Nasdaq Plunges 5.52%: Buy the AI Dip or Cut Risk? Goldman Sachs was Selling
@Capital_Insights:
Hey Tigers 🐯! Wednesday brought a post-election relief rally. Thursday brought the Nasdaq Composite’s biggest one-day fall in 19 months. Goldman Sachs’ trading desk saw panicked selling and tentative buying interest. A fund manager at Argent Capital Management called the moves outsized. Yet the market’s concern has shifted toward how quickly AI investment can generate revenue and cash. [1][2] That leaves a harder question than “Is AI still growing?”: How much of this sell-off reflects temporary selling pressure, and how much reflects a weaker path to earnings? 1️⃣ A Sell-Off Big Enough to Reset the Debate At the November 5 U.S. close, the Nasdaq Composite fell 5.52% to 24,315.00, the S&P 500 lost 4.36% to 7,353.73, and the Dow dropped 3.44%. The Nasdaq finished more than 10% below its