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What’s News in Markets: Memory’s Gold Rush, Oil Slips, Ford Finds a New Lane

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Are memory chips the new oil? And why are energy stocks getting the cold shoulder? Plus, how is Ford cashing in on the AI boom? 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

Boardrooms love buzzwords.

0:02.0

AI, climate, resilience.

0:03.8

But what do they actually mean for CFOs and execs trying to survive the next earnings call?

0:08.3

That's where the pre-read comes in.

0:09.9

Real experts and real talk.

0:11.6

Subscribe to the pre-read, presented by Workieva.

0:18.6

Hey listeners, it's Saturday, May 30th.

0:21.8

I'm Imani Moise for The Wall Street Journal, and this is what's news in markets.

0:27.1

Our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

0:31.4

Let's dive in.

0:33.4

Stocks continued their historic march higher as Wall Street's appetite for AI showed few signs of slowing.

0:39.5

All three major indexes ended the week at record highs, and the SMP has now risen nine consecutive weeks,

0:46.5

the longest winning streak since 2023.

0:49.5

Investors are paying historically high prices relative to corporate earnings, a dynamic not seen since the

0:54.4

dot-com boom.

0:56.0

The last time investors were willing to pay these kinds of prices was around the market peak

0:59.7

in 2000.

1:01.4

So far, investors are still buying.

1:03.7

The tech-heavy NASDAQ led the way, rising just under 2.4% for the week.

1:09.1

The S&P 500 grew 1.4% and the Dow increased 0.9%.

1:18.0

The AI boom minted two new trillion-dollar companies this week.

1:22.2

Shares and memory chip makers Micron and S.K. Heinex surged nearly 30% and 20% respectively to cross a trillion-dollar valuation mark.

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