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Here’s an update on our 4th Industrial Revolution stocks and the rest of the portfolio
On Friday, the CNBC Investing Club held its February Monthly Meeting, where Jim Cramer and Director of Portfolio Analysis ran through each stock in the portfolio. Jim put a special focus on the Club stocks within the artificial intelligence trade. He’s dubbed them the “Fourth Industrial Revolution stocks,” borrowing the term from Nvidia CEO Jensen […]
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The Tech Download: Software was going to eat the world. Now it’s facing an ‘existential’ crisis
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Back in 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen published the now well-worn words: “software is eating the world.” Now, a debate is raging around how much software AI will eat. Many of the world’s most valuable software stocks have […]
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Stock futures slide after S&P 500 closes lower; wholesale inflation reading looms: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 25, 2026. NYSE Stock futures slipped Thursday night after the S&P 500 closed lower, dragged down by losses in Nvidia. Traders also looked ahead to an inflation reading due Friday morning. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 268 points, or 0.5%. S&P […]
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CoreWeave beats revenue projections as backlog swells to nearly $67 billion
Michael Intrator, Chief Executive Officer of CoreWeave Inc., speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Sept. 22, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters CoreWeave shares fell as much as 11% in extended trading on Thursday after the artificial intelligence-focused cloud infrastructure provider […]
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Jim Cramer: The reason why Nvidia’s stock is falling even after its blowout outlook
Nvidia ‘s strong earnings report made it clear that the company is still donning the AI chip king crown. So, why is the stock down in Thursday’s session? The reason, according to CNBC’s Jim Cramer, is that investors are worried that Nvidia’s largest customers cannot keep spending at such a blistering pace unless they start […]
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Nvidia earnings, Big Tech’s White House visit, protein prices and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Thursday. With focus remaining on artificial intelligence’s potential to shake up various industries, I’ve decided to start a mental count of how many times I say or write variations of the term “AI disruption.” S&P 500 futures are little changed this […]
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Market watchers back Jensen Huang’s view that investors are ‘wrong’ on SaaSpocalypse
Nvidia ‘s Jensen Huang was right when he told CNBC investors “got it wrong” over AI fears that drove them to sell off software stocks, market watchers have said. Software stocks have been caught up in a sell-off that dragged the sector into bear market territory, amid fears AI could make software as a service […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s earnings beat and AI developments provide some respite for markets
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Nvidia Live at CES 2026 ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images It’s a good day for the artificial intelligence sector. New partnerships and earnings reports from AI-related companies lifted sentiment […]
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‘Software will eat AI,’ HSBC says. Here are the bank’s top picks
“Software is already eating AI” and will continue to do so, according to HSBC, with the bank shrugging off recent market fears about the sector being displaced by artificial intelligence. Software stocks plunged earlier this month as widespread concerns that AI could make software-as-a-service, or SaaS, business models obsolete, sparked a sell-off and warnings of […]
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AI disruption didn’t show up in Salesforce results. But the fears are hard to shake
Salesforce on Wednesday evening delivered better-than-expected 2026 fourth-quarter results as its Agentforce artificial intelligence platform became increasingly embedded across the business. However, the stock dropped in after-hours trading as investors remained anxious about the potential of AI disrupting traditional enterprise software companies. Revenue in the quarter ended Jan. 31 rose 12% year over year to […]
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