The Nasdaq 100 fell 6.4% in one day. Here is what drove it
Two days after the midterms, investors sold the companies building AI data centers, and chip stocks took the hardest hit.
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How an order book works: bids, asks and the spread
Every market price is the meeting point of two lists of orders. Reading those lists shows what a trade will cost before you place it.
SpaceX's AI unit out-earned Starlink
The October 2026 figures showed $7.56 billion in quarterly AI revenue, nearly triple the quarter before.
Tesla beat forecasts, and BYD still sold more electric cars
Second-quarter figures in July 2026 put BYD back on top of the global market by about 77,000 vehicles.
Google announced an $80 billion equity raise to pay for AI
One of the most profitable companies in the world went to shareholders for money in June 2026.
Nvidia agreed to sell Meta millions of chips
The multiyear deal was announced in February 2026, the same day Meta broke ground on a $10 billion data center in Indiana.
Marvell agreed to buy Celestial AI for up to $5.5 billion
The December 2025 deal was a bet that moving data with light will matter as much as the chips that process it.
Circle's IPO: the day a stablecoin company rose 168%
The issuer of USDC priced its shares at $31 in June 2025 and closed its first day at $83.23, the biggest debut of its size on record.
Nvidia reported $44.1 billion in quarterly revenue
The chipmaker beat Wall Street's expectations in May 2025, extending the run that made it the market's AI bellwether.
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