{"id":25540,"date":"2026-10-20T07:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-ai-stock-market-boom\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:37:52","slug":"is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-ai-stock-market-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-ai-stock-market-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the beginning of the end of the AI stock market boom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a wobble on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, some AI market observers think a reassessment of the potential value of various businesses may be under way<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The world is holding its breath as it waits to find out whether this year\u2019s estimated $US1tn investment in artificial intelligence is resting on a castle made of sand.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Nasdaq 100 \u2013 an index of the 100 biggest non-financial stocks on the American tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange \u2013 dropped by 5.5%, triggering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/oct\/15\/tech-market-sell-off-deepens-amid-fears-over-us-inflation-and-ai-debt\">the usual angst<\/a> that the AI boom is about to go bust.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/oct\/20\/ai-stock-market-boom-beginning-of-the-end-imf-wallstreet-nasdaq\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ddfb561650f575c6123c0a9b57256c95a64a8ee8\/182_0_3595_2877\/master\/3595.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=2816d43ffd19b5b5453d3f54f7b4b10b\" title=\"Is this the beginning of the end of the AI stock market boom?\" \/>After a wobble on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, some AI market observers think a reassessment of the potential value of various businesses may be under way<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nThe world is holding its breath as it waits to find out whether this year\u2019s estimated $US1tn investment in artificial intelligence is resting on a castle made of sand.<br \/>\nLast week, the Nasdaq 100 \u2013 an index of the 100 biggest non-financial stocks on the American tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange \u2013 dropped by 5.5%, triggering the usual angst that the AI boom is about to go bust. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a wobble on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, some AI market observers think a reassessment of the potential value of various businesses may be under way Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The world is holding its breath as it waits to find out whether this year\u2019s estimated $US1tn investment in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-ai-stock-market-boom\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is this the beginning of the end of the AI stock market boom?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25540"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}