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What’s News in Markets: Bubble Fears, AI Slop, Toilet Stocks

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

How is the AI trade different from the dot-com bubble? And why wasn’t Wall Street impressed by Palantir’s blowout quarter? Plus, what does a glass company and a luxury toilet maker have to do with AI? Host Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Some follow the noise.

0:03.3

Bloomberg follows the money.

0:05.4

Because behind every headline is a bottom line.

0:09.3

Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,

0:13.8

there's a money side to every story.

0:16.5

And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.

0:20.8

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0:22.3

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0:25.3

Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.

0:33.6

Hey listeners. It's Saturday, May 9th.

0:35.7

I'm Imani-Mau-Ease for the Wall Street Journal.

0:37.4

And this is what's news in markets. Our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Let's dive in. Investors spent this week chasing the next phase of the AI boom. But analysts can't decide whether the AI trade looks more like the future or 1999. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ both climbed to fresh records.

0:56.3

Tech stock surged, software companies staged a comeback,

0:59.7

and investors poured into everything from cybersecurity firms to Japanese toilet makers.

1:04.3

The NASDAQ led the way rising 4.5% over the week,

1:07.7

while the S&P 500 grew 2.3%.

1:10.6

The Dow was up 0.2%. The Dow was up 0.2%.

1:16.9

Tech stocks stole the show this week, surging 7%, making it the best performing corner of the S&P 500 by a mile.

1:25.1

The rally extended far beyond just the magnificent seven, as a wide range of

1:29.4

tech companies from Uber to Pinterest reported better than expected earnings. Even software stocks

1:34.8

got a boost. After being beaten down in recent weeks due to fears that their products would

1:39.3

eventually be replaced by AI. Data Dog was a top performer in the S&P this week. Its shares soared 42% after the

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