$500 Billion Vanishes From Chip Stocks: Is the AI Boom Finally Hitting a Wall?
A global semiconductor selloff erased about $500 billion in market value as AI valuation fears spread from Wall Street to Asia and Europe. South Korea’s Kospi dropped as much as 6.2% intraday, while U.S. chip stocks and ETFs fell sharply after the Nasdaq slid 2% on Nov 4. Beijing ordered state-backed data centers to use only domestic AI chips, hitting Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. China will suspend some U.S. tariffs but keep a 13% levy on soybeans.