Six months ago, South Korea’s stock market was the AI trade’s favorite address. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix rode memory-chip demand like a wave that would never break. Foreign money poured in.
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The stock market looked unusually tranquil. Beneath the surface, one of Wall Street’s fastest-growing funds devoted to artificial intelligence investments was unraveling.
In a matter of weeks, Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness went from managing roughly $45 billion to being forced into a sweeping reduction of its listed-stock positions as a historic momentum reversal triggered losses on both sides of its portfolio and set off margin calls and compulsory sales.
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Many investors remain enamored with the so-called “Mag 7” and the tech-led U.S.
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Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets
ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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BP Puts U.K. North Sea Business Up for Sale
The energy major said that it would market the business to potential buyers,
U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Thursday, rebounding from the massive selloff in the previous session after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. Semiconductor stocks also bounced back after blowout earnings and an upbeat forecast from Microsoft Corporation eased concerns over the sustainability of AI stocks. All three major indexes ended in positive territory.