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Artificial Intelligence 26 May 2026

U.S. Stocks Hit Records This Week — Why the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Rally Survived the Oil Shock

Micron’s $1 Trillion AI Story Lifts S&P 500 to Record Close

The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,519.47, up 0.62%, while the Nasdaq rose 1.18% to 26,655.89; the Dow slipped 0.21%. Micron Technology surged 19.3% to $896.84 after UBS raised its price target, lifting its market value above $1 trillion. Chip stocks rallied on AI demand. Brent crude settled at $99.58 a barrel, up 3.58%, as inflation and geopolitical risks persisted.
26 May 2026
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Dow Jones Today: Blue Chips Miss Tech Slide After Hours

Dow Falls as AI Stocks Rally After the Bell

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 173.90 points to 50,405.80 Tuesday, while the S&P 500 rose 0.57% and the Nasdaq gained 1.05% as AI chip stocks surged. Micron briefly hit a $1 trillion valuation after UBS raised its price target, and the Philadelphia semiconductor index jumped 5%. Oil prices dropped, with U.S. crude closing at $93.89. The 10-year Treasury yield slipped to about 4.5%.
26 May 2026
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Keel Infrastructure Shares Rise, AI Power Supply Shift Draws Focus

Keel Infrastructure Shares Rise, AI Power Supply Shift Draws Focus

Keel Infrastructure shares rose 4.7% to $5.035 Tuesday afternoon, bringing year-to-date gains to over 115%. The move followed renewed investor interest in former bitcoin-mining firms now pivoting to AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. Keel says it holds $533 million in liquidity and aims to secure leases at sites in Pennsylvania, Washington, and Quebec by 2026.
26 May 2026
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Palantir Technologies Stock Just Got an AI Forecast Boost. Why Investors Still Paused

Palantir’s AI run faces sticking point on Wall Street

Palantir shares rose 0.8% to $137.98 Tuesday, but remain down 23% in 2026 despite first-quarter revenue jumping 85% to $1.63 billion. Investors remain split, with some citing rapid AI-driven growth and others warning on valuation, as the company trades at a P/E near 155. Competitors including Anthropic are expanding, with new enterprise AI offerings drawing attention. PayPal was flagged as a lower-priced alternative.
26 May 2026
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Microsoft Stock Moves on Weekend; Bigger Wall Street Test Ahead

Microsoft $190 Billion AI Spend Losing Its Sting for Investors

Microsoft shares fell $2.96 to $415.61 late Tuesday morning, putting its market cap near $3.10 trillion. CFO Amy Hood said the company plans $190 billion in capital spending for 2026, with $25 billion for higher component costs. Azure and cloud revenue rose 40% last quarter, while demand continues to outpace supply. Investors remain focused on AI spending and the upcoming Microsoft Build event.
26 May 2026
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Qualcomm Sale by Congresswoman Puts Spotlight on AI Rally

Qualcomm Sale by Congresswoman Puts Spotlight on AI Rally

Rep. Sara Jacobs disclosed two Qualcomm stock sales totaling up to $2 million from a family trust, according to a House filing signed May 20. The transactions occurred May 6 and 7, just before Qualcomm shares jumped nearly 5% on news of an AI chip deal with ByteDance. The filing does not specify share counts, prices, or the reason for the sales. Jacobs’s grandfather co-founded Qualcomm.
26 May 2026
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ASML draws fresh attention from Wall Street in AI push

ASML draws fresh attention from Wall Street in AI push

Coatue Management disclosed a $655.4 million stake in ASML, while UBS raised its price target to €1,900. ASML reported Q1 net sales of €8.8 billion and expects 2026 sales between €36 billion and €40 billion. CEO Christophe Fouquet said chip demand, driven by AI, is outpacing supply. ASML’s U.S. shares closed nearly flat at $1,629.27, with a market cap near $641 billion.
26 May 2026
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Okta Shares See Sharp Analyst Shift Ahead of Results, Eyes on AI Security Demand

Okta Shares See Sharp Analyst Shift Ahead of Results, Eyes on AI Security Demand

Arete Research upgraded Okta to Buy from Sell and raised its price target to $127 ahead of Okta’s fiscal Q1 earnings, due May 28. Okta shares rose 0.7% to $92.89 in early Nasdaq trading. Analysts expect Q1 adjusted earnings of 85 cents per share and revenue near $752 million. Wall Street is watching if AI agents will drive new demand for identity-security software.
26 May 2026
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Dell Technologies Stock Just Hit a Record. Wall Street Is Now Asking How Much AI Is Already Priced In

Dell faces AI earnings test after record run

Dell shares rose 3.4% to $305.21 Tuesday, extending Friday’s record close as investors await Thursday’s earnings report. Options pricing signals a possible 10% swing after results, with Wall Street focused on AI server demand and margins. Visible Alpha expects quarterly revenue of $36.18 billion and adjusted earnings of $2.97 per share. Dell’s stock has more than doubled this year on AI infrastructure demand.
26 May 2026
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Vertiv Stock Tests AI Data-Center Rally as VRT Shares Hit Fresh Highs

