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AI Upheaval Crushes Retail Traders Crowding Into Leveraged Funds
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AI Upheaval Crushes Retail Traders Crowding Into Leveraged Funds A surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot rippled through global markets Friday, sending AI and semiconductor stocks sharply lower and reviving memories of last year’s so-called DeepSeek moment. It was the latest reminder that markets is being reshaped at extraordinary speed and that assumptions about tomorrow’s winners can change almost overnight.
AI Upheaval Crushes Retail Traders Crowding Into Leveraged Funds
A surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot rippled through global markets Friday, sending AI and semiconductor stocks sharply lower and reviving memories of last year’s so-called DeepSeek moment. It was the latest reminder that markets is being reshaped at extraordinary speed and that assumptions about tomorrow’s winners can change almost overnight.
It capped a bruising week for some of the market’s highest-conviction trades. International Business Machines Corp. tumbled as investors weighed how AI is disrupting software business models. SpaceX slipped below its initial public offering price only weeks after one of the year’s biggest listings. South Korea’s retail boom lurched into reverse. A US leveraged fund cratered before being marked for closure.