A sign at Broadcom Inc.’s headquarters in San Jose, California, on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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In the US, artificial intelligence stocks continued to fall on Friday. broadcom The stock price fell more than 11% as investors grew concerned about declining profit margins and trading uncertainty. names such as Nvidia, advanced micro device and oracle fell in sync, with major US indexes ending the day lower.
It was a motif that patterned this week. Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.1% from the previous week due to strong performance in financial stocks, tech stocks pushed down stock prices. S&P500 and Nasdaq Compositedown 0.6% and 1.6%, respectively, for the week.
That said, investors may simply be getting nervous amidst the apparent AI bubble narrative and spooked by signs of bad news. After all, Broadcom’s revenue and guidance for the current quarter easily exceeded expectations.
“The company’s AI story not only continues to overachieve, it continues to accelerate, and it’s hard to see what else one could hope for,” Bernstein analyst Stacey Rasgon, who has a “buy” rating on Broadcom, wrote in a note Friday.
The future outlook also looks rosy, UBS said. “We expect strong profitability and the accelerating impact of AI, power and resources, and longevity themes to drive performance in 2026,” said strategist Sagar Khandelwal.
But in the short term, investors may remain fickle unless something tangible reassures them that a snap is just a twig in the forest, such as Oracle achieving positive cash flow.
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Global week ahead: Europe under attack
US President Donald Trump’s verdict on Europe: a group of “declining” nations led by “weak” peoples. His criticism in a recent interview with Politico adds to a tough period for the European Union, which faces challenges that will test Europe’s leaders on many fronts in the final weeks of the year.
This week is shaping up to be a big one, with a high-stakes summit in Brussels and the European Central Bank’s last policy meeting of the year. This week’s main topics include the thawing of Russian assets frozen in support of Ukraine. The latest economic statistics on the EU vs. US in trade and technology, and the ECB Council.
— Leonie Kidd
