Even venture capital firms are stocking up on GPUs! a16z plans to purchase over 0.02 million GPUs, comparable in scale to Musk's xAI.
To catch up with the AI wave, not only the technology giants, but also the venture capitalists have begun to hoard GPUs. According to insiders, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has stockpiled thousands of GPUs, including Nvidia H100 GPUs, and plans to hoard more than 20,000 GPUs in the future specifically for renting to AI startup companies.
BlackRock's Chaudhuri Expects Two Rate Cuts This Year
Gargi Chaudhuri, BlackRock chief investment strategist for the Americas, expects the Federal Reserve to cut rates twice this year, once in September and then likely in December. She is on "Bloomberg The Close."
Apple Registers Largest Growth Among Global PC Makers, Shipments Surge 20.8% — Report
$Apple(AAPL.US)$ had a 20.8% increase in personal computer shipments for the second quarter, marking the largest growth among global PC manufacturers.What Happened: The PC industry, which faced
Options Market Statistics: Tesla Hits 10-Day Winning Streak, Closes at 9-Month High, Options Pop
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Apple has risen significantly, but Berkshire Hathaway has stagnated.
Apple's stock price hit a new high, surpassing Microsoft and Nvidia, becoming the company with the largest market cap in the world. However, Berkshire Hathaway, which holds a heavy position in Apple, has a cumulative increase of about 12.59% this year, still underperforming the S&P 500 index over the same period.
S&P 500, Nasdaq Build On Record Highs As Powell Testimony Keeps Rate Cut Hopes Alive
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq nabbed new record closes on Tuesday (and also each notched their sixth straight day of gains) as rate cut hopes remained intact after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell kicked off his semiannual update to Congress. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) finished just above the flatline to book its 36th record close [...]
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[Bullish and Bearish Materials] The Nikkei Average is rising (41580.17, +799.47), and the Nasdaq Composite Index is rising (18429.29, +25.55). The dollar exchange rate is 161.20-30 yen. There are expectations for inflation stabilization in the United States and a request for improved corporate value from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Bearish materials include the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling (39291.97, -52.82), Chicago Nikkei futures declining (41515, compared to Osaka: -105), the SOX index decreasing (5765.20, -0.01), and the VIX index rising (12).
Yellen and Powell agree: the US labor market is weakening the push for inflation, and inflation pressures may continue to ease.
The current labor market is no longer the primary factor driving inflation in the US economy, as it was in the early stages of the pandemic recovery.
Microsoft bought billions of dollars in carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum, which is heavily favored by Buffett, in a record-breaking deal.
Occidental Petroleum, one of the largest petroleum producers in the USA and a petroleum stock favored by the stock god Buffett, will sell 0.5 million carbon credits to Microsoft within six years. The latest agreement highlights the enormous challenge faced by the technology industry in fulfilling its climate commitments, as the demand for electrical utilities surges under the impetus of the artificial intelligence boom.
Dow, Texas Gulf Coast Petrochemical Producers Begin Restarting After Hurricane
Stock Futures Are Little Changed After S&P 500 Notches Another Record Close: Live Updates
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at fresh records Tuesday.
S&P 500 Holds Gains as Fed Bets Steady on Powell
Stocks closed at all-time highs, with Jerome Powell’s remarks to Congress doing little to alter bets the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates this year.
Be vigilant! The "Buffett Indicator" is sounding the alarm: US stocks are just too expensive.
The Buffett indicator is issuing a warning to investors.
Nvidia CEO Huang Sells Another $30.7M in Shares as Part of Trading Plan
Powell Keeps Options Open on Rate-Cut Timing
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the central bank was focusing greater attention on when to cut interest rates now that inflation has resumed a decline and the labor
Tesla Shifts Into Top Spot on IBKR's Most-active List, Overtaking Nvidia
Benzinga Founder Jason Raznick On Meme Stocks, Importance Of Diversification: 'Didn't Want To Lose A Generation Of Investors'
The rise of meme stocks in recent years has led to more investing education — and some investors realizing they need to diversify.What Happened: Benzinga founder and Chairman Jason Raznick shared
S&P 500, Nasdaq Post New Record Highs Thanks to Fed Powell's Caution on Keeping Rates High | Wall Street Today
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached new record highs on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned about the risks of keeping interest rates high for too long.
GenAI Must Generate $600B A Year To Justify Hardware Costs, Sequoia Estimates: How Much Does Google Search Make?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the markets by storm, catapulting several AI-related stocks to all-time highs. Amid concerns that AI's rally is a "bubble," a new report from Sequoia Capital
S&P 500, Nasdaq Climbs Soften But Still Finish at Records After Lack of Rate Cut Clarity
As a general recap, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes hit a fresh all-time high Tuesday after open, while investors watched Federal Reserve President Jerome Powell make remarks in front of a Senate