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The Nasdaq has entered its second correction of two thousand twenty-six, a development that should give investors pause. Two corrections in a single year signals something more than routine volatility — it reflects a market still wrestling with rate uncertainty, earnings inconsistency, and a broader repricing of risk appetite across growth names.
Feeding that unease, more than one thousand AI industry employees have signed an open letter urging the United States government to actively support American leadership at the frontier of artificial intelligence development. The policy ramifications are significant — this is the industry itself asking Washington to engage, which raises immediate questions about regulation, federal funding priorities, and how that shapes the competitive landscape for the major AI platform companies.
Meanwhile, Boeing is showing signs of genuine rehabilitation. At the Farnborough Airshow, the American planemaker narrowly edged out Airbus in the order count, a meaningful signal that CEO Kelly Ortberg's turnaround effort is gaining traction with airline customers. Challenges remain around the long-delayed seven seventy seven X and a formidable backlog, but when carriers are signing orders, confidence is returning.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
