aceUS tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?
Global financial markets have been thrown into a tailspin as investors bet on an AI slowdown after the US midterm elections. This is not the first time stock markets have wobbled in recent months due to concerns over a tech bubble. But could this volatility be the start of a huge market meltdown? What has happened? Shares on Wall Street plunged on Thursday, in a rout driven by AI and technology stocks that extended to Asia and Europe on Friday. US markets rebounded after trading reopened in New York, but failed…
A tech-led sell-off on Thursday wiped more than $3.2tn from US stock values, with the Nasdaq down 5.5% and the S&P 500 down 4.4%, as investors bet on tighter AI and datacentre controls.
Investors are divided on whether the sell-off will worsen, and the link to the midterms is an attribution of the trigger rather than a proven cause.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-11-06
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