Caterpillar Plunges As Earnings Beat Fails To Soothe AI Jitters
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Caterpillar’s stock dropping despite an earnings beat shows how tightly heavy equipment names are now coupled to AI-infra narratives—investors want proof their machines are feeding the data center buildout. If you sell into construction or power, be ready to articulate your AI-infra exposure on every earnings call and enterprise pitch.
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