Global Stock Markets Slide Amid AI Trade Concerns and Oil Price Surge

An October 24 market outlook says Brent settled at a six-month high of $116.72 Friday and the S&P 500 was down two weeks running. It attributes recent tech losses to AI spending concerns and points to the Fed, Big Tech earnings and whether oil holds above $110. A separate post argues that higher energy costs could squeeze the margins needed to fund large GPU clusters.