Saturday, February 7, 2026

Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Tech stock shakeout clouds market ahead of economic data deluge

[MSN/WP] The AI boom is so huge it's causing shortages everywhere else

[Axios] AI wiped out $400 billion this week — and it's only getting started

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Private Markets Push for World’s Wealthy Runs Into AI Meltdown

[CNBC] Trump administration equity stakes pose risks to U.S. companies and markets

[Axios] Zelensky: Trump wants Russia-Ukraine peace deal by June, before midterms focus

[NBC] Japan's ultraconservative PM Sanae Takaichi set for a big election victory

[Bloomberg] Wild Week of Trading Leaves Pockmarks Across US Equity Landscape

[Bloomberg] ‘It Always Feels Bleak’: Retail Traders Reel After Crypto’s Trump-Fueled Rise and Fall

[Bloomberg] US Consumer Credit Rose in December by the Most in a Year

[Bloomberg] Trump Team’s Bitcoin Reserve Strategy Takes a Market Beating

[Bloomberg] China Central Bank Keeps Buying Gold as Bull Run Hits Brakes

[Bloomberg] US Weighing New Taiwan Arms Sale Before Trump-Xi Summit, FT Says

[WSJ] Here’s Where AI Is Tearing Through Corporate America

[WSJ] A New Crypto Winter Is Here and Even the Biggest Bulls Aren’t Certain Why

[WSJ] These Presidents Found Out How Trying to Control the Fed Chair Can Backfire

[WSJ] China Is Going All-In to Beat the U.S. on Humanoid Robots

[WSJ] Squeezed by U.S. and China, the World’s Middle Powers Are Teaming Up

[WSJ] Iran Refuses to End Nuclear Enrichment in Talks With U.S.