AI spending worries return: Nasdaq falls 2.6%, Meta loses nearly 7% and Tesla 3%

Les craintes sur les dépenses en IA et le coût du capital sont reparties.

Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

Selon Yahoo Finance, le jeudi 22 octobre à Wall Street, le Nasdaq Composite a reculé de 2,6 %.

The passé composé is the most common past tense, used for “did” and “has done” — actions completed in the past. It is formed with the auxiliary avoir (a / ont…) in the present + a past participle. Past participles of -er verbs end in -é (annoncer → annoncé); learn the irregular ones (faire → fait, prendre → pris, voir → vu). In the negative, ne … pas wraps the auxiliary (n’a pas annoncé). In the news it reports facts that have already happened, such as “announced” or “voted”.

Les investisseurs se sont reportés sur les obligations, et le rendement du Trésor américain à 10 ans a baissé de 11 points de base à 5,02 %.

The passé composé of a pronominal verb (se + verb) always uses être as auxiliary (il s’est diffusé / elles se sont réunies). Se changes with the subject: me, te, se, nous, vous. The past participle usually agrees with the subject in gender and number.

Son bénéfice par action ajusté était de 0,48 $ contre 0,44 $ attendu, mais son chiffre d’affaires de 28,05 milliards de dollars était légèrement inférieur aux 28,13 milliards attendus.

The imparfait describes states, background, habits and actions in progress in the past (il était, elle avait, ils pensaient). Take the nous form of the present, drop -ons, and add -ais / -ais / -ait / -ions / -iez / -aient. If the passé composé gives “the event itself”, the imparfait paints “the situation at the time”.

Les craintes sur l’investissement dans l’IA et sur le coût du capital sont reparties à la hausse : le Nasdaq a perdu 2,6 % et Meta près de 7 %.

The passive means “is done” or “is being done”. It is formed with être + past participle, which agrees with the subject in gender and number (la mesure est adoptée / les mesures sont adoptées). The agent is introduced by par (or de). In the news it is common when the event, rather than the actor, is the focus (est prévu / est annoncé / est connu).

Les semi-conducteurs et les grands acteurs du cloud ont été vendus.

The past passive means “was done”. Its form is present of avoir + été (past participle of être) + past participle. Été does not change, but the last participle agrees with the subject in gender and number (la loi a été votée / les textes ont été votés). It is frequent in news reporting results such as votes, decisions and announcements.

Il ne s’agit ni d’un conseil ni d’une incitation à investir.

A pronominal verb is used with a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous) before the verb. It can mean “do to oneself”, “be done” or “do to each other”. In the news, se traduire (to result in), se tenir (to take place), s’agir de (to be a matter of) and se diffuser (to spread) are frequent. The pronoun changes with the subject (il se tient / ils se tiennent / je me souviens).

Selon Yahoo Finance, le jeudi 22 octobre à Wall Street, le Nasdaq Composite a reculé de 2,6 %.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Certains chiffres sont des chiffres de séance et peuvent différer légèrement des chiffres définitifs.

Put a base-form verb after pouvoir. Peut means “can” or “may”; the conditional pourrait gives a more reserved possibility, “might”. It does not necessarily mean implementation is settled.

Il ne s’agit ni d’un conseil ni d’une incitation à investir.

It explains what something is about: “it is a matter of…”. The il is not a particular man but a formal subject of this construction. The negative il ne s’agit pas de means “this is not about…”.

Les « hyperscalers » sont les grands groupes qui exploitent d’immenses clouds.

Qui continues a description of the person or thing just mentioned (“the one that does…”). Because qui is itself the subject of the next verb, do not repeat the subject. The verb agrees with the noun qui refers to.

Cet article s’appuie sur le suivi en direct de Yahoo Finance pour la séance du 22 octobre.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

ヤフー・ファイナンスによると、22日（木）のニューヨーク市場で、ナスダック総合指数は2.6％下落しました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

年金や投資信託にも、間接的に響く可能性があります。

These forms say something may happen. Even when “possibility” is written, it does not mean it will certainly happen. Check whose forecast it is, plus the time and conditions.

投資の判断や助言ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

「資本コスト（資金調達のコスト）」は、お金を集めるために、かかる費用です。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

投資家は、2026年の投資が減る一方で、2027年と2028年に、ロボットや自動運転タクシーなどに、より多く使う計画を、重く見ました。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

22日のニューヨーク株式市場で、ハイテク株が大きく下げました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.