Investors are cautious as soaring AI and cloud infrastructure spending by tech giants sparks fears of a bubble similar to the dotcom crash of 2000.
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Tech giants in the US lost approximately $1 trillion in market value this week due to recession fears and disappointing economic data, with sharp declines in Nvidia, Apple, and Amazon.
Shares of the big tech company Meta jumped by about 7% in extended trading on July 31 after exceeding Wall Street expectations on revenue and profit for the second quarter of 2024.
Microsoft said that it would increase its spending on developing its artificial intelligence infrastructure despite a slowed growth in its cloud business.
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) began its trading week strong after stocks based in the United States finished last week on the red, with investors continuing to bet that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would start cutting interest rates by September.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s firm Pershing Square announced that it was postponing its initial public offering, saying that there was an ‘enormous sensitivity’ to the size of the transaction.
French private equity firm L Catterton reportedly approached toymaker Mattel with an offer to acquire it, according to several sources quoted by Reuters.
GoBankingRates provided several immediate impacts that would affect Wall Street and other financial institutions following US President Joe Biden’s decision to stand down from the race to the White House.
Share markets across Asia are expected to stay in the red after last week’s tech bloodbath, as well as the shock announcement of US President Joe Biden bowing out of the presidential race in November.
As UK IPOs declined, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed new regulations for stock market listings.
