Barron's Take


Tech Is Getting Beat Up. But This Isn’t 2000 All Over Again.

The Mag seven and other Wall Street darlings have pulled back. But Wall Street considers it a healthy reset, not a sign of impending doom.

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Meta Might Have Frozen AI Hiring. Is It a Warning to Artificial Intelligence Stocks?

A pullback isn’t the same as a bubble popping—especially with the huge wave of money still set to flow into AI infrastructure. 

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Trump Wants Rate Cuts to Help Housing. Europe’s Case Undermines His Pitch.

Moves in bond markets in the euro zone are a sign that Fed rate cuts wouldn’t necessarily bring down 10-year yields.

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Meta Readies ‘Hypernova’ Glasses. What It Means for the Stock.

Shares have surged this year and a new piece of hardware could keep the momentum going.

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Wall Street's Strong Gains Will Be Tested Before Labor Day

A hot August market could cool rather quickly as headwinds stiffen.

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Berkshire Builds Exposure to Housing. Buy DR Horton.

Several housing stocks look ready for a solid run higher.

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A Trump Intel Stake Could Make National Security the New ‘Too Big to Fail’

Talk of a potential deal brings to mind the government’s effort to rescue AIG during the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

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Big Tech’s AI Rally Remains Strong. The Economy Can Chug Along Even Without It.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite set fresh records again, and artificial-intelligence bulls have the floor.

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Wholesale Inflation Shows Fastest Monthly Gain Since 2022

Wholesale inflation picked up more than expected last month, indicating that mounting pressure on input costs will likely translate into higher consumer prices before long.

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The Case for Interest-Rate Cuts Is Weak. But Trump Is Still Likely to Get Them.

Growth, inflation, and jobs data don’t signal rates cuts. Yet the odds of a quarter-point September cut are at just under 100%

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CoinDesk Owner Bullish Nearly Doubles in Trading Debut. The Stock Is Already Living Up to Its Name.

Bullish, a Bitcoin trading platform that also owns CoinDesk, is set to be the next big crypto IPO. It has an impressive list of backers.

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Tesla Stock Didn’t Make It Six Straight. Musk Has Put Robo-Taxis Back in Focus.

Investors might want to consider Tesla CEO Eon Musk’s tweets about self-driving technology from the weekend.

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CoreWeave Stock Drops. This Could Slam the Brakes on Its Growth Plans.

CoreWeave is relying on more debt and a deal for Core Scientific to expand its data center portfolio.

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Bessent Calls for Big Rate Cuts. Futures Markets Aren’t Buying It.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants Federal Reserve officials to lower interest rates by half a percentage point at the September meeting.

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Tesla Stock Rises for 5th Straight Day as Musk Threatens Legal Action Against Apple

A brewing beef between Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence company xAI and Apple has become a watch item for Tesla investors.

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Ford Is Leaning Into Cheap EVs. What Wall Street Is Saying.

Analysts, on the whole, seem impressed with Ford’s plans to produce cheaper electric vehicles on its “universal EV platform.”

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Micron and BigBear Stocks Diverge After Results. What It Says About the AI Trade.

BigBear.ai is the latest software stock to stumble but Micron Technology is a reminder that the hardware side of the AI boom is still robust.

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Intel Stock Gets Boost From Trump Meeting. It Needs More for a Real Turnaround.

Intel shares were gaining, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan appears to be out of President Donald Trump’s firing line. But there’s a bigger prize to be won.

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Berkshire Hathaway Director’s Firm Sold Almost 30% of Its Berkshire Stake

The investment firm of Berkshire Hathaway director Chris Davis sold nearly a third of its stake in Warren Buffett’s company.

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These Stocks Moved the Most Today: C3.ai, Coinbase, Monday.com, Avantor, Tegna, Nvidia, Albemarle, and More

Coinbase and MicroStrategy rose along with the price of Bitcoin, while C3.ai and Monday.com sank on the heels of quarterly earnings.

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Lithium Stocks Are Soaring. Why Albemarle, Others Are Hot.

Shares of companies were surging on this news Monday.

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Tesla Stock Is Up Again. There’s a Key Momentum Level in Sight.

A Fundstrat market technician sees Tesla stock testing $368 if shares of the electric-vehicle maker can close above $338 in the coming days.

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Ford Is Reinventing EV Manufacturing to Take On Tesla, BYD. The Stock Is Down.

The auto maker unveiled new electric-vehicle models and technology at its plant in Louisville, Ky., on Monday.

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