Stocks slide as AI worries hit Wall Street | Nov. 5, 11 a.m. ET

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Wall Street's selloff deepened as investors reassessed the AI spending boom. This report is a snapshot of November 5, 2026, at 11 a.m. Eastern, not live quotes or closing results. AP reported the Dow down 1,146 points and the Nasdaq Composite down 5% at 11 a.m. ET. AP separately reported the S&P 500 down more than 3%. Reuters reported concerns about returns on AI spending and possible delays to data-center expansion after the midterms. Full story: https://www.newscubby.com/briefings/stock-market-selloff-ai-nasdaq-dow-november-5-2026 Sources: Associated Press: https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-ai-midterm-oil-trump-7ee9c212805aa5e70cf34d25aab7a36e Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/nasdaq-set-correction-investors-reassess-ai-spending-boom-2026-11-05/ Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/ai-data-center-stocks-slip-democratic-sweep-clouds-expansion-plans-2026-11-05/ Image credits (archive and illustrative imagery, not footage of today's trading): 1. Sign of the New York Stock Exchange, Broad Street (January 5, 2021), Billie Grace Ward / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Cropped, resized, pan/zoom, gradient and text overlays added. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sign_of_the_New_York_Stock_Exchange,_Broad_Street.jpg License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 2. Nasdaq Tower (May 12, 2026), Nielsoncaetanosalmeron / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Cropped to signage and facade, resized, pan/zoom, gradient and text overlays added. No endorsement implied. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasdaq_Tower_May_2026.jpg License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 3. Front of server racks at NERSC (October 14, 2011), Chiara Coetzee / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Cropped, resized, pan/zoom, gradient and text overlays added. Historical computing infrastructure used illustratively, not a company affected today or a modern AI facility. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_of_server_racks_at_NERSC.jpg Original source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcoetzee/6271167399/ License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Timing and explanatory graphics: NewsCubby. Explanatory arrows are not a market-price chart. Logo: NewsCubby. #StockMarket #WallStreet #Nasdaq #DowJones #AI #NewsCubby #Shorts

Published 11/5/2026 · 35 seconds