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Crude plunged 7.44% to $96.37 after Trump said there is “no rush” to resume fighting Iran. Oracle (ORCL) fell 8.76% on a $20 billion stock-and-bond raise, and Marvell (MRVL) sank 12.72% on its $115 billion all-stock Lumentum deal. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.39%, ending 10.4% below its October 6 close, while the Dow rose 0.41%. ISM manufacturing beat at 55.5 and GDPNow rose to 3.7%, keeping December hike odds at 76%. Anthropic’s IPO filing showed $895 billion of purchase commitments.
Intel’s 28.58% one-day collapse and Alphabet’s worst session since listing ended a week that began with an AI rally, leaving the Nasdaq 100 down 1.98% while the Russell 2000 gained 1.29%. Meta’s $37.5 billion equity sale, Microsoft’s $25 billion-plus bond deal and Amazon’s $42.4 billion free-cash outflow made AI funding the market’s central question. The Fed held with two dissents for a hike, yet the 10-year yield fell 7.1 bps.
Intel (INTC) plunged 28.58%, dragging AMD down 10.88% and leaving the Nasdaq 100 down 3.46% and 9.1% below its October 6 close. Three Fed presidents argued for more hikes, yet the 10-year yield fell 6.1 bps. Limpet mines hit a Hormuz tanker as Brent rose 1.39% to $112.34. Gold sank 3.63% and silver fell 6.20%, removing a haven. Binance’s $6.3 billion theft drew CFTC fire, and Bitcoin fell 2.50%. Global Payments jumped 12.97% on buyout talk.
Alphabet’s worst day since its 2004 listing (-12.64%) on negative free cash flow erased roughly $500 billion and dragged the Nasdaq 100 down 1.38%, yet four in five S&P 500 stocks rose. Q3 GDP beat at 3.4% and PCE inflation matched at 3.6%; the 10-year fell 11.7 bps to 4.934%. Microsoft launched a $25 billion-plus bond sale. DoorDash (+5.61%) agreed to buy Instacart for $17 billion. CENTCOM briefed Trump on Iran military options; crude ended flat above $100.
The Fed held at 3.75%-4.00%, but Governor Cook and Cleveland’s Hammack dissented for a hike and Warsh refused forward guidance; the 2-year still fell 4.1 bps. SK Hynix says DRAM and HBM are sold out through 2029, lifting Micron 5.86% and Lam 5.39%. Oracle jumped 10.73% after capping new AI fundraising at $20 billion. WTI rose 2.05% to $101.95 on Yemen fighting and Iran strike fears. GDPNow ends Q3 at 3.3%, setting up Thursday’s GDP and PCE.
AMD jumped 5.45% after committing $1 billion to Meta’s equity raise and winning a custom-GPU deployment, leading the Nasdaq 100 up 1.29% and the S&P 500 back above 7,700. Meta fell 1.64% after pricing $37.5 billion of equity and facing a suit over Zuckerberg’s recap. Consumer confidence leapt to 91.7 against an 81 forecast as the FOMC meeting opened. Boeing sank 10.69% after earnings, pinning the Dow to a 0.03% gain. WTI slid 1.55% to $100.18 on Iran’s regional diplomacy.
Anthropic filed its public S-1 for a Nasdaq IPO as ANT, and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.09% as AI hardware led. Meta (META) fell 1.88% on a roughly $35 billion stock offering to fund its AI build-out. The 2-year yield rose 3.0 bps two days before Wednesday’s Fed decision. Lula’s fourth term sank Brazilian assets, with Petrobras (PBR) down 13.99%. WTI fell 1.60% as regional envoys opened talks in Tehran. Tesla (TSLA) jumped 5.21% on a Barclays upgrade.