Vertiv Faces New Pressure as Big Funds Divide on AI Trade

New Age Alpha Advisors increased its Vertiv stake by 466% in Q4, while Intermede and Nixon Peabody Trust Co. cut holdings, recent 13F filings show. Vertiv raised its 2026 outlook after Q1 net sales rose 30% to $2.65 billion, driven by AI data center demand. Shares traded at $327.46 in early New York action, with a market cap near $128.4 billion. The stock remains priced at over 82 times earnings.
26 May 2026
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Google Faces $450 Test as AI Rally Meets EU Risk

Google Faces $450 Test as AI Rally Meets EU Risk

Alphabet shares edged up 0.13% pre-market to $383.47 after closing at $382.97, as analysts raised price targets following strong Q1 results. Revenue rose 22% to $109.9 billion, with Google Cloud sales up 63% and EPS at $5.11. Investors await the U.S. open amid AI-driven optimism and concerns over a possible EU fine. Capital spending is projected at up to $190 billion this year.
26 May 2026
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Fresh Money Flows to Bloom Energy on AI Power Bet; Next Big Hurdle Ahead

Bloom Energy’s $2.6 Billion AI Deal Back on Wall Street’s Radar

Daiwa Securities upgraded Bloom Energy to Outperform and raised its target to $324, citing shifts in orders and margins amid surging AI power demand. Bloom and Nebius Group signed a deal for up to 328 MW of fuel-cell capacity, with Nebius potentially paying $2.6 billion over 10 years. Bloom shares traded at $314 premarket after closing at $302.49 on May 22. First-quarter revenue rose 130% to $751.1 million.
26 May 2026
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Meta’s $145 Billion AI Spending Triggers Wall Street Calls on Payoff Timing

Meta’s $145 Billion AI Spending Triggers Wall Street Calls on Payoff Timing

Meta raised its 2026 AI infrastructure spending forecast to $125–$145 billion, citing higher component and data center costs. Shares fell as much as 12% after the update, closing down 8.6% the next session. Wolfe Research projects over $26 billion in new 2027 revenue from AI, but analysts question when returns will materialize. CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended the investment, saying returns often lag large-scale product rollouts.
26 May 2026
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Nvidia’s $3.4 Billion IREN Deal Shows Next AI Bottleneck

Nvidia’s $3.4 Billion IREN Deal Shows Next AI Bottleneck

IREN Ltd. co-founder Daniel Roberts warned it could take until 2030 for a new 1-gigawatt AI data center to go live, citing delays in land and power infrastructure. IREN shares traded at $56.83 premarket, with a $19 billion market cap. Nvidia and IREN announced up to 5 gigawatts of joint AI infrastructure and a $3.4 billion GPU cloud deal. IREN posted a $247.8 million quarterly loss as bitcoin mining revenue fell.
26 May 2026
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Broadcom puts $125 million into UCLA AI chip center

Broadcom puts $125 million into UCLA AI chip center

Broadcom, Meta Platforms, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, and Synopsys are investing $125 million to launch a semiconductor center at UCLA, aiming to advance custom AI chip development, the university said. The five-year hub will support doctoral research and offer internships at the founding firms. Broadcom shares were flat pre-market at $414.14, while Meta rose 0.5% and Nvidia fell 1.9%.
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Stock Market Updates

Micron, Qualcomm lift chip stocks after hours as Nasdaq slips

Micron, Qualcomm lift chip stocks after hours as Nasdaq slips

25 June 2026
Micron soared 16.34% after hours as customers locked in nearly $100 billion in future supply obligations—about 2.4 times its latest quarterly revenue—fueling a $400 billion surge in chip stocks and reversing the tech selloff that erased over $1 trillion from the Nasdaq 100 this week.
Western Digital falls after AI-storage rally, investors look to Micron

Western Digital falls after AI-storage rally, investors look to Micron

25 June 2026
Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares dropped about 4% after a multi-week rally fueled by AI storage demand, as investors awaited Micron Technology’s earnings for new signals on enterprise storage spending; analysts cite a persistent hard-disk supply deficit that could support pricing into 2027, with Morgan Stanley raising its price target to $650.
BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

BlackBerry falls with volume outpacing buyback plan ahead of earnings

25 June 2026
BlackBerry closed down 2.3% at $8.62 despite Stifel initiating coverage with a Buy and $12 target—39% above the close—while trading volume of 38.3 million shares far exceeded its entire buyback authorization, highlighting investor focus ahead of Thursday’s Q1 results and underscoring the limited impact of BlackBerry’s capital return plan.
Opendoor slides after landing in Russell 3000, liquidity and dilution concerns follow

Opendoor edges up before Russell 3000 move, soft housing numbers weigh

25 June 2026
Santos shares closed down 0.96% at A$7.24 after Brent crude slumped US$3.34 to US$73.74, cutting potential annual gross sales from its new Pikka project by about US$50 million at plateau rates; Pikka’s ramp to 80,000 barrels per day is key, as oil price swings now have a direct impact on Santos’ production-linked revenue and its US$2.5 billion net debt reduction target.
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