JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shares are lower Monday afternoon, falling as investors dumped financials amid a broad sell-off tied to mounting worries over private credit and AI-linked credit risks. The broader State Street Financial SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLF) dropped more than 3%, with big banks and asset managers leading declines.Here’s what investors need to know.JPMorgan Chase stock is feeling bearish pressure. What’s pressuring JPM stock?Blue Owl Redemption Shift UnnervesRecent headlines about "halting redem ...

While U.S. software stocks wobble under the weight of AI disruption and the S&P 500 grinds sideways, something quite rare is unfolding beneath the surface of global markets.Emerging markets are quietly having a moment we haven't seen in decades.The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:EEM) has just posted nine consecutive weekly gains — its longest winning streak since 2005, the peak of the last major emerging market leadership cycle. A 10-week winning streak — which could be achieved by the end of this ...

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Anthropic accused three Chinese AI companies of running 24,000 fraudulent accounts to siphon capabilities from its Claude chatbot, in what may be the largest documented case of AI model theft to date.DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude, violating terms of service and geographic access restrictions. The labs used a technique called distillation, where a weaker model trains on the outputs of a stronger one, to extract Claude’s most advanced reasoning, coding and t ...

Core Insights - The demand for RAM has surged due to the needs of AI infrastructure, leading to higher prices and thinner margins across the tech industry [1][2] - Analyst firms are predicting significant price increases for DRAM, with Counterpoint Research forecasting 40-50% surges in Q4 2025 and Q1 2026, and TrendForce indicating that DRAM price increases of 50% or more are becoming the norm [3] - The economic landscape of computing is shifting, with AI giants able to absorb memory price spikes while smaller companies struggle, resulting in rising costs for laptops, SSDs, and other hardware [5][6] Supply Chain Dynamics - AI infrastructure requires substantial amounts of DRAM and high-bandwidth memory, and the slow expansion of memory manufacturers is exacerbating supply bottlenecks [2] - The memory demand is not limited to AI-specific applications but is affecting various segments, including PC RAM and NAND for SSDs [3] Market Reactions - Companies may need to adapt by repairing existing devices instead of purchasing new ones due to rising hardware costs, as indicated by Phison Electronics' CEO [4] - Smaller PC builders and niche hardware brands are facing significant challenges as they cannot absorb the same price increases as larger AI hyperscalers [5]

Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bearish stance on Duolingo.Looking at options history for Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) we detected 13 trades.If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 15% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 23% with bearish.From the overall spotted trades, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $383,860 and 5, calls, for a total amount of $149,620.Projected Price TargetsTaking into account the Volume and Open Interest o ...

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Capital One Financial. Our analysis of options history for Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) revealed 32 unusual trades.Delving into the details, we found 37% of traders were bullish, while 46% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 29 were puts, with a value of $2,276,752, and 3 were calls, valued at $95,300.Projected Price TargetsTaking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have bee ...

Elon Musk responded to reports the $500 billion Stargate data center venture has effectively stalled, saying, “Hardware is hard” and “Those who have tried to do so at scale will understand.”Stargate Has No Staff And No Clear RoleThe Information reported that the Stargate joint venture, announced at the White House in January 2025 alongside SoftBank and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) , has not meaningfully staffed up and currently plays no direct role in building OpenAI‘s data centers.The original pitch was enormous: $5 ...

OpenAI on Monday announced the launch of its Frontier Alliances program, pairing its enterprise AI platform with four of the world’s largest consulting and technology firms to accelerate the deployment of AI agents inside corporate systems.The company said the initiative is designed to address what it sees as the primary obstacle to enterprise AI adoption, not model capability, but deployment and integration.“The limiting factor for seeing value from AI in enterprises isn’t model intelligence, it’s how agen ...

Novo Nordisk’s stock hit a 52-week low after its REDEFINE 4 trial failed to demonstrate non-inferiority in weight loss compared to Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide, marketed under the Zepbound and Mounjaro brands.The trial showed a weight loss of 20.2% with CagriSema versus 23.6% with tirzepatide, leading to a significant drop in Novo Nordisk shares.The REDEFINE 4 trial involved 809 subjects over 84 weeks, and while CagriSema demonstrated a safe profile, the results did not meet expectations.William Blair analyst An ...