Tech Stocks Plunge as AI Bubble Fears Trigger Global Market Rout
Major stock indexes tumbled on Nov 5, 2025 amid AI valuations concerns and profit-taking. The Nasdaq fell about 2% and the S&P 500 around 1%, while the Dow lost ~0.5%reuters.com. Tech/AI giants plunged – e.g. Palantir –8%, Nvidia –4%, AMD –3.7%nasdaq.comreuters.com – after warnings that sky-high valuations may not hold. Wall Street heavyweights have warned of a coming market correctiontheguardian.comreuters.com. Asian markets led losses and Europe opened lower. Safe-haven assets stirred: the CBOE VIX spiked ~10%nasdaq.com and Bitcoin briefly dipped under $100,000theguardian.com. The U.S. government shutdown – now the longest ever – and upcoming tariffs hearing are adding uncertaintyreuters.comreuters.com. Many analysts call the selloff a “breather” or healthy profit-taking after a blistering tech rallyreuters.comtheguardian.com.
