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🚨 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tech rout deepens with the Nasdaq 100 down 3.4% as Anthropic reportedly faces a junk rating and Intel posts a record fall

October 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Pardip Bansal

🚨 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tech rout deepens with the Nasdaq 100 down 3.4% as Anthropic reportedly faces a junk rating and Intel posts a record fall

  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ The tech sell-off deepened into the European close: the Nasdaq 100 extended its fall to 3.4% and the S&P 500 dropped 1.7%, while Intel was down about 30%, its biggest one-day fall on record (newswires and market reports, )
  • πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Blackstone has told investors Anthropic may not secure an investment-grade rating after its IPO, with a high junk rating expected, according to a press report (newswires, )

FO view: The AI capex question is turning into an AI credit question: a top lab heading for junk and a megacap leaning on supplier financing both point to spending that is outrunning cash flow, which is why tech keeps falling after the slide.

Not investment advice.

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