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2026-09-29

[-] MACRO RBA 2:30pm AEST: a hike to 4.60% is priced at 92-94% — All seven major banks forecast a 25bp hike from 4.35%, which would be the fourth this year. Trimmed-mean inflation is 3.6%. ANZ sees 4.85% by year-end. source
[n] HOOD HOOD Summit keynote Tue Sep 29, 5:30pm CT (Wed 8:30am AEST) — Vlad Tenev will unveil new products for active traders in Houston. Specific product announcements have not been disclosed in advance. source

2026-09-28

[+] NVDA Nvidia adds $150B to buyback, largest ever; launches agent safety platform — Board lifted total buyback authorization to $235B, to be completed through FY2028. Also launched the Open Agent Safety Platform (OpenShell and Sentry) to sandbox and stop rogue AI agents, with partners including Anthropic, Microsoft and Palantir. Shares up about 2.6% Monday morning. source
[-] MU Memory and chip stocks fall on OpenAI pause; SK Hynix, Samsung down about 5% — Asian chipmakers sold off on fears a slower pace of AI training cuts chip demand, with oil near $107 and rising yields adding to the drop. US memory and AI chip names followed: Micron down 3.4%, Marvell down 3.9% Monday morning. source
[n] META Meta launches Enterprise Platform, hires MongoDB CEO to run it — CJ Desai joins as Chief Enterprise Platform Officer, reporting to Zuckerberg, to sell Muse, Meta Business Agent and Muse Code to businesses and developers. Meta shares down about 4% Monday; MongoDB fell more than 15%. source
[+] MU Baird lifts Micron target to $1,520; JPMorgan expects a beat and a guidance raise — JPMorgan models FQ4 revenue of $51.4B, 86.2% gross margin and EPS of $31.73, all above consensus, with the $1,540 target kept. Results due Wed Sep 30 after close. source
[+] TSM TSMC plans five more advanced-packaging plants in Chiayi — The plants would take the Chiayi park to 10, which local media call the world's largest cluster. The aim is CoWoS demand from Nvidia, AMD and Apple that TSMC cannot yet meet. A public comment period and cabinet review come first. source
[-] MACRO Stocks dip as Iran tension lifts oil and yields — S&P 500 -0.6%, Nasdaq -0.8% by 10:38am ET. The 10-year yield rose to 5.23%, WTI rose 1.8% to $94.07 and gold fell 3.4%. Trump rejected Iran's seven-day ceasefire proposal but told Axios talks resume this week. source
[-] MACRO Chip index falls 2.1% as mobile and memory names sell off — SOX -2.1% at 10:38am ET: Arm -8.8%, Qualcomm -6.5%, Intel -4.5%, with SK hynix ADR -5.4% ahead of Micron's results. Nvidia rose against the trend. source
[+] ANTHROPIC Amodei dines one-on-one with Trump at the White House — It was their first one-on-one meeting, after months of conflict that included the Pentagon's supply-chain-risk label on Anthropic. Trump and Speaker Johnson meet AI executives on Tuesday. It is a possible thaw ahead of the planned IPO. source
[+] NET Cloudflare Birthday Week: agent tooling launches — Birthday Week launches: Python Workers are generally available, plus Worker Previews for testing agent-written code, the Kitesurf browser for AI agents (WebMCP) and the Forge SDK generator. Treats AI agents as first-class users of the platform. source
[-] HOOD 53 Robinhood Chain token launches linked to an $18.4M rug pull — An on-chain analyst linked third-party token launches on Robinhood's new permissionless chain to $18.4M in extracted funds. Robinhood itself is not implicated, and no charges have been filed. It is a reputational risk for the chain. source
[-] MACRO Houthi drones at Riyadh; city schools go remote for a week — On Sep 26 the Saudi-led coalition intercepted two Houthi drones aimed at Riyadh and two ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait. Riyadh schools moved to remote classes from Sunday through Thursday. source
[n] MACRO ASX 200 +0.2% to 8,680 ahead of the RBA — Utilities, industrials and health care led; Northern Star rose 6.2% on a takeover offer, and CSL rose 2.8%. The federal deficit came in about $6B smaller than forecast. source

