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2026/ 08/ 04 by jd in Global News
“While earnings season has been a mixed bag, with investors punishing companies spending exorbitantly on their artificial intelligence data center build-outs, it was the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision to leave interest rates unchanged that roiled the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, benchmark S&P 500, and technology-powered Nasdaq Composite. The Dow’s greater-than 1,100-point loss on July 29 was its worst single-day performance in over a year.”
Tags: AI, Companies, Dow, Earnings season, FOMC, Interest rates, Investors, Mixed bag, Nasdaq Composite, Punishing, Roiled, S&P 500, Spending. Data center build-outs
