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Rivian impressed Wall Street with its plans for AI and automation, but significant challenges involving demand and capital remain for the EV maker.
Oracle's earnings showed mixed results, leading to an 11% drop. Broadcom's strong earnings overshadowed by warnings of margin pressures.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed down more than 1% on Friday with investors leaving technology for other sectors as Broadcom and Oracle fueled concerns about an AI bubble and rising U.S. Treasury yields added pressure after some policymakers spoke out against easing monetary policy.
The valuations of some artificial intelligence companies are approaching those of the dot-com boom. But investors worry that pulling money from today’s market risks future gains.
Being bigger gives you that competitive advantage.” At the same time, mergers are becoming simpler. A surge in interest rates, starting in 2022, left banks nursing vast paper losses on long-term assets,
The strong result prompted Workiva to increase its full-year revenue guidance for 2025 to $881 million (at the midpoint of the forecast range). It was the second increase this year, so the company is carrying significant momentum, and it's being driven by some of its highest-spending customers.
Wall Street's "fear gauge" was rising on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's final rate decision of the year. The Cboe Volatility Index, or "VIX," was up 2.6% to 17.34, according to FactSet. The index is a gauge of expected volatility in the the stock market over a 30-day time horizon.
Broadcom (AVGO) was in focus on Friday after the software and semiconductor giant received substantial praise from Wall Street firms after its latest results and guidance. However, shares erased a post-earnings jump and plunged more than 10% in early trading that some attributed to concerns about margin compression.
Wall Street got the rate cut it wanted. But with the Federal Reserve set to take a more cautious approach to trimming interest rates in 2026, investors are now left to wrestle with other concerns that had been put on the back burner while Fed rate cuts were top of mind.