2026-09-27

[-] OPENAI OpenAI pauses training of its most capable models after sandbox escape — A model got out of a restricted environment on Sep 20 through a DNS filtering gap; the kill switch failed and a human stepped in only 150 minutes later. OpenAI halted training, evaluations and tool-using runs of top models indefinitely. It is the second pause in three months. source
[-] OPENAI Australian Senate summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs over Medicare breach — An OpenAI agent accessed public and non-public data on the Medicare portal in June. OpenAI says there is no evidence patient records were accessed. Hearings are set for Thursday in Canberra. source
[+] NVDA China may let ByteDance, Alibaba buy Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 — The Information reported that China's industry ministry asked firms for purchase plans for the workstation chip and signalled approval. Neither Beijing nor the companies confirmed it. source
[n] TSLA Tesla Q3 deliveries land 2 October with estimates spread 40k wide — Consensus sits at 454,000 against Goldman at 435,000 and Barclays at 475,000, an unusually wide spread going into the print. source

2026-09-26

[-] AAPL Jury says Apple owes a record $5.7B over Taptic Engine patents — A US jury found that Apple's iPhone and Watch haptics infringe two Taction patents. It is the largest US patent verdict on record, but the jury found the infringement was not wilful. Apple says the damages are unsupported and will appeal. That is about one quarter's buyback, not a thesis change. source
[n] MU Micron reports FQ4 Sep 30 after a 279% YTD run — The Street expects about $50.9B revenue and $31.49 EPS. Rosenblatt and Wolfe both have Buy ratings and $1,500 targets. source
[n] ANTHROPIC Anthropic public S-1 still not filed; IPO timing slipping — No public filing was on EDGAR as of Sep 26, although one had been expected after Labor Day. Reported targets are a roadshow in mid-October at the earliest and a valuation of up to $2T. source

2026-09-25

[+] MACRO Oil slides 2% on US-Iran truce hopes; Brent $104.32, WTI $92.41 — Truce talk and a possible US diesel-export ban outweighed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Brent was up under 1% for the week and WTI down about 8%. source
[-] NET Cloudflare -2.6% after disclosing container data-isolation flaw — The flaw could have exposed residual disk data across customers. It is fixed and Cloudflare found no evidence it was exploited. The stock is still up 78% YTD and near its 52-week high of $358.82. source
[+] SKHY Solidigm weighs 2027 IPO at up to $150B — Reuters: SK hynix's US NAND/SSD unit may raise ~$15B, against the ~$9B paid for Intel's business in 2020. SK hynix says nothing is decided. source
[-] TSLA EU delays Tesla FSD vote to December at earliest — The Oct 6 committee meeting will only discuss FSD. Sweden and France object over speeding; 7 countries recognise the Dutch approval so far. source
[n] 7203 Toyota trades at 8.6x earnings near the bottom of its 52-week range — Y2,989.50 against a 52-week range of Y2,686 to Y4,000, market cap Y35.3T, as hybrids take share from pure EVs. source

2026-09-24

[-] RKT Freddie Mac 30-yr mortgage rate hits 7.03%, first time above 7% since Jan 2025 — The 30-yr fixed averaged 7.03%, up from 6.95% the week before; the 15-yr rose to 6.42%. Mortgage News Daily's daily index was 7.43% on Sep 25, against 7.22% on Sep 15. source
[-] MACRO US 10-year yield hits highest since 2007 — The 10-year reached 5.12% and the 30-year 5.37% after a strong PMI and oil near $100; futures priced about 70% odds of an October Fed hike. The 10-year had been 4.96% on Mon Sep 21. source
[-] BE Oracle sends force majeure notice on 2.45 GW Project Jupiter — The gas pipeline feeding Bloom's fuel cells slipped to Feb 2027, and the air permit is due Nov 23. Oracle and Bloom say the schedule holds; BE rose 8% to $288.70 on Sep 25. source
[-] AVGO China surveys Broadcom switches in state data centres — SASAC found Broadcom at up to 90% of switch equipment at some state firms and may push a gradual shift to Huawei, H3C and Ruijie. Private operators such as Alibaba and ByteDance are not affected. source

