boom

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Investors were also turned off by energy stocks’ poor returns during the U.S. shale boom, when companies gave priority to growth over profits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The data-center boom today is driven by the construction of large properties for training and operating artificial intelligence, or so-called hyperscale data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He named the Trump administration’s signature tax and spending bill, the Fed’s monthly purchases of Treasury bills, deregulation, and the boom in capital spending on artificial intelligence as four “tailwinds” that could support asset prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

At first they made money from illegal logging and plantations, later benefitting from a speculative property boom in the cities fuelled by Chinese investors.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

When I come back to earth, my palms slap against the ground, a tremendous boom shaking everything around me.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray