The Batton cases are among those filed by homebuyers and have remained in litigation, even as suits from homesellers wound down.

Those who understand emerging markets will be the ones clients trust, Blake O'Shaughnessy writes, while those focused only on legacy luxury markets risk missing where demand is actually forming.

U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%.

Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions.

Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown.