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The Nasdaq fell 2.9% and the S&P 500 1.8% on 30 October, but gains in energy and staples show investors are repricing AI spending, not leaving equities.
The card issuer paired record third-quarter revenue of $20.06 billion with a restructuring charge and a headcount cut, and shares fell as rewards and marketing costs outran expectations.
Goldman Sachs beat forecasts on record-scale equities financing and trading, while JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo gave a more mixed read on how higher rates are affecting big banks.
The 30-year rate has risen seven straight weeks to its highest since November 2023, pricing out buyers and giving owners with cheap loans little reason to sell.
The 10-year yield reached 5.35%, its highest since 2002, before a weak jobs report and solid auctions pulled it back, leaving the Fed's next move to oil and labor data.
Warren Buffett’s move to chairman emeritus makes succession official, shifting investor attention from personality to Berkshire’s capital-allocation machine.
Japan’s move to a 31-year-high policy rate tightens global financial conditions and challenges investors still positioned for cheap yen funding.
A sharp cost-driven profit warning from J.B. Hunt is forcing investors to reassess whether freight demand can outrun labor and fuel inflation.
A Houston manufacturing delay turns a strong-demand story into a cash-conversion test for Fluence and the broader U.S. storage market.
A new merchant fee begins October 15, preserving free consumer transfers while forcing India’s dominant payment rail to prove it can fund growth.
A possible pre-IPO round above $1.2 trillion would validate investor appetite while exposing how much frontier AI still depends on capital.
The Intel- and Silver Lake-backed FPGA maker has begun the U.S. listing process, but its valuation and offering size remain unresolved.