jitter
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Investors wrapped up an unusual week in the stock market, with surprisingly strong job gains for January and an easing annual rate of consumer-price inflation offset by jitters about artificial intelligence’s capacity to destroy industries.
From MarketWatch
“The earlier decline coincided with broader market jitters and was likely amplified by margin calls, algorithmic trading, and profit-taking.”
But U.S. stocks remain an outlier, continuing to draw money from overseas and helping indexes weather jitters related to artificial intelligence.
U.S.-Iran tensions continued to simmer, as the U.S. move to send a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East gave oil traders jitters and sent crude prices higher.
Colas says the shift into energy stocks may continue, given investors’ jitters about AI.
From Barron's
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