Stocks looked set to slip on Tuesday after Google parent Alphabet said it would issue $80 billion in equity, giving investors another reason to fret about Big Tech companies’ artificial-intelligence spending plans. The search engine and cloud computing company said it would issue $80 billion of equity, including $10 billion of stock to Berkshire Hathaway at a discount as it funds its AI infrastructure buildout, reviving some worries about so-called hyperscalers’ planned spending sprees. The move “is a clear sign that the AI arms race is moving into a more capital-hungry phase,” said Hargreaves Lansdown analyst Matt Britzman, although he noted that the $80 billion figure was less than 2% of Alphabet's $4.6 trillion market capitalization.
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The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Tuesday, Jun, 2 2026 US stock futures are pointing slightly higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.2% and Nasdaq-100 futures ahead roughly 0.3%, as investors weigh stronger global manufacturing data against higher borrowing costs. Several key factory scorecards, such as the China Manufacturing PMI at 51.8 and the UK gauge at 53.9, signal production is picking up, which suggests healthier demand for goods and raw materials. At...
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Monday on Wall Street, U.S. stocks ticked to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% to close at 7,599.96 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 51,078.88. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4% to 27,086.81.
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Amazon (AMZN) stock is up about 14.63% year to date, at the time of writing, Monday afternoon, June 1. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 Index (SPY) is up about 11.01% in the same period. And while Amazon has just slightly outpaced the S&P 500, it has also outpaced all but two Magnificent 7 ...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1% while the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.4%. The tail end of a robust first-quarter earnings season, ongoing artificial intelligence strength, and inflation figures roughly in line with expectations were enough to push equities higher today—familiar trends that have helped push the Nasdaq to its best two-month stretch in decades.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks posted modest gains on Monday, with the Dow nudging up slightly, the S&P 500 adding about a quarter of a percent and the Nasdaq gaining just over four-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Tech shares rose 2.5%, boosting the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 to the latest in a series of record closing highs.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among the stocks lifting the sector was Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which rose 9% ahead of the release of its quarterly earnings. After the close, shares jumped another 35% when HPE posted record second-quarter results, prompting the company to accelerate its long-term financial goals by two years as expansion of AI data centers boosts demand for its servers and networking products.</p><p>Brad Long, chief investment officer at Wealthspire, said it's that kind of blockbuster earnings report that continues to power the market higher.</p><p>"If we look at S&P right now, on track for about 20% earnings growth - that's an incredible rate mid-cycle here. And so the markets have really been somewhat melting up, and they've been doing that on fundamentals. Now that's helped them look through the volatility in the Middle East. It's helped them look through an economy that's growing and robust, but maybe not exactly where you would want it to see this level of markets and making new highs. But it's really a story about the fundamentals."</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Nvidia rose more than 6% after the company unveiled a new chip that puts AI capabilities directly into personal computers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chip is the result of a three-year partnership with Microsoft to, quote, "reinvent the PC" for the AI era. Shares of Microsoft added more than 2%.</p><p>Other semiconductor stocks were mixed. Qualcomm tumbled nearly 9% and Intel fell more than 4.5%. But Micron rose about 6.5% and breached the $1,000 mark for the first time.</p><p>:: ServiceNow</p><p>And software stocks rebounded from a heavy sell-off earlier this year on AI disruption fears. ServiceNow climbed more than 9%, while IBM gained about 7.5%.</p></body>
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