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In just a few hours, the market swung from euphoria to outright drama. Nvidia’s stellar results gave sentiment a quick boost, but it didn’t last long — by the US open, the mood soured as questions about Nvidia’s books, AI fatigue and lingering credit concerns hit the tape. Oracle’s CDS spike, mounting chip inventories, rapidly cycling deferred revenue and a crypto sell-off all fueled a sharp risk-off move, sending the Nasdaq from +2% to deep in the red. Mixed US jobs data added to the uncertainty, while climbing Japanese yields reignited fears about repatriation of the roughly $3.4 trillion Japanese...

Nvidia just unleashed another blockbuster quarter, blowing past revenue forecasts by roughly $2bn and lifting data-centre income well beyond the $50bn threshold. Add Jensen Huang’s remark that Blackwell demand is “off the charts” and a fresh revenue outlook of $65bn, and you have all the ingredients for a renewed surge in market confidence and a lift across tech benchmarks.

Yet the more pressing issue is whether this momentum can actually last. Away from Nvidia’s glow, the macro landscape is getting heavier. The unexpected postponement of the October jobs figures, lingering uncertainty around October CPI, shrinking odds of a Fed cut,...

Tonight’s the night, ladies and gentlemen. Nvidia — the world’s biggest company — is about to lift the curtain on earnings, and my crystal ball is humming. Will they smash that $55 billion revenue expectation and drop another 73%-gross-margin mic on the table? Probably. Will Jensen Huang appear in a leather jacket and casually remind us that China doesn’t even matter to his forecast anymore? Also likely.
But here’s the real suspense: how will markets react? While AI deals were flying a month ago fueling enthusiasm and market euphoria, today everyone’s whispering about rising debt. Not helping, fading expectations of...

Markets are wobbling as slowing global growth, rising debt, and fading AI enthusiasm collide. Japan just posted its first GDP contraction in over a year, China’s property crisis refuses to fade, and European growth remains sluggish. Even Switzerland isn’t spared. Meanwhile, the bullish catalysts that powered markets all year — AI euphoria, massive government spending, and hopes of a dovish Fed — are losing steam. Japan’s huge $110bn stimulus barely moved the Nikkei, Fed cut expectations are evaporating, and AI stocks are under pressure despite big promises.
Now all eyes are on Nvidia. The chipmaker reports Q3 earnings tomorrow, and...