Investors can't stop believing

Investors are channeling money back into tech, sending stocks to new all-time records. According to Axios, the S and P five hundred hit a new closing high after tech earnings — particularly Palantir Technologies, which jumped nearly thirty percent on strong AI software sales to corporate clients — reignited optimism that faded through June and July. Semiconductor and data-center hardware stocks also climbed, a sign that AI investment is rippling through the broader industrial economy. The risk, though: more and more of the U.S. economy now depends on this single, enormous investment cycle to keep expanding.

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