Amazon plunges 9%, continues Big Tech's $1 trillion wipeout as AI bubble fears ignite sell-off

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/ai-sell-off-stocks-amazon-oracle.html

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 187d (1 reply)

$1 trillion wipeout

And yet everything is the same as it was yesterday in the real world.

umbrella@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 187d
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JTode@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 187d (4 replies)

I don't get excited about headlines, even if I have no reason to believe they are false.

That said, 9% seems... big. But I don't really know.

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 57 pts · 187d (2 replies)

It’s wiped out the last year and some.

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 187d

Let's keep this momentum going!

CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 187d

Good.

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 187d

It's a lot but it's above its 52 week low and recovered to closed down only 5.5%. It started out the day down and then slowly recovered. It also dropped on the 4th without recovering.

I'm not a stock analyst but I would say there isn't much to be excited out yet. If it continues to drop against larger trends and become the 52 week low, then it would be time to get excited

Supervisor194@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 187d (1 reply)

Ah yes, huge selloff. That must be why we're *checks ticker*... up 1,000 points.

how_we_burned@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 187d

Well as of 10:13:49 am AEDT Saturday, 7 February 2026 over the last 5 days the NASDAQ has lost 1.78% (it would have been greater but there has been a slight rebound)

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redlemace@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 188d

Well, it's not the end of the world. Not by a long shot. It's share we talk about. It's value depends on what people are willing to pay for it. So much of it is fictive money.

Zephorah@discuss.online · 15 pts · 187d (6 replies)

Disposable income is down. Walmart, while also evil to the tune of $423 billion across a family, has better service without a membership.

What are Walmarts shares doing? Are things actually down, or are online shoppers who want fast delivery just shifting marketplaces?

pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 187d (2 replies)

A spooky trend I see is:

  1. I explicitly avoid Amazon. Fuck Jeff for letting people on his payroll ever need to piss in water bottles.
  2. So I end up buying directly from my favorite product manufacturers. They now all have good enough websites with online check-out, anyway.
  3. The product arrives in Walmart packaging.

It seems that Walmart has a prolific drop-shipping business going, now.

ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 187d (1 reply)

It's nice to see people having this attitude towards Amazon. I delivered Amazon packages for 9 months and they treated me like shit. I was offended because even though I told everyone I knew about how they treated me, no one actually canceled their prime when hearing my account.

If you care, you show it. Simple as.

AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 187d

By the time Amazon was a thing in Australia, it was already common knowledge that Amazon treats their employees like shit, so I'm proud to say I've never used anything Amazon (except AWS at work I guess)

Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 187d

Consumer cyclical companies, ones that sell stuff people buy when the market is good and hold off when things are bad, are relatively stable, only down 1.3% in the past 3 months compared to Amazon which is down 15% on he last 3 months. Amazons main cash cow at this point is AWS, so this drop is probably reflective of a lack of demand for compute for AI that was expected by the investors.

Drusas@fedia.io · 5 pts · 187d

Amazon's value is much more closely tied to the tech side than it is to the retail side, so Google and Microsoft would be better points of comparison than Walmart would be.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 187d

walmart provides a service, while AI tech does not to customers.

plateee@piefed.social · 10 pts · 187d (1 reply)

Wait, is it happening? Do I need to dig out that ron paul gif?

Aquila@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 187d

Dont get your hopes up. SPY is green still. If spy is -10% then the tech sector will be imploding

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 188d (1 reply)

Burn, baby, burn!

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 187d

Disco inferno

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 187d

mousefad@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 187d

As a 51 year old you'd think I'd be worried about a stock crash wiping out my pension, but the joke's on then - I could never afford a pension.

romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 187d

As much as I want the proper bubble burst, most loss will be recovered in a week or two

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 187d

Word how NPR's financial segment today was talking about the stock market surge today.