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The Nasdaq Compositeplunged 5.5% on Thursday, closing in correction territory, defined as a decline of 10% or more from a recent closing high.

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Companies developing advanced semiconductors, building data centers, and creating artificial intelligence (AI) applications are attracting historic levels of investment capital. However, some valuation indicators suggest that investors might be getting carried away.

As technology companies spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year on data centers, semiconductors, and other power infrastructure, investors are wondering whether the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution can sustain its momentum.

Investors are afraid. That’s the conclusion of CNN’s Fear and Greed Index. The index incorporates seven indicators, including market momentum, stock price strength, and market volatility. CNN’s index has spent most of the last two months hovering between a level of “fear” and “extreme fear.”

The S&P 500(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have recently been experiencing a bout of volatility after repeatedly notching record highs throughout 2026. With stocks coming under pressure, some investors are wondering whether a larger market correction is approaching.

This year has been one for the record books, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC),Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) all reaching multiple all-time highs.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) returned 10.56% during the last six months, as of October 15. This compares to a 21.5% return for the Insider Monkey Billionaire Index and 15.74% for the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

Warren Buffett, the leader of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) for 60 years before his recent retirement, famously avoided technology stocks for much of his investing career. He instead showed a preference for what you may consider to be boring companies — consumer staples and insurance, in particular — that didn’t blow anyone one…

This has been a year of significant change for the trillion-dollar company that Warren Buffett helped build. The Oracle of Omaha, who oversaw a greater-than-6,000,000% outperformance of the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) while at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA)(NYSE:BRKB), retired as the company’s CEO on Dec. 31. He also stepped down as chairman of the board in…