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Economy
MAJOR
Oct 186 min read
Fed Rate Hike Odds Hit 45% After Hot September CPI
September CPI rose 3.7% from a year earlier, lifting Fed rate hike odds for the Oct. 27-28 meeting to 45% and pushing the 10-year Treasury yield above 5.3%.
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Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 186 min read
Brent Crude Hits $110 as Houthi Strikes Hit Saudi Arabia
Brent crude oil price reached $110 on Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, its highest since May, reviving inflation fears and weighing on Wall Street stocks.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 186 min read
CoreWeave (CRWV) Debt Fears Hit AI Stocks in 2026
CoreWeave (CRWV) shares fell about 25% this week as credit default swaps topped 1,000 basis points, putting its $51 billion AI debt load under scrutiny.
Markets
MAJOR
Oct 186 min read
Chip Stocks: 8-Day Slide Erases Over $1 Trillion
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's eight-session slide, its longest since 2008, erased over $1 trillion and gave the Nasdaq its worst week since June.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 165 min read
Trump Says Nuclear Talks Under Way With China, Russia
President Trump says Washington is discussing denuclearization with Beijing and Moscow, ahead of a Xi-Trump meeting at next month's APEC summit in Shenzhen.
Technology
NOTABLE
Oct 165 min read
Google Willow Cuts Quantum Errors 40-Fold, Bitcoin Safe
Google's Willow chip cut quantum errors 40-fold in a Science paper, reviving Bitcoin Q-Day fears, though no machine can break Bitcoin's encryption today.
Policy & Regulation
MAJOR
Oct 165 min read
MSTR Slides as MSCI Finalizes Non-Operating Company Rules
MSTR fell 3% to 4% after MSCI finalized rules that could remove Strategy and other bitcoin-treasury firms from its indexes, with $2.8B in outflows at stake.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 165 min read
Ericsson (ERIC) Stock Jumps 11% on Q3 2026 Earnings Beat
Ericsson shares rose as much as 11% on Q3 2026 results, with network sales driving a SEK 10.1 billion EBITA beat, though component costs threaten 2027 margins.
Markets
NOTABLE
Oct 164 min read
SpaceX (SPCX) Target Raised to $275 on Compute Growth
Evercore ISI lifted its SpaceX (SPCX) target to $275 from $230 as faster compute growth lifts 2027 and 2029 forecasts; shares trade near $150 premarket.
Technology
SEISMIC
Oct 165 min read
Anthropic Q3 2026 Revenue Hits $16.8B Ahead of IPO
Anthropic reported $16.8B in Q3 2026 revenue, up 45% on the quarter, with adjusted profit and positive cash flow, as its IPO roadshow nears the week of Nov. 9.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 166 min read
Iran Tells Hezbollah to Raise Readiness as Oil Tops $105
Iran has told Hezbollah to raise combat readiness as Washington weighs the MOAB bomb, keeping Brent above $105 and Gulf oil supply under growing threat.
Markets
NOTABLE
Oct 165 min read
Nike Stock Jumps 5% as AI Rotation Lifts the Dow
Nike (NKE) rose about 5% on Thursday, leading the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher as investors rotated out of AI stocks and into cheaper consumer names.
Policy & Regulation
NOTABLE
Oct 165 min read
US-Mexico Tariff Deal Stalls Over Lutnick Objections
A US-Mexico tariff deal has stalled after Lutnick opposed deep cuts to the 25% auto and 50% steel and aluminum duties, while Mexico says talks still advance.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 167 min read
Houthis Hit Aramco Building as EU-Gulf Summit Is Delayed
Houthi strikes on a Saudi Aramco office in Dhahran pushed the EU-Gulf summit off its October 24 date and dragged Gulf stocks lower, with Brent near $105.
