What’s News in Markets: IPO Excitement, Chip Fatigue, the Decline of Dividends

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Hey, listeners. Your Money Briefing is still on a break, but we'll be back with more personal finance information for you in the future. Until then, here's the news moving the markets this week. [Instrumental music] Hey, listeners. It's Saturday, May twenty-third. I'm Imani Moise for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Let's dive in. Markets spent this week chasing the next big thing. From AI to outer space and quantum computing, investors poured money into futuristic bets while brushing aside lingering concerns about the economy. A new two billion dollar federal investment in quantum computing helped fuel rallies in companies tied to the emerging technology. Nvidia beat Wall Street expectations for the fourteenth straight quarter, according to data from FactSet. And SpaceX prepared to launch what could be the biggest IPO in history. That lifted space-related stocks across the market. Here on Earth, warning signs about