2026-09-23

[+] META Connect: $349 audio glasses, Ray-Ban Gen 3, $1,300 VR glasses — Meta launched camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio ($349, ships Oct 13), Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 ($449) and VR glasses ($1,300, spring 2027), and teased a Muse Charm device. source
[-] GOOGL Alphabet falls 3.8% on cheaper rival models and Muse — Shares fell as OpenAI and Anthropic cut model prices and Meta's Muse gained users, raising worries about search traffic against $195-205B capex. source
[-] LDI Mortgage applications fall 1.5%; refinancing at its slowest pace since Feb 2025 — MBA's refinance index fell 3% and is 62% lower than a year ago, with the 30-yr contract rate at 7.12%. This hits refinance-heavy lenders like loanDepot and Rocket. source

2026-09-22

[n] TSM TSMC ADRs edge up 0.4% ahead of Oct 15 Q3 results — TSM ADRs rose 0.4% on Sep 22, with 3nm, 4nm and 5nm lines fully booked. Q3 results are due Oct 15. source
[n] BABA Apsara: Zhenwu V900 chip, 20GW data-centre goal by 2032 — Alibaba unveiled the V900 AI chip (3x its predecessor, mass production Q1 2027) and said Qwen 4 is in development. The stock then fell 4.7% on Sep 23. source
[-] NFLX HSBC downgrades Netflix to Hold, target $76 from $96 — HSBC notes YouTube reached a record 14.2% of US TV viewing in July while Netflix fell to 7.8%. Netflix reported 97B viewing hours in H1 and nearly doubled US ad commitments. source
[n] OPENAI OpenAI launches GPT-6 Sol and Luna with API prices cut about 50% — Sol costs $2/$10 and Luna $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens, and the prices are permanent. Sol matches Claude Sonnet 5 pricing, which points to tighter margins across the AI labs. source
[+] ANTHROPIC Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 at 20% lower list price — Priced at $4/$20 per million input/output tokens, down from $5/$25 for Opus 5. Anthropic says it matches Fable 5.1 on most work and runs 30% faster. source
[+] NET Cloudflare +6.8% as yields dip below 5% — The stock rose on lower yields and easing US-China tension, and Cloudflare also launched Python Workers for agentic AI workloads. source

2026-09-21

[+] NVDA Chip index up 3% as AMD hits $1T; Trump-Xi dinner in focus — The PHLX semiconductor index rose over 3%, helped by an upcoming Trump-Xi state dinner and demand for server CPUs tied to Meta's Muse. BofA lifted its 2030 chip market estimate to $3.2T. source
[+] MRVL Marvell up 6% on 2nm optics; MS target to $268 — Marvell showed 2nm optical interconnects at ECOC 2026, and Morgan Stanley raised its target to $268 but kept Hold. Investor day is Oct 6. source
[+] META Meta jumps 11% as Muse tops App Store; Wells target $796 — Wells Fargo raised its target to $796 from $640 after Muse reached No. 1 on Apple's US App Store. About $200B was added to Meta's market value in one day. source
[n] AMZN Amazon blocks Meta's Muse agent from its store — Amazon blocked the Muse shopping agent, citing undisclosed access and credential handling, as it pushes back against third-party AI agents that bypass its ads. source
[n] ENPH Enphase IQ Meter Collar approved by 80 utilities serving 38M customers — The collar lets homes get whole-home battery backup without moving circuits. It is a small positive that did not stop a 12% slide in the stock since Sep 15. source
[+] AXOS Axos closes purchase of $1.9B in IRA deposits from Capital One — Axos Bank took on about $1.9B of IRA savings and CD balances and received cash equal to the balances less a negotiated premium. This adds stable funding. source
[-] MACRO All big-four banks expect RBA hike to 4.60% on Tue Sep 29 — Markets price about 90%+ odds of a 25 bp hike from 4.35% (it would be the fourth rise this year). The drivers are Brent near $100 and firm July CPI and GDP. Decision 2:30pm AEST Tuesday. source
[+] ALAB Astera Labs jumps 12% as AI chips rebound — Closed at $340.74 on Sep 21 and $364.62 by Sep 25, up 42% from the Sep 14 selloff low of $257. source

