best-ever close on Tuesday, driven by strong earnings from tech and AI firms and cheaper oil. Here is what it means for ordinary investors.

Chinese chip firm CXMT soars 466% on debut, rattling Western AI investors
A single stock market listing in Shanghai sent shockwaves through the global chip industry last week. Here is what happened and why it matters.

Microsoft soars, Meta sinks: AI spending is splitting Big Tech in two
Both companies are pouring billions into artificial intelligence. One set of investors cheered. The other hit sell.

Zuckerberg's AI media blitz fails to stop Meta's stock from falling 8%
A Wall Street Journal op-ed and a wave of interviews couldn't paper over weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings. Meta investors weren't buying it.

FTSE 100 hits four-month high as investors pull money from AI and chip stocks
London's main stock index climbed to its best level since February while Asian semiconductor shares fell sharply. Here is what is driving the shift and what it means for ordinary investors.

Apple hits $5 trillion as investors ditch AI stocks
The iPhone maker briefly topped a $5 trillion market value on Tuesday, becoming only the second company in history to hit that mark, as money poured out of AI and chip stocks into perceived safer bets.

IBM had its worst quarter in years. It blames AI for that too.
A handful of big customers skipped their mainframe upgrades to cover soaring AI hardware costs. The result: IBM's stock suffered its biggest single-day drop ever.

The only company that makes AI's most important machine just raised its sales forecast again
ASML, the Dutch firm that builds the chip-printing machines the entire AI industry depends on, now expects up to 45 billion euros in sales this year. That is a huge jump from what it predicted just months ago.

Apple passes Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company again
A 3.5% drop in Nvidia's share price on Friday was enough to hand Apple back the top spot, and it signals that Wall Street is starting to question whether the AI spending boom can keep going at its current pace.

SpaceX Stock Slips Below Its IPO Price Just Weeks After Going Public
The company's shares dropped under $135 on Wednesday, and a Starship rocket test on Thursday could push them further in either direction.

IBM shares fall 25% after profit warning as tech spending slows
The US technology giant reported just 1% revenue growth for the second quarter, blaming customers who are pulling back on spending. It was the company's worst single-day stock drop in decades.