Nvidia Falls After CEO Scandal; AMD Surges, Sable Offshore Collapses

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The clip captures a sharp market reaction to two very different stories: Nvidia's share plunge after public allegations that the chief executive had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy and subsequent probes, and a sharp rally in AMD tied to upgrades and fresh cloud wins. Those headlines explain the intraday flips, fear around governance and national-security scrutiny hit Nvidia while AMD benefited from renewed revenue visibility and an analyst upgrade that traders rewarded immediately. The Sable Offshore collapse underscores how quickly a single customer stoppage can wipe out equity value in small producers.