FTXL is trading 2% down today as elevated Treasury yields continue to pressure long-duration technology and AI assets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s FOMC minutes.
- The 30-year Treasury yield reached approximately 5.33%, its highest level since 2007, making future growth profits less attractive for high-valuation tech stocks.
- Semiconductors are intensifying the sector decline, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index falling about 5%, Intel dropping 6.6%, and Nvidia declining 2.3%.
- Investors are reassessing crowded AI valuations and infrastructure spending as rising borrowing costs impact growth-oriented assets.