Stocks

• Software Stock Reversal Has Traders Bracing for More Pain Ahead
  A recent rally in software stocks is proving to be short-lived, and investors are bracing for more selling as fears linger about artificial intelligence disruption.
• AI Boom Stokes Inflation With Memory Chips at ‘Insane’ Prices
  When Chris Barber, who’s been in the computer business for a quarter-century, says he’s never seen anything like the AI boom, he’s not talking about its potential to transform the future. He means what it’s doing to hardware prices right now.
• Emerging Assets Rebound as Trump Cancels Strike, Signals Deal
  Emerging-market currencies jumped and stocks erased earlier losses after President Donald Trump canceled planned attacks on Iran, fueling optimism that a deal was imminent.
• SK Hynix ETF Boom Is Becoming a Force in the Stock’s Trading
  One of the hottest artificial-intelligence stocks in South Korea is increasingly being driven by demand for products built on top of it.
• European Stocks Snap Losing Run; ECB Hike Lifts Banks
  European equities snapped a four-day losing streak, with energy shares leading gains in the index while the European Central Bank’s first interest-rate hike in three years lifted banks.
• Indonesia Market Rout Resumes as Interest Rate Hike Bets Mount
  Indonesia’s bonds and stocks resumed their selloff Thursday, underscoring expectations that the central bank will have to raise interest-rates again to limit capital outflows.
• Football World Cup Fever Stands to Lift Japanese Consumer Stocks
  Japan enters the 2026 football World Cup as Asia’s top-ranked team, fueling hopes that the Samurai Blue can finally reach the quarterfinals and lift shares of streaming, food and beverage companies along the way.
• Costs to Hedge the $9 Trillion S&P 500 Rally Jump Ahead of Fed
  Sentiment in the US stock market has shifted quickly from fear of missing out to fear of getting wiped out.