Nasdaq 100 Hits Third Correction as AI Spending Doubts Grow

Nasdaq 100 correction stock market chart showing tech shares falling amid AI spending doubts

The Nasdaq 100 correction returned to Wall Street’s agenda on Friday, as the technology-heavy index briefly fell more than 10 percent below its recent record, marking its third correction of 2026. The drop capped a bruising October for technology shares and sharpened a question that has been building all year: when will the enormous sums … Read more

Fed Expected to Hold Rates as Alphabet, Microsoft Report

Fed rate decision October 2026 as investors await Alphabet and Microsoft earnings

Fed rate decision October 2026 is the main event for Wall Street on Wednesday, with investors widely expecting the Federal Reserve to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at the end of its two-day policy meeting. The decision is due at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by a press conference from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh … Read more

Fed Rate Decision and Big Tech Earnings Collide This Week

Federal Reserve building in Washington during Fed rate decision earnings week

The Fed rate decision earnings collision this week will give Wall Street two major tests at once: a Federal Reserve interest-rate announcement on Wednesday, and quarterly results from Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon within 48 hours of it. Stock futures pointed higher on Monday morning after a volatile week, with Dow Jones Industrial Average futures up … Read more

Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon AI Model After Delays

Futuristic AI data center with glowing neural-network brain representing Google's new Gemini 4 Argon model

SAN FRANCISCO — After months of delays and a shake-up at its flagship AI lab, Google is back in the race. Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, its new flagship artificial intelligence model — the largest and most capable model the company says it has ever built, designed to compete head-on with OpenAI’s … Read more