1019 | Rates, Deals and the AI Trade

A fast tour of today's markets: Fed and global rate expectations, a busy day in bond and M&A land, the tech-and-AI trade from Apple to Anthropic, and the commodity story from natural gas to copper, plus global snapshots from Hong Kong to Paris.

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1014 | Hot Inflation, Energy Shock, and the Deals Radar

Hot inflation data reshapes Fed expectations and market bets, energy shocks rattle global supply, corporate dealmaking and private-credit stress take center stage, and headlines from tech, banks, and Washington round out a busy day.

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1012 | Oil, Yields and Earnings: A News Day Rundown

A walk through a crowded news day: rising oil and bond yields reshaping markets, a busy bank earnings week, central bank policy and rates, the war in Ukraine and Saudi attacks, big corporate and AI moves, and a few consumer stories — plus why parenting tech anxiety may be easier than you think.

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1009 | Rate Shock Beneath the AI Rally

Bonds warn while AI stocks celebrate: we unpack the rate shock, forced Treasury selling, and what it means for your money — from 401(k)s to retirement reform, airlines, oil, housing-adjacent costs, SpaceX vs. telecoms, and the AI economy.

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1002 | Jobs Miss, Fuel Release, and a Week of Market Shocks

A soft September jobs report shakes rate expectations, the G7 taps emergency diesel stocks, France's bond crisis deepens, and companies from Paramount to Nike make big moves. A quick tour of the day's economics, markets, and business news.

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0930 | Markets at a Crossroads: Bonds, AI Bets, and Big Deals

This episode follows the market's inflation-era bond selloff and its sharp reversal in munis, the AI trade's bull-and-bear split plus Micron's surge, big corporate financing and deals from Paramount to Hertz, AI regulation and safety probes in Washington, and consumer and policy stories shaping household spending.

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0929 | Fed Watch, AI Frenzy, and Money Moves: Today's Market Rundown

From the Fed's inflation report and record-low consumer confidence to Nvidia's huge buyback, Paramount's mega-bond deal, Canada's investment surge and the prediction market boom — a tour of the market-moving headlines, plus practical money news for families and investors.

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0928 | Yields, AI Deals and a Squeezed Consumer

From record Nvidia buybacks and a wave of AI dealmaking to soaring bond yields, Iran oil tensions, and a strained consumer, we break down the stories moving markets and business this week.

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0925 | Yields, Summits, and Sewers: The Week That Shook Markets

A fast tour of the week's biggest stories: Treasury yields at multi-decade highs and what that means for your wallet, the Trump-Xi summit's spectacle over substance, the Iran conflict rattling oil markets, the AI race from Microsoft's Copilot revamp to Anthropic's Pentagon blacklisting, AI's growing grip on hiring and Hollywood, a look at global politics and security, health and money news, and the East Coast storm. Plus a few strange headlines along the way.

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0924 | Yields Surge, Diesel Spikes, and Markets Brace

A bond-market rout pushes 30-year Treasury yields to two-decade highs, rattling stocks, loans, and the Fed's next move just as oil and record diesel prices stoke inflation fears. We connect those pressures to the Trump-Xi summit, the fight over AI policy, and a busy day of company news.

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0922 | AI Rally, Rate Risks and a Perilous World: Markets Head Into October

Wall Street sits near record highs even as investors grow nervous about AI disruption, elevated rates, and trade and war risks. We break down the AI trade winners and losers, the Fed's inflation fight and what it means for bonds and the market, oil and the US–Iran standoff, Washington at the UN ahead of the midterms, the IPO and dealmaking pipeline, and the day's notable stock moves.

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0921 | Oil Diplomacy, AI Chip Frenzy and a Big Week of Deals

Oil slips on US-Iran diplomacy while Russia extends its diesel export ban, chipmakers rally on Meta's new AI agent, and we check in on crypto, ETFs, a wave of dealmaking, and the week's politics from the UN to the White House press fight.

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0918 | Rates Rise, Ripples Spread: Markets, Missteps and Main Street Millions

A faster-moving Fed, a firmer dollar, and wobbling investor sentiment set the scene, while a fresh report faults the Fed's own oversight of Silicon Valley Bank. Then we turn to corporate shake-ups — from Volkswagen to Buffett — and the fight for AI supremacy ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, before closing on consumer trends and the stories hiding in plain sight.

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0917 | Fed Hike Fallout: From Treasuries to Tokenized Stocks

The Fed raises rates for the first time in three years — we follow the shock through Treasuries, munis, leveraged loans and Citigroup's record bond sale, then pivot to AI safety warnings, tokenized stocks, chip and data-center demand, oil and the Iran war, and close with Fukuyama, volleyball and the week's offbeat headlines.

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