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MRKT Matrix - Monday, August 10th S&P 500 is little changed as traders await possible Hormuz deal, Intel shares fall (CNBC) A short history of valuing stocks (FT) Wall Street giants partner with Nvidia on $500bn AI financing deal (FT) Intel plans $15 billion stock offering as AI demand accelerates (CNBC) The Buyers of AI Are Still Waiting for the Payoff (Apollo) Private Credit Is Under Growing Str...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, August 7th S&P 500 rises as it wraps up banner week with traders seeing bright side of dismal jobs report (CNBC) Bank of America says bullishness highest since 2021. So it’s time to bail on ‘risk assets’ (CNBC) BlackRock’s Rieder Sees AI Helping Buoy GDP Even as Hiring Slows (Bloomberg) Lethargic Wage Growth Recalls the Painful Post-2008 Job Market (Bloomberg) Garbage-Truck M...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, August 6th S&P 500 falls as traders monitor Iran (CNBC) Kevin Warsh to stick with lean Fed messaging despite market backlash (FT) Mortgage Rates in US Increase to 6.69%, Highest Since July 2025 (Bloomberg) Scott Bessent’s Yen Trade Has Unintended Consequences for the Markets (WSJ) Alphabet Set to Raise $25 Billion From Sought-After Bond Sale (Bloomberg) SpaceX stock could f...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, August 5th S&P 500 is flat as 4-day rally loses momentum; Dow boosted by Nvidia (CNBC) Employers are hiring less but paying more (Axios) Google Overhauls AI Leadership as Longtime Chief Scientist Joins Wave of Exits (WSJ) Microsoft’s AI Sales Mostly Come From OpenAI, Disclosures Show (Bloomberg) Meta debuts first AI coding agent to take on Anthropic and OpenAI (CNBC) Lisa...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, August 4th Dow leaps 1,000 points fueled by earnings, hopes for Hormuz Strait deal; S&P 500 hits record (CNBC) Nasdaq advancing volume reaches nearly 80% and NYSE almost 70% Tuesday (CNBC) The AI Boom Is Transforming the American Economy Beyond Recognition (WSJ) Blackstone Has Pitched Mega Debt Package for Anthropic Chip Deal (Bloomberg) Anthropic Inks $10 Billion Computing...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, August 3rd Stocks rally, fueled by gains in Big Tech and a drop in oil prices (CNBC) Trump says Exxon and Chevron made ‘too much money’ off high oil prices during Iran conflict: ‘I don’t like it’ (CNBC) The Worries That Drove Uncle Sam to Buy Yen (WSJ) The message beneath the yen intervention (Axios) How to Play the Flood of AI Bonds ⁠(WSJ)⁠ A digital iron curtain is threaten...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, July 31st S&P 500 closes higher Friday as Amazon surges; Dow posts fourth straight winning month ⁠(CNBC) Fed officials who voted to hike rates say action is needed now against inflation (CNBC) S&P 500 Reporting Highest Net Profit Margin in More Than 15 Years (FactSet) Exxon and Chevron profits surge on rising oil prices due to Iran war (CNBC) Dwindling cash and soaring memory...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 30th Dow rallies 600 points, Nasdaq soars nearly 3% in tech-fueled recovery (CNBC) Microsoft adds record $480bn in market cap as results cheer investors (FT) Meta Reports Almost $700 Billion in Future Spending Commitments (Bloomberg) Banks in Talks to Lend $15 Billion for Anthropic Data Center Backed by Google (WSJ) DeepSeek Is Developing Massive AI Data Center in Inne...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 29th Dow drops 1,100 points for worst day since April 2025 on fear the Fed is falling behind on inflation (CNBC) Fed Holds Rates, Three Officials Dissent Favoring a Hike (Bloomberg) Key Takeaways From Fed Decision to Hold Rates Steady (Bloomberg) CDS Market Surges as Wall Street Picks AI’s Winners and Losers (Bloomberg) CoreWeave Boosts Yield on $2.6 Billion Loan Tied...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, July 28th Dow rallies 600 points, boosted by strong earnings and a steep decline in oil (CNBC) Kevin Warsh Wanted a ‘Good Family Fight’ at the Fed. He’s Getting One. (WSJ) Productivity is booming — but AI may not be the reason (Axios) Visa is cutting 7% of employees in efficiency push as AI reshapes work (CNBC) UPS Investors Are Worried About a Labor Deal Two Years Away (Blo...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, July 27th Dow closes more than 250 points higher, aided by cooling oil prices (CNBC) JPMorgan Sees S&P 500 Poised to Rally as New Buy Signal Flashes (Bloomberg) Traders Are Getting a New Tool to Wager on the Biggest US Stocks (Bloomberg) The ETF Crazy Train Is Picking Up Speed (WSJ) Nvidia in Talks to Back OpenAI Lease of $500 Billion Data Center (Bloomberg) Big Companies Are...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, July 24th Stocks mixed on Iran angst, mounting chip stock losses (CNBC) Megacap earnings and Fed meeting could test a market on edge next week. Here’s what’s ahead (CNBC) $890 Billion Tech Wipeout Puts Focus on Runaway AI Spending (WSJ) Intel rides AI boom to fastest revenue growth in almost 15 years, but shares sink (CNBC) Amex Expenses Surge 12% as Marketing Costs for Cards...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 23rd Dow drops 500 points as Brent crude surges above $100; Alphabet and Tesla tank (CNBC) Magnificent 7 Loses $767 Billion as AI Skeptics Dump Tech Stocks (Bloomberg) The Metric Spooking Investors in Tesla’s and Google’s Earnings (WSJ) US Mortgage Rates Rise, Extending Gains for Third Straight Week (Bloomberg) US Initial Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since 1969...