US stocks saw a strong rebound from the Wednesday selloff induced by the FOMC meeting/presser, which led to a notable steepening in the Treasury curve. Tech surged over 5%, supported by better-than-expected Microsoft (MSFT +15.5%) earnings (strong Azure & Copilot growth), leaving shares having their best day in around 18 years. Multiple industries related to AI gained today: VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH, +6.9%), Roundhill Memory (DRAM +16.7%), Roundhill Mag-7 (MAGS +2.1%), Industrials (XLI +1.0). Samsung Electronics, Lam Research (LRCX), and ARM (ARM) posted earnings beats, helping sentiment in the space. On the flip side, Meta (META) was behind the Communications…

