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AIPO.US fell 10.64% this week to close at $25.77, down from $28.84 the previous Friday. The S&P 500 lost 1.95% over the same period, leaving AIPO.US about 8.69 percentage points behind. Monday opened at $28.69, which turned out to be the week’s high, and the fund then slid through most of the week. Tuesday posted a modest bounce to $28.26, Wednesday brought a heavy-volume drop, Thursday’s low of $25.34 marked the bottom, and Friday settled at $25.77. The weekly amplitude was 11.68%, and trading volume picked up noticeably in the second half of the week. The overall shape was a one-way pullback.
Sector News
AI infrastructure and power-related equities faced broad selling pressure this week. A hotter-than-expected inflation print reignited rate-hike talk, and US chip stocks fell for several consecutive sessions as markets debated financing bottlenecks and valuation resets for AI capital spending. Power infrastructure names such as GE Vernova, Vertiv, and Bloom Energy all pulled back. At the same time, there were pockets of activity in nuclear and small modular reactor projects, including a shareholder agreement between ZE PAK and SGE for the Pątnów SMR joint venture and a special NRC inspection at the Dresden nuclear plant. Google’s 20-year fuel cell supply deal and AEP’s $4 billion plan for a 702MW plant showed that power procurement demand is still running, but that did not offset the wider sector slump.
The Week Ahead
The macro calendar is light next week. Monday brings the NAHB housing market index, Tuesday has housing starts and building permits, and Wednesday includes weekly EIA crude oil and Cushing inventory data. Oil’s recent strength and its effect on power-sector costs will be one thread to watch. The bigger question is whether the debate over AI trading’s shift into an ‘accounting phase’ carries into next week, and whether US chip stocks find any footing after eight straight down days. NVIDIA’s GTC Berlin conference also sits on the horizon as a potential trigger for the market to re-evaluate the compute super-cycle.
In Short
AIPO.US dropped far more than the broader market this week, reflecting how the AI and power infrastructure theme is being hit by rising rate expectations and worries over funding bottlenecks. The news flow was mixed: new nuclear project steps and long-term power purchase agreements sat alongside an eight-day chip sell-off and data-centre debt concerns, but the market’s response was clearly to de-risk. What matters next is whether rate expectations keep climbing, whether AI capex-related companies can produce fresh evidence on orders and financing, and whether the power sector starts to split between winners and laggards. That will decide if AIPO.US remains under pressure or moves into a choppier range.
This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.