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Samsung's blockbuster earnings should have reassured investors. Instead, they triggered a 9% selloff that dragged the Kospi sharply lower and reignited concerns that expectations across the AI semiconductor space have become impossible to satisfy. A 19-fold jump in quarterly profit and an earnings beat were simply not enough once the market's whisper numbers had moved even higher.
At the same time, oil markets are facing two opposing forces. Fresh attacks in the Strait of Hormuz are reviving geopolitical risk, while Saudi Arabia's deep price cuts for Asian buyers and abundant crude supply continue to weigh on prices. Which story wins...

European stocks are trading near fresh record highs, oil prices remain under pressure and AI enthusiasm continues to overshadow almost everything else. Yet beneath the surface, cracks are beginning to appear. Memory chip prices are squeezing hardware makers, Foxconn's blockbuster sales failed to excite investors, and SpaceX is about to join the Nasdaq 100 despite a valuation and governance structure that continue to divide Wall Street.
At the same time, the Federal Reserve remains hawkish, the US dollar is strengthening, and Japan's bond yields are quietly climbing to levels that were once considered capable of triggering a reverse carry trade....

Artificial intelligence has become the biggest engine of the market rally—but are the first cracks finally starting to appear: Meta's decision to commercialise its AI infrastructure and Oracle's warning that some customers may struggle to pay for the enormous computing capacity they have ordered have raised uncomfortable questions about whether the AI spending boom has gone too far. Chipmakers led a sharp selloff as investors began to wonder whether Big Tech could eventually slow its spending. Meanwhile, softer euro area inflation, lower oil prices and fresh comments from central bankers in Sintra provided a more reassuring macro backdrop. All eyes...

Artificial intelligence has become the biggest engine of the market rally—but are the first cracks finally starting to appear: Meta's decision to commercialise its AI infrastructure and Oracle's warning that some customers may struggle to pay for the enormous computing capacity they have ordered have raised uncomfortable questions about whether the AI spending boom has gone too far. Chipmakers led a sharp selloff as investors began to wonder whether Big Tech could eventually slow its spending. Meanwhile, softer euro area inflation, lower oil prices and fresh comments from central bankers in Sintra provided a more reassuring macro backdrop. All eyes...