By Dhara Ranasinghe
Publication Date: 2025-11-20 14:06:00
NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Nvidia’s strong earnings report offered only a brief reprieve for stocks on Thursday, as doubts about the return on relentless artificial intelligence investment and lofty valuations on Wall Street had global markets on edge.
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“This is a coordinated risk-off trade — tech stocks, crypto, etc on worries about valuations and leverage,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide. “The fact that it is an intraday decline rather than a drop at the open suggests exhaustion.”
Nvidia’s upbeat results did not dispel concern around a fall back to earth for highly-valued tech stocks, amid lingering concerns about whether AI spending will pay off.
Nvidia’s results “are encouraging and support the AI story,” said Angelo Kourkafas, senior global investment strategist at Edward Jones. “But…

