IXIC: Nasdaq Composite Soars to New Record as Nvidia Stock Keeps Printing Massive Gains

Chip giant added nearly 1% to cross $4.2 trillion — a massive milestone that puts it $400 billion above the second-largest company, Microsoft. Apple? Not even close anymore.

😎 Nvidia Just Won’t Quit

• The Nasdaq Composite IXIC scored its fourth straight record close on Thursday, the longest record streak in eight months. Nvidia NVDA led the charge — again — rising nearly 1% and pushing its market cap past $4.2 trillion. Yes, trillion with a T.
• That puts the chip titan $400 billion ahead of Microsoft MSFT, at $3.8 trillion, and over a trillion ahead of Apple AAPL, which might want to reboot its AI strategy.
• Nvidia’s dominance continues to warp the leaderboard. It’s not just the biggest stock in the game — it is the game. And the Nasdaq is riding shotgun.

🚀 S&P 500 Joins the Record Party

• The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% Thursday, locking in its ninth record close of 2025. It even tapped a fresh intraday high before settling back — take it as a polite reminder that the bulls are still steering.
• After Wednesday’s jittery dip on Powell drama, markets snapped back on Thursday as traders shrugged off the mini-panic and rotated back into risk. Tech, energy, consumer — everything caught a little tailwind.
• This kind of price action screams confidence. Whether it’s earnings, macro data, or pure FOMO, investors are clearly more interested in buying dips than dodging headlines.

🤝 Spending Consumers Will Spend

• Retail sales rose 0.6% in June — three times the expected 0.2% — proving that Americans are still swiping cards like there’s no recession in sight.
• Jobless claims dropped to 221,000, a sign the labor market remains stubbornly strong. Fewer layoffs = more income = more spending = more inflation risk? Possibly. But for now, the vibes are good (i.e. nobody cares?).
• Add it all up, and markets are digesting the data with gusto. Economic resilience paired with corporate performance churns out a market that keeps finding new highs to break.

🛠️ Apple’s AI Silence, Meta’s AI Flex

• A word on Apple. The iPhone maker, still stuck at a relatively modest $3.14 trillion (hi, Pi), lagged behind in the AI hype cycle while Zuckerberg handed out fat checks to poach AI talent and juice Meta’s “Superintelligence” ambitions.
• In recent days, Zuck has tapped not one, not two — three top AI researchers from Apple, luring them in with multi-million pay packages of up to $200 million.
• The message is clear: AI isn’t just a feature — it’s a valuation strategy. And right now, Apple is falling way behind, Meta’s assembling its all-star team and Nvidia is writing the playbook.