AI Stocks & Markets

Today's Stories

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   Chevron up 2.1% to $216.58 as $109 oil funds AI power pivot

   Chevron jumped about 2.1% to $216.58 Tuesday afternoon as Brent crude climbed to $109.20 per barrel amid Saudi export disruptions and Libyan outages. Chevron posted $12.1 billion of second-quarter earnings, cut debt by $8.4 billion and signed a 20-year power deal with Microsoft, adding a power path beyond oil and gas.

   Chevron trades 33.55% above its GF Value of $162.17, so the test is whether oil cash and the Microsoft deal can justify that premium; watch whether crude stays elevated.

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   Caterpillar (CAT) wins AI buildout demand, Auxier says

   In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Auxier Asset Management said Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Gates benefited indirectly from AI infrastructure expansion, especially rising demand for data-center energy generation and cooling. Industrials were the quarter's strongest sector as investors shifted focus to AI buildout rather than AI model development. The S&P 500 gained 15.2%, while Auxier Focus Fund's Investor Class rose 8.82%.

   Caterpillar's AI-linked demand hinges on continued data-center construction and power needs. The stock closed at $784.00 on September 14, 2026, down 7.12% over the past month but up 77.23% over the past year.

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   Wells Fargo's Kwon cuts US stocks view on AI worries

   Wells Fargo's Kwon cut the firm's view on US stocks as AI worries mount in tech. Wells Fargo had a more positive stance on US stocks before this cut, which now joins growing concern over AI in tech, according to Bloomberg.

   The move hinges on whether AI-related worries in tech continue to pressure the broader US stock outlook. Watch whether other strategists follow Kwon's cut.

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   Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urges AI slowdown; SoftBank, Kioxia shares plunge

   After warnings from top US AI CEOs that development must slow to prevent threats to humanity, AI-linked stocks fell on September 14. SoftBank, which backs OpenAI, dropped as much as 13.2% in Japan; Kioxia fell 9.8%. Anthropic's Dario Amodei asked AI firms to slow capability gains, warning agents could cause hundreds of billions of dollars in damage within 6〜12カ月以内. Elon Musk and Sam Altman echoed him; Altman said OpenAI will not hold this year's IPO over safety concerns.

   Whether these warnings keep weighing on AI and chip shares. Saxo Bank's Charu Chanana sees them as a short-term drag, while T. Rowe Price's Sebastien Mallet says the bigger question is who ultimately earns returns on new capex.

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   Kioxia down 6% as AI slowdown fears spread

   Nikkei reported that Kioxia HD shares dropped 6% on the 14th, with worries about a slowdown in AI development weighing on the stock market. The article says concerns of an AI development slowdown are spreading in the market, a shift in sentiment for a memory-chip supplier tied to AI demand, though it gives no prior level to compare against.

   The paper frames the move as a market-wide worry rather than a Kioxia-specific event, so the test is whether the AI-slowdown concern persists or fades. The article provides no further figures or dates.

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   AI slowdown talk sinks chips, but PVH tops SVT Global at 3.36％高

   In the SVT Global index of mainly Western fashion and beauty stocks, 19 of 33 names rose on September 14. PVH Corporation led at +3.36%, followed by Unilever at +3.05% and Asics at +2.06%. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's weekend call to curb frontier AI development, backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk, hit AI-related shares and weighed on European markets. PVH told Goldman Sachs' global retailing conference that Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger both show growth momentum.

   Watch whether the AI-development slowdown argument keeps pressuring AI-related shares and European markets, which were also hurt by higher crude prices and rate concerns. Swatch Group led decliners at -2.47%, followed by Ferragamo at -1.86% and Under Armour at -1.57%.