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Rising bond yields curbed traders’ appetite for risky bets early Friday, sending stocks lower following a weeks-long record-setting rally driven by a rush of cash into all things artificial intelligence.

Insatiable demand for memory chips has some of the industry’s top stocks defying the market’s math, becoming cheaper to own even as their share prices soar to nosebleed levels.

Wall Street is coming off yet another positive session, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closing at record highs.

Wall Street is coming off yet another positive session, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closing at record highs.

Active managers who briefly looked like they might finally have their moment earlier this year are once again confronting a familiar problem: a market rally driven by a tiny group of tech megacaps that diversified portfolios simply can’t keep up with.

Stocks are rallying so fast it's creating a volatility dynamic that's only been seen four times in history.

Barclays analysts said predictions markets are seeing trading volume that rivals other speculative investments popular with retail traders.

Global stock markets are offering returns that in some cases are beating the S&P 500 Index, with technology companies comprising a small part of some strategies, according to Paul Quinsee at JPMorgan Asset Management.

Investors are growing increasingly optimistic about Amazon.com Inc.’s position in artificial intelligence, lighting a fire under the stock and sending the company’s market capitalization soaring toward the rarefied $3 trillion level.

US equity futures pushed higher early Wednesday as traders snapped up technology shares after a pullback in the group, with enthusiasm around strong earnings outweighing a resurgence in inflation.

Morgan Stanley is turning more positive on US stocks in a bet that blockbuster earnings and a strong economy will keep the bull market running full steam ahead.

S&P 500 Index futures rise 0.2% as of 7:49 a.m. in New York ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping.

Veteran market strategist Ed Yardeni says investors are taking the run-up in Treasury yields in stride and looking through inflation caused by the energy-price spike from the Iran war.

From CNBC: Analysis: Iran war hangs over Trump's China trip — and his presidency

A blistering rally has pushed the S&P 500 Index back to all-time highs, and Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni is confident the benchmark can breach 8,000 points by the end of 2026.

S&P 500 Index futures are little changed as of 7:44 a.m. in New York after Friday’s rally. The US and Iran remain far apart on a framework to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The outperformance by US equities driven by a narrow group of giant tech stocks is set to persist, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists.

From Google News - World: Stock futures slide as investors monitor the latest Iran war negotiations: Live updates - CNBC

From Google News - World: Stock futures slide as investors monitor the latest Iran war negotiations: Live updates - CNBC

Greg Abel is getting decent, if not spectacular, reviews for leading his first annual shareholders meeting as CEO.