Wall Street Rally: AI Infrastructure & Geopolitics
Wall Street's History-Making Rally: AI Infrastructure Spending and Geopolitical Detente Drive Records Three Major Indices, One Historic Day On May 30, 2026, all three major U.S. stock indices closed at all-time highs simultaneously — a feat not seen since 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.72% to 51,032.46, the S&P 500 gained 0.22% to 7,580.06, and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.20% to reach 26,972.62. Remarkably, the S&P 500 has now risen for nine consecutive weeks — its longest winning streak since December 2023. Two powerful forces are driving this rally: an unprecedented surge in AI infrastructure investment and a meaningful reduction in geopolitical risk. In my assessment, the convergence of these two catalysts — one structural and long-term, the other cyclical and sentiment-driven — is what makes this market environment different from the narrow tech rallies we saw in 2023 and 2024. Kim Sung-ryul, an analyst at Korea Investment & Securities,...