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US stock futures were mixed ahead of the final trading session before the Independence Day long weekend, with the key non-farm payrolls report brought forward to Thursday. Dow Jones futures up 0.2%, the S&P 500 little changed and Nasdaq futures down 0.3% as investors weighed the outlook...
Michael Burry has opened a high profile short position in Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), reversing his previous bullish stance. He is publicly flagging what he sees as extreme valuation and overexposure to the AI and infrastructure theme despite record company performance. The move comes as Caterpillar has been added to the Russell Top 50 Index and continues to be framed as an AI infrastructure beneficiary. Caterpillar sits at the center of several powerful themes, from large scale infrastructure...
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Michael Burry has shorted homebuilders, banks, tech giants, and even the SpaceX option he ultimately walked away from, as discussed in my previous SpaceX coverage. Burry has been a longtime bull on heavy industrial stocks, and Caterpillar specifically has been a profitable and working stock ...
Michael Burry, famous for his prescient bets against the housing bubble, unveiled bearish positions on Tesla Caterpillar semiconductor manufacturer Applied Materials and an ETF tracking chip makers. Burry said that plans by two of South Korea’s largest tech companies to build a chip hub set off fresh alarm bells about whether the massive sums of money being poured into AI can ever pay off. The PHLX Semiconductor Index, which is tracked by the ETF that Burry is betting against, fell 6.3%.
Sinking chip stocks dragged on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, but a big rally for Meta Platforms helped limit losses.
Meta Platforms led a rally in Magnificent Seven stocks on Wednesday, but the Nasdaq couldn’t overcome a chip stock clobbering. The Nasdaq fell 0.7%. The S&P 500 dropped 0.2%. The Dow fell slightly. Despite the S&P 500's struggles, a majority of stocks actually rose.
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The Dow would be up nearly 500 points if it weren’t for Caterpillar. Instead, the blue-chip index was up just 44 points, or 0.1%. The S&P 500 was flat. The Nasdaq was down 0.3%. Despite what the big three indexes are saying, most stocks were actually doing quite well on Wednesday.
CAT hits 52-week high, backed by Russell Top 50 Index inclusion, strong Q1 growth, record backlog and upbeat 2026 outlook.
The Big Short investor is betting against Caterpillar after a huge AI-driven rally. The stock has become one of the Dow’s biggest winners.
The Big Short investor is betting against Caterpillar after a huge AI-driven rally. The stock has become one of the Dow’s biggest winners.
A few years ago, the idea of using hundreds of small engines to power gigawatts of data-center capacity would have seemed ridiculous. More hyperscalers are seeking to hook their data centers to off-grid power, bypassing lengthy wait times to connect to the grid. Many of them are looking to smaller natural-gas turbines that have shorter wait times than the heavy-duty ones.
“The Big Short” investor is strongly bearish on semiconductor stocks and believes they are set for a 30% correction.
Burry said he shorted Tesla at $416.22 ahead of its Q2 delivery report, saying he was “happy it jumped back to this level.”
In late June 2026, Caterpillar Inc. was removed from several Russell value and defensive indexes but was added to the Russell Top 50 Index, reflecting a reclassification toward the largest-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. This index reshuffling comes as Caterpillar benefits from strong fundamentals, tariff refunds and its growing role in AI-related infrastructure and data center power. We'll now examine how Caterpillar's addition to the Russell Top 50, amid tariff refunds and AI-linked...
Investing.com -- Michael Burry, "Big Short" fame investor disclosed on Tuesday that he has opened a new short position against Elon Musk's Tesla, saying he sold the stock short at $416.22 as part of a broader wave of bearish bets against companies tied to artificial intelligence and semiconductors.
If the Dow’s ascent to 52,000 were a World Cup match, then Alphabet involvement was akin to a soccer player being substituted on in the final moments and scoring the fourth goal in a 4-0 win. What’s more, if the Mag 7 can roll back the years and start having a positive impact on the Dow, it could even reach 53,000 before the World Cup is over.
Construction and mining equipment makers face cost pressures, but Caterpillar, Terex and Hyster-Yale are positioned to benefit from infrastructure and mining demand.
If the Dow’s ascent to 52,000 were a World Cup match, then Alphabet involvement was akin to a soccer player being substituted on in the final moments and scoring the fourth goal in a 4-0 win. After a stellar debut, Alphabet will be an important part of the squad moving forward. Its inclusion means the Dow now contains five of the so-called Magnificent Seven—alongside Microsoft Amazon Apple and Nvidia That inevitably raises questions about whether the index is becoming too tech-heavy.
US stocks have been predicted to extend their recovery on Tuesday, as investors approach the final session of a second quarter that has delivered a strong rebound for many risk assets. Futures pointed to a slightly firmer open, with S&P 500 futures up 0.1%, Nasdaq futures up 0.35% and Dow...
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U.S. stocks were headed for modest gains early Tuesday as markets look to close out the first half of the year on a positive note. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 60 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures were rising 0.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 52000 for the first time on Monday, highlighting investors’ increasing demand for stocks at the heart of the American economy. One major contributor was Alphabet which rose 4.8% to lead gains on the Google-parent’s first day as one of the blue-chip index’s 30 components.
