News of new Anthropic products capable of writing code and performing legal and financial tasks shook the market. Instead of the expected rally, the S&P 500 fell. Investors feared that AI would begin displacing traditional IT firms and services — and the jobs that go with them — which accelerated the tech sell-off.
The equity market has long shown signs of rotation: investors are reallocating into small-cap stocks, with corporate earnings season only temporarily bringing focus back to the largest tech names. It is now clear that AI innovations are changing the rules of the game and that traditional IT giants no longer look invincible. Follow the link for more details.
After a rapid crash in gold prices at a pace not seen since 1980, investors rushed back in to buy the dip, delivering gold's best one-day gain since 2009. Compared with equity indices, gold now looks relatively inexpensive, and interest is rising amid geopolitical instability, central bank purchases, and lingering doubts about the dollar's stability.
Analysts remain optimistic. Deutsche Bank expects gold to reach $6,000 per ounce by the end of 2026, and Goldman Sachs allows for actual prices to exceed the $5,400 estimate. Large managers such as Fidelity are already looking for re-entry points. Investors still view the metal as a defensive asset in times of global uncertainty. Follow the link for more details.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics postponed some January releases due to the partial government shutdown. Once funding is approved, the reports will be rescheduled. Against this backdrop of uncertainty, the US equity market moved lower, with the tech sector hit hardest: the S&P 500 fell by 1%, the Nasdaq lost 2.3%, while the Dow Jones edged up thanks to demand for blue-chip names.
The headline event was a rout in AMD shares — the stock plunged by more than 17% after a weak revenue outlook. Investors worry about AMD's ability to compete with Nvidia in AI. AMD's decline sparked a chain reaction in semiconductors: Broadcom lost 7%, and Lam Research, Applied Materials, and Micron dropped by 9–10%. Follow the link for more details.
Investors are hastily exiting IT stocks as the market evaluates which companies AI might displace next. Firms in legal and accounting services look particularly vulnerable. High earnings expectations and rich valuations in the sector make further upside difficult — truly exceptional results are needed to preserve confidence.
Additional pressure came from the Fed's hawkish rhetoric and weak employment data. However, unexpectedly strong services sector activity figures helped turn sentiment and led to a rotation into industrials. All this points to a shift from a sustained trend to range-bound trading. Follow the link for more details.
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