Economy
MAJOR
Oct 165 min read
Warsh Declines to Signal October Fed Rate Hike
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh declined to signal an October fed rate hike after hot PPI data, and traders cut the odds of a move this month to about 15% from over 25%.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 165 min read
SK Hynix, Samsung Tumble in AI Stocks Rout; KOSPI Reels
SK Hynix fell 11% and Samsung 9% as the KOSPI dropped over 7%, with AI stocks hit by rate and inflation fears before Asian chipmakers rebounded Friday.
Technology
NOTABLE
Oct 164 min read
Tesla Roadster Unveiled With SpaceX Thrusters Ahead of Q3
Tesla unveiled its long-delayed Roadster with SpaceX gas thrusters as TSLA slides toward Oct. 21 Q3 earnings and an NHTSA robotaxi probe clouds the outlook.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 165 min read
Netflix (NFLX) Cuts 1,000 Jobs Ahead of Q3 Earnings
Netflix (NFLX) is cutting about 1,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, its largest layoff since 2022, less than a week before third-quarter earnings on Oct. 20.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 166 min read
US Weighs Easing Shadow Fleet Tanker Sanctions
The Trump administration is weighing sanctions relief for shadow fleet tankers to curb record freight rates, days after a Russian diesel sanctions waiver.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 166 min read
IEA to Release 20 Million Barrels of Emergency Diesel
The IEA will release over 20 million barrels of emergency diesel and speed up March's record stock draw, but the volume covers under one day of global demand.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 166 min read
Ukraine Hits Ryazan Refinery, Ending Energy Strike Pause
Ukraine struck Rosneft's Ryazan refinery after a three-day pause, as Zelenskiy said "we're done" and called the US withdrawal of intelligence sharing dangerous.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 164 min read
CoreWeave (CRWV) Rebounds 6% After Record Swap Spike
CoreWeave stock rebounded about 6% Thursday after a 15% Wednesday plunge, as Nvidia's Jensen Huang ruled out a backstop and credit swaps hit a record.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 166 min read
Alcoa Q3 2026: EPS Beat Lifts AA Shares 2% After Hours
Alcoa (AA) rose about 2% after hours on Q3 adjusted EPS of $1.82 versus $1.47 expected, while Interactive Brokers and J.B. Hunt slipped 1-2% on Oct. 15.
Markets
MAJOR
Oct 166 min read
Stock Market Today: Dow Gains 1% as Money Leaves AI Trade
Wall Street's Dow industrials average rose 1.08% on Thursday as investors rotated out of AI and chip stocks after hot CPI and PPI inflation readings.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 155 min read
Schwab Q3 2026 Earnings: Record Revenue, Stock Slips
Charles Schwab posted record Q3 2026 revenue of $7.2 billion and $190 billion in new client assets, but SCHW shares fell after guidance pointed to the low end of ranges.
Technology
NOTABLE
Oct 154 min read
Character.AI Files Chapter 11 as Disney Bids $20M
Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 on Oct. 12 with Disney opening bidding at $20M for a perpetual IP license; the platform winds down if no buyer emerges.
Technology
MAJOR
Oct 154 min read
Proofpoint to Buy Varonis for $6.3B in Cash
Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint will pay $49.75 a share for cybersecurity firm Varonis, a 52% premium to its pre-rumor price, with closing expected in the first half of 2027.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 156 min read
GFS Pride Sinking Deepens Hormuz Shipping Crisis
The GFS Pride sank in the Strait of Hormuz and a second Singapore-flagged ship was hit, pushing Brent near $106 weeks before the US midterm elections.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Oct 156 min read
Pentagon MOAB Plan for Iran Raises Escalation Fears
The Pentagon has drawn up options to use the 21,600-pound MOAB on Iranian nuclear and energy sites, lifting escalation risk and oil prices in the six-month war.
Business & Earnings
NOTABLE
Oct 154 min read
Walmart (WMT) Gains 2% on Deutsche Bank Upgrade to Buy
Walmart (WMT) rose more than 2% after Deutsche Bank upgraded the retailer to Buy, citing margin gains from advertising, membership and automation into 2027.