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Seeking AlphaJul 18 03:00

IBM Plunges to Record Lows; Goldman Sachs Warns AI Capital Spending Shift Could Confirm a 'Software Bear Market'

IBM's share price plunged as much as 26% during U.S. trading hours, marking a record decline. IBM's CEO noted a "sudden shift" in clients' capital expenditure priorities, as enterprise customers redirected significant portions of their budgets toward acquiring hardware infrastructure amid the AI boom, causing several large contracts to fail to materialize as expected. Goldman Sachs immediately warned that this incident at IBM would strongly validate the "software bear-case scenario," forecasting widespread sell-offs across the software and services sector.

wallstreetcnJul 15 04:09

Shares of Medical Device-related Companies Are Trading Lower After HCA Healthcare Noted a Q2 Increase in Uninsured Patient Volumes and a Decline in Surgical Volume, Which May Dim the Outlook for Device Pricing Power and Margins.

BenzingaJul 15 01:07

IBM's earnings miss triggered a sharp sell-off, dragging down the software sector as AI computing hardware siphons off corporate budgets—has the 'doomsday scenario' for software stocks returned?

IBM's preliminary second-quarter results disappointed the market. The company reported revenue below analysts' expectations, and CEO Arvind Krishna stated that some clients are shifting capital expenditures toward hardware areas such as servers, storage, and memory, which has squeezed software purchases. Additionally, internal sales execution fell short of expectations, and several large contracts failed to materialize as planned, further weighing on the quarter's performance.

wallstreetcnJul 14 21:40

U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of renewed sanctions on Iran drove up crude oil prices, while hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Waller pushed long-term interest rates higher, contributing to a further rise in the dollar to 162.48 yen.

[London Market Overview] On the 13th, the dollar-yen exchange rate remained firm in the London foreign exchange market. Amid heightened uncertainty surrounding the Middle East situation, crude oil prices turned volatile and declined, pushing dollar-yen down from ¥162.14 to ¥161.97. However, with U.S. interest rates unlikely to ease, dollar-selling pressure remained limited. The euro-dollar pair was pressured lower by elevated crude oil prices, high interest rates, and a strong dollar, falling from $1.1445 to $1.1423. Euro-yen weakened from ¥185.46 to ¥185.12 but largely followed the movement of dollar-yen.

Fisco JapanJul 14 05:04

U.S. equity markets declined on the 13th, as rising crude oil prices and renewed concerns over AI weighed on sentiment.

U.S. equity markets declined, with the Dow Inc closing down $138.37 at 52,498.64 and the Nasdaq finishing 408.43 points lower at 25,873.18. Market direction remained uncertain following the open amid ambiguity surrounding prospects for peace with Iran. Shares of South Korean semiconductor memory maker SK Hynix, which listed on the Nasdaq last week, weighed heavily on the sector and exerted downward pressure on the broader market. Further adding to the bearish sentiment was President Trump's announcement that the U.S. would resume blocking Iranian vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, driving up crude oil prices.

Fisco JapanJul 14 04:56