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Nvidia

reported blowout earnings on Wednesday and issued a better-than-expected forecast showing accelerating growth. CEO Jensen Huang proclaimed that “compute demand is skyrocketing.”

Investor concerns appear to be elsewhere.

The stock fell for a second straight day on Friday and is down 6% for the week in what would be its sharpest pullback since November. With the retreat, Nvidia’s stock is now down for the year, joining the rest of tech’s megacap companies.