NASDAQ Flops, Dow Jumps

The S&P 500 and NASDAQ were down sharply Monday on concern about an artificial intelligence stock bubble popping because of the emergence of Chinese startup DeepSeek, which has possibly made a competitive AI model for a fraction of the billions Silicon Valley is spending.The Dow Jones Industrials popped 289.33 points to close Monday at 44,713.58, thanks to gains in Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Travelers.The much-broader index flopped 88.96 points, or 1.5%, to 6,012.28. The NASDAQ Composite swooned 612.47 points, or 3.1%, to 19,341.83. AI darling Nvidia dropped 18%, Broadcom lost 17%, and AMD shed 7%. Microsoft lost 2%. Palantir was hit for 6%. Megacap tech titan Amazon shed 1%.Derivative plays from the AI buildout such as power providers were also hit big. Constellation Energy lost 21%, while Vistra dropped 30%.On top of that, the Federal Reserve will hold its first policy meeting of the year, deciding on the level of interest rates Wednesday. Fed funds futures are pricing in a more than 99% chance that the central bank leaves interest rates unchanged. Prices for the 10-year Treasury gained ground, lowering yields to 4.53% from Friday’s 4.62%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.Oil prices dropped $1.60 to $73.08 U.S. a barrel. Prices for gold plunged $36.00 an ounce to $2,742.90.80 U.S. NASDAQ Flops, Dow Jumps