
Wall Street weighs prospect of an AI slowdown on data center buildout
Infrastructure and energy companies invested in the AI buildout face a potential slowdown. "Any significant delay could cost them," an investor told CNBC.
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Infrastructure and energy companies invested in the AI buildout face a potential slowdown. "Any significant delay could cost them," an investor told CNBC.

Plus, Wall Street's AI train steams ahead, and China swipes the Driscoll's secret for growing blueberries.

Drone warfare has dramatically increased global diesel refining margins, now over $94/barrel above Brent, far surpassing previous crisis levels. Cheap drones are systematically destroying refinery infrastructure, with defense spending shifting toward cost-effective countermeasures like directed energy weapons.

Expectations for what the Fed will do are driving the recent moves in long-term yields.

Chip names sell off on both sides of the pond amid investor pullback after warnings from AI giants. Software stocks, however, catch a bid, putting the two baskets at a huge divergence.

Morgan Stanley late on Monday joined Wall Street rival Goldman Sachs in changing its call from the Federal Open Market Committee leaving rates unchanged to the U.S. central bank hiking interest rates.

U.S. stock futures retreated on Tuesday as oil prices continued to rise as Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline stayed shut.

Ready Capital is a deeply distressed CRE REIT with 37% of its portfolio in non-performing loans. RC's preferred shares (RC.PR.E) trade at 50 cents on the dollar, reflecting severe impairment risk and potential for further losses. The company's negative net interest income and high-risk loan book signal ongoing value erosion and possible suspension of preferred dividends.

CNBC's Arjun Kharpal discusses the debate around why labs like OpenAI and Anthropic are calling for a slowdown to the pace of development of AI.

Brent crude climbs to $108 a barrel with stock futures lower

The 10-year yield hit a high of 5.041%, as tensions in the Middle East fueled energy-price and inflation concerns, leaving a Fed rate hike on Wednesday looking close to certain.

Health Care sentiment shifted meaningfully during the second quarter of 2026. During the second quarter, the Harbor Health Care ETF (“ETF”) returned 15.30%. Biotechnology was the largest contributor to relative performance during the quarter, with strong stock specific returns from several holdings, driven by clinical data catalysts and M&A activity.

European natural gas prices remained well supported, with the Dutch TTF contract trading down 0.3% at 82.265 euros a megawatt-hour.

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine offered differing accounts of a supposed agreement with Russia to stop attacks on energy infrastructure. Trump blamed the strikes for the surge in diesel prices and posted on social media that Moscow and Kyiv both agreed to stop them.

The complaint alleged Tehran used a network of cryptocurrency actors in China and elsewhere to launder more than $1.5 billion in illicit oil money intended to benefit the Iranian military and the IRGC. The complaint seeks to forfeit $61 million of Tehran's money.