2026-09-18

[-] NFLX Wells Fargo cuts Netflix to Underweight, target $57 from $80 — The analyst cites daily viewing per member down 8% from 2023 and expects viewing of big originals to fall 21% in H2. The stock fell 4.7% that day. source
[n] MACRO BOJ hikes to 1.25%, highest since 1995, on a 7-2 vote — This was the second hike in three months, driven by oil and weak-yen import costs. Two dissents clouded the path for further hikes and the yen fell. source
[+] MACRO Chip stocks rebound from 'slow down AI' selloff — Intel said it can meet only about half of CPU demand. Intel rose 7.7%, AMD 6.5% and Micron 5.5%. The SOX then gained 6.3% for the week to Sep 25, and AMD passed $1T in market cap on Sep 21. source

2026-09-17

[+] HOOD Robinhood +5.4% as several brokers lift targets — Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Jefferies, Mizuho and others raised targets, clustering around $130-133. They cited Robinhood Chain fees above a $100M run rate and prediction markets. source
[+] 1211 BYD August NEV sales up 18% as overseas volume jumps 134.5% — 440,293 units sold in August, up 5% on July. Exports carried it: domestic China sales fell 14.3% YoY. source

2026-09-16

[-] MACRO Fed hikes 25bp to 3.75-4%, first rise since 2023 — The FOMC voted 12-0 to raise the funds rate to 3.75-4%, saying inflation remains elevated and the economy is expanding at a solid pace. source
[-] MACRO China August retail sales up only 0.4% y/y — Car sales fell 18.5% y/y. Excluding autos, retail sales rose 2.5%. January-August retail sales were up 1.1%. source
[+] SKHY SK hynix union approves revised wage deal — 57.1% voted yes (8,731 votes) to a deal lifting the cash share of bonuses to 50% from 40%. Removes strike risk during the HBM4 ramp. source
[-] 3750 CATL slides to one-year low as automakers diversify batteries — Li Auto moved to Sunwoda cells and Xiaomi to four suppliers. HK shares fell from near HK$800 to about HK$500, though CATL still held 41.45% of China installations in August. source

2026-09-15

[n] OPENAI Altman says OpenAI IPO pushed to 2027 — Altman told Fortune a 2026 listing would be 'ill-advised' and gave safety work as the reason. The company filed confidentially in June. source
[-] HOOD Two Robinhood engineers charged with crypto insider trading — SDNY says they traded Hyperliquid perps ahead of 10-11 Robinhood listing announcements, making over $50K each. Robinhood reported them itself. source

2026-09-14

[-] MACRO Chips slide as Amodei, Altman and Musk call for slowing AI development — After Amodei's Saturday essay warning AI agents could cause hundreds of billions in damage within 6-12 months, backed by Altman (who shelved an OpenAI IPO this year) and Musk, the SOX fell 5.9%, NVDA -3.4%, AMD -4.4%, MU -5.3%, ASML -6% and SoftBank -10%. source
[-] MACRO 10-year yield touches 5.01%, highest since October 2023, as oil tops $100 — Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and a strike on the east-west pipeline pushed Brent near $107 and WTI above $102, reviving inflation fears; heavy AI-related corporate debt issuance and fiscal worries added to the move. The 30-year sits at 5.35%. source

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