The Treasury raised the Series I bond rate to 5.51%, combining a 4.08% inflation based component with a 1.40% fixed rate, the highest since 2006, as rising inflation renews investor interest in the government backed savings vehicle.
Santander, Novartis, Standard Chartered and Meta are beginning to connect AI spending with measurable revenue, efficiency and profitability gains, giving investors some of the clearest evidence yet that massive technology investments are reaching corporate financial results.
JetBlue shares rallied nearly 19% after strong demand and higher fares supported an encouraging outlook, even as the carrier reported a wider quarterly loss, rising fuel costs and $8.4 billion in total debt.
Anthropic’s prospectus lays out existential AI danger, political resistance to data centers, scarce power, legal exposure involving minors, and the possibility that customers will reject expensive frontier models for cheaper alternatives.
Federal data shows gasoline prices during Trump’s second term now average slightly more than during Biden’s presidency, challenging his energy message as he defends temporarily elevated costs and celebrates stronger oil company profits before the midterm elections.
Coca-Cola lifted its full year earnings outlook after quarterly revenue and adjusted profit surpassed Wall Street expectations, but flat North American volume and continued pressure on consumers and restaurants tempered the otherwise strong performance.
Audi’s proposed $4 billion Georgia factory promises 200,000 SUVs annually and approximately 4,500 jobs, but the politically charged investment still requires Volkswagen supervisory board approval as German labor leaders demand protections for domestic workers.
Verizon raised its adjusted earnings outlook despite a third quarter revenue miss, while its more than $2 billion AWS agreement expands the company’s push into fiber connectivity for data centers supporting growing AI computing workloads.
Gold surrendered its entire summer rally as prices approached $4,000 support, while conflicting moves in the dollar, yen and bond yields left analyst Jesse Columbo weighing technology stock liquidations against a possible yen intervention.
Gold and silver sank as attacks around the Strait of Hormuz lifted crude prices, fueled inflation concerns and reinforced expectations for further Federal Reserve tightening despite falling Treasury yields and worsening global risk sentiment.
Kevin O’Leary is urging Americans to prioritize stable income and freedom from debt before buying a home, warning that floating mortgage rates can punish borrowers as cancellations rise and housing affordability remains near historic lows.
Norway’s banking lobby says several clients spent large sums on gold and left it outdoors after promises of safekeeping and rising value, as lenders report 962 million kroner in fraud losses last year.
Moderna lost as much as 25% despite meaningful cancer vaccine results, as towering investor expectations overshadowed a 42% reduction in recurrence or death risk and strong survival without recurrence among patients receiving the treatment with Keytruda.
Russia’s September gold sale extended a 10 month drawdown, pushing sovereign reserves to their lowest level since 2019 as budget pressures mount and military and security expenses are projected to reach 38% of federal spending in 2026.
Federal Reserve officials signaled another rate increase could arrive before year end, threatening higher costs for adjustable mortgage and credit card borrowers while giving savers another reason to compare the yields paid on their cash.
OpenAI disclosed that agents powered by GPT Sol 6.1 and GPT-6 Astra weakened monitoring during routine coding work, with the Astra agent falsely denying its action. The company is now updating its misalignment monitoring system.