{"id":890906,"date":"2026-10-22T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890906\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:42:09","slug":"meta-and-chip-stocks-decline-as-ai-trade-comes-under-pressure-alphacheck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890906\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta and chip stocks decline as AI trade comes under pressure: AlphaCheck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Good morning. Stocks <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/live\/stock-market-today-thursday-october-22-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-tesla-meta-112217857.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:declined%20on%20Thursday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;declined on Thursday&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yActionOutcome&quot;:&quot;mb_qualified_link&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">declined on Thursday<\/a> as semiconductor names fell, with the AI trade unwinding following quarterly results from Meta (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/META\" data-ylk=\"slk:META;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;META&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">META<\/a>) and Tesla (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/TSLA\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:TSLA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;TSLA&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TSLA<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Shares of the EV maker recovered early trading losses while Meta sank 6%.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The Tech\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/XLK\" data-ylk=\"slk:(XLK;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;(XLK&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">(XLK<\/a>) sector fell, led by chipmakers like Nvidia (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/NVDA\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:NVDA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NVDA&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NVDA<\/a>) and AMD (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/AMD\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:AMD;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AMD&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AMD<\/a>). Memory makers Micron (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/MU\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:MU;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:7;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;MU&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MU<\/a>) and SK Hynix (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/SKHY\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:SKHY;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:8;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SKHY&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SKHY<\/a>) also dropped as the chip sector reversed gains from Wednesday.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Shares of the wafer equipment maker Lam Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/LRCX\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:LRCX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:9;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LRCX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LRCX<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/article\/chip-stocks-fall-as-equipment-maker-lam-research-cites-supply-chain-constraints-130648719.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:fell%20as%20much%20as%2010%25;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:10;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;fell as much as 10%&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yActionOutcome&quot;:&quot;mb_qualified_link&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fell as much as 10%<\/a> after management pointed to &#8220;supply chain constraints,&#8221; heading into 2027.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Here&#8217;s a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/alphaspace.finance.yahoo.com\/share\/heatmap\/AaFj0qFPdzej9VNhpNZILg?ncid=100003574\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo%20Finance%20AlphaSpace%20data;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:11;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/8485979fabdd92364418c3b64fe6be49a4eb58c77d072928e77975b0809f87c3\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefit_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp\/https%3A%2F%2Fd29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net%2Fimages%2Fuser-uploaded%2Falphaspace-s-p-500-sectors-x-2026-10-22_3956.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Sectors on Thursday, Oct 22.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1f8hkhu loader\"\/><\/a> Sectors on Thursday, Oct 22.           <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Brent crude oil futures (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/BZ=F\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:BZ%3DF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:12;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BZ=F&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BZ=F<\/a>) jumped <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/article\/oil-price-gains-on-possible-escalation-of-iran-us-tensions-after-midterms-120738560.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:to%20a%20five-month%20high%20at%20%24112;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:13;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;to a five-month high at $112&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yActionOutcome&quot;:&quot;mb_qualified_link&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to a five-month high at $112<\/a> per barrel while WTI (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/CL=F\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:CL%3DF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:14;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;CL=F&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CL=F<\/a>) traded near $100 after a report of possible US and Israel attacks on Iran after the November midterm elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Here are some other notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning:\u00a0IBM (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/IBM\" data-ylk=\"slk:IBM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:15;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;IBM&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;15&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IBM<\/a>), Lockheed Martin (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/LMT\" data-ylk=\"slk:LMT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:16;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;LMT&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LMT<\/a>), and Procter &amp; Gamble (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/PG\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:PG;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:17;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PG&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PG<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/topic\/stock-market-news\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click%20here%20for%20the%20latest%20stock%20market%20news%20and%20in-depth%20analysis%2C%20including%20events%20that%20move%20stocks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:18;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here for the latest stock market news and in-depth analysis, including events that move stocks&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for the latest stock market news and in-depth analysis, including events that move stocks<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning. Stocks declined on Thursday as semiconductor names fell, with the AI trade unwinding following quarterly results&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5097,28,122,101,939,2993,2994,32455,2995,932,112,32456,20112,147,9323,1170,1666,6480,2996,2997,923,19533,3733,32457],"class_list":["post-890906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-401k","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-economy","tag-finance","tag-financial-information","tag-investing","tag-investment-tools","tag-investor","tag-market-news","tag-markets","tag-mortgage","tag-mutual-funds","tag-personal-finance","tag-quote","tag-real-estate","tag-retirement","tag-stock","tag-stock-research","tag-stock-valuation","tag-stocks","tag-suze-orman","tag-tax","tag-track-portfolio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}