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 22nd S&P 500 is little changed as traders monitor rising oil prices, gear up for more earnings (CNBC) The trade-offs of a quieter Fed chief ⁠(Axios)⁠ US 30-Year Yield Raises Alarm in Longest Run Above 5% Since 2007 (Bloomberg) Tesla Stock at ‘Inflection Point’ as Traders Seek AI Credibility (Bloomberg) AMD to invest up to $5bn in Anthropic in chip deal (FT) Google Was...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, July 21st Dow pops 300 points boosted by earnings; chipmakers rise (CNBC) Bessent says U.S. could sanction China over AI model ‘theft’ (CNBC) Greer hints new Trump tariffs coming on dozens of countries: ‘Expect action soon’ (CNBC) China’s Moonshot in Talks on Pre-IPO Funds at $50 Billion Value (Bloomberg) Top American AI Execs Sound Alarm on Chinese Models (WSJ) Nvidia detai...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, July 20th S&P 500 closes slightly lower on Monday, weighed down by rising oil prices (CNBC) Chinese AI Sensation Moonshot’s Gamble on Big Models Pays Off (Bloomberg) What to Know About the Chinese AI Models Rattling U.S. Stocks (WSJ) The AI revolution takes on the world’s most cyclical industry (FT) Google Shares Gain on Report of Chip to Boost AI Efficiency (Bloomberg) AMD l...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, July 17th S&P 500 falls 1%, heads for losing week, led by chipmakers; Netflix plunges (CNBC) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update: July 17, 2026 (FactSet) Russia roils global market for diesel (Axios) Economic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey finds (CNBC) The Inside Story of IBM’s Shocking Profit Warning (WSJ) IBM’s Warning Is a ‘Hammer’ Slamming Down o...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 16th Dow falls 200 points, tech selling picks up as chip stocks and Alphabet decline (CNBC) US Launches New Strikes on Iran as Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls (Bloomberg) Google Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal Goals (Bloomberg) Here’s why the housing market is hurting so much this summer (CNBC) Trump suspends teleprompter operator over Kalshi bets a...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 15th Stocks rise on Big Tech gains, encouraging inflation signs (CNBC) 1 big thing: Top economists' AI warning (Axios) Anthropic Plans IPO Investor Meetings as Mega-Listing Nears (Bloomberg) Wall Street banks are AI stocks now (FT) Warren Buffett on the market today: ‘It’s tough to find values when everybody is preferring gambling’ (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newslett...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, July 14th S&P 500 gains after light inflation data, bounce in chip stocks (CNBC) ‘We Faltered’: IBM Plunges Most Since 1968 on Sales Miss (Bloomberg) Wall Street banks smash records on stock trading boom (FT) Big Banks’ Profits Surge After a Red-Hot Quarter on Wall Street (WSJ) US CPI Falls for the First Time Since 2020, Core Gauge Flat (Bloomberg) Warsh Tells Congress the F...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, July 13th Stocks drop after Trump reimposes Strait of Hormuz blockade, SK Hynix leads chip stocks lower (CNBC) Wall Street Banks Set to Pull In Almost $39 Billion From Trading (Bloomberg) Think the S&P 500 Looks Cheap? Read the Fine Print (WSJ) Top Federal Reserve official warns ‘hot’ inflation could trigger rate rise (FT) Businesses brace for years of inflation as new costs...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, July 10th S&P 500 rises as index heads for winning week (CNBC) Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Over But Talks on Deal to Continue (Bloomberg) Meet SK Hynix, the trillion-dollar South Korean chipmaker debuting on U.S. markets (CNBC) SK Hynix CEO Expects Memory Crunch to Last Into Next Decade (Bloomberg) Secretive China Chipmaker Is Built to Dodge US Curbs (Bloomberg) Trump Says He W...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, July 9th Stocks gain as chipmakers rise, oil prices fall (CNBC) Micron Boosts US Spending to $250 Billion to Feed Memory Boom (Bloomberg) The SK Hynix ADR listing is coming Friday. What it means for U.S. memory stocks (CNBC) Zuckerberg Pledges ‘Aggressive’ Pricing With Meta’s First Pay-to-Use AI (Bloomberg) Five Bank Earnings in a Day Has Even Mike Mayo Skipping the Gym (Bl...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, July 8th Dow tumbles 500 points as oil jumps with Trump saying attacks on Iran to continue (CNBC) Dollar Gets Safe-Haven Flows as US-Iran Ceasefire Under Threat (Bloomberg) Fed meeting minutes to show ‘family fight’ over rates. The squabble could drag on for a while (CNBC) China Plans to Let Top AI Firms Buy Limited Amount of Nvidia H200 Chips (The Information) Blue Origin...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, July 7th Dow falls back below 53,000, Nasdaq loses 1% as chip stocks tank, oil spikes (CNBC) The bond market's new bet on interest rates (Axios) SK Hynix US Listing Said to Be Multiple Times Oversubscribed (Bloomberg) Traders Are Dumping Tech Bonds to Make Room for Amazon Debt Deal (Bloomberg) Microsoft Replaces OpenAI, Anthropic With Own AI in Some Apps (Bloomberg) JPMorgan...