The market cap of AI chip maker Nvidia passed $3 trillion in the second quarter. Because microchips are made from silica, it’s tempting to say that Nvidia’s entire capitalization is built on sand. But nothing is firmer than Wall Street’s belief in artificial intelligence. The behemoth’s stock surged 37% in the past three months and
Nvidia’s dominance in providing chips to power artificial-intelligence technology was bound to attract the notice of regulators. Now the company looks set to face the first antitrust challenge of its AI era but it should only be a small obstacle. Nvidia is about to be charged by the French antitrust regulator for allegedly anticompetitive practices,
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling early Friday. However, MicroStrategy has made another major purchase of the largest crypto. Bitcoin was down 1.5% over the past 24 hours to $64,617. Bitcoin hit a record high near $74,000 in mid-March amid a surge of interest from new spot exchange-traded funds but its price has dropped since then.
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Enthusiasm about artificial intelligence has fueled a good portion of the stock market’s rally in recent years. That’s unlikely to change soon, but investor interest could move from company to company, at least temporarily. The Magnificent Seven—Google parent Alphabet , Amazon.com , Apple , Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Microsoft , Nvidia , and Tesla —that
The world’s largest hedge fund recently loaded up on shares of some members of the Magnificent Seven tech stocks, and halved an investment in a Chinese maker of electric vehicles. Bridgewater Associates made a big bet on Apple stock, more than doubled its stake in Nvidia shares, tripled an investment in Microsoft stock, and cut