Houthi strikes on Saudi airports and Aramco sites pushed Brent up 6.3% to $116.62, its highest settle since April. Thursday’s AI-financing scare, set off by Lam Research’s supply-capped guidance (-11.76%) and Meta’s higher spending floor (-6.98%), handed the Nasdaq 100 its worst day since June. Treasuries took the haven bid, the 10-year closing the week below 5% as price pressure built into Wednesday’s Fed decision. CrowdStrike (+13.3%) and Palo Alto (+11.3%) led the gainers.
Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia lifted Brent 3.05% to $116.62, its third straight weekly gain, as UN Ambassador Waltz warned the Iran war could last another year. The Dow fell 1.23% while the Nasdaq 100 finished flat. Flash PMI selling prices rose at the sharpest rate since August 2022 and Michigan year-ahead inflation expectations hit 4.7%, ahead of Wednesday’s Fed decision. CrowdStrike jumped 8.25%, gold slid 1.25%, and Instacart rose about 9% on reported sale talks with Uber and DoorDash.
An AI-hardware rout sank the Nasdaq 100 2.90% and dragged the S&P 500 down 1.21%, yet two of three S&P stocks rose. Lam Research fell 11.76% and GE Vernova lost 10.64%. Treasuries caught a haven bid, cutting the 10-year yield 17.2 bps to 4.951%. Brent jumped 3.73% to $112.88, its highest close since May 4, after Houthi strikes on Saudi targets. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act for domestic oil. Moderna sank 17.57% on leaked Phase 3 melanoma data.
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion plus 15% annual interest; Meta will appeal. Nvidia unveiled capacity deals with six suppliers at GTC Berlin as chipmakers lifted the Nasdaq 100 1.13% on a narrow tape where six of 11 sectors fell. Washington ordered non-emergency staff out of Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate. The EIA crude draw nearly quadrupled forecasts. Mortgage applications fell 5.3% despite lower rates. CrowdStrike jumped 5.26% as leaked PHP flaws lifted cybersecurity stocks.
Housing cracked under 5.1% Treasury yields: September starts fell 5.2% to 1.221M against a 1.30M consensus and pending sales plunged 7.3%. A Reuters poll now has nearly all economists expecting a December Fed hike. Healthcare led a rotation out of tech, lifting the Dow 1.02% to its highest close since September 11, while Brent reversed from a $111.99 intraday high. Anthropic’s draft IPO filing showed $16.3B first-half revenue and ~$450B of cloud commitments. Salesforce agreed to buy Braze; BRZE +51.7%.
Amazon jumped 4.98% after Morgan Stanley named it a Top Pick, and the SMH chip ETF snapped a nine-session slide as the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.17%. Only three of 11 sectors gained: the 10-year yield climbed 5.5 bps to 5.145% and utilities fell 1.86%. Builder confidence hit a 14-year low. Trump waived the Graham Act’s Russia tariffs, and Houthis claimed unverified strikes on Aramco’s Yanbu site. Anthropic is reportedly in talks for about $45 billion more Nscale compute.
An AI-financing scare split the market this week: CoreWeave’s bonds topped a 15% yield, the chip index fell eight straight sessions and the Nasdaq 100 dropped 5.49% while the Dow rose 0.67%. Dell (-22.92%) led the losers as money rotated into Walmart, Coca-Cola and Eli Lilly. Gulf attacks sent WTI up 11.08% to $101.64, and hot CPI and PPI did not stop the 10-year yield falling 15.4 bps.
AI-financing fears sent the Nasdaq 100 down 2.50% to its lowest close since September 16 as CoreWeave sank 12% and the chip index fell for an eighth straight session, its longest streak since 2008. Software followed: PANW -7.63%, PLTR -7.22%, CRWD -7.02%. Brent touched $110 after a missile was intercepted near Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu hub. Import prices rose 1.1% in September, an 8.1% annual pace. Warsh gave no October signal and hold odds rose to 85.1%; the VIX jumped 21%.
Producer prices jumped 1.3% in September, the hottest monthly print since March 2022, yet the 10-year yield fell 10.2 bps to 5.084%. The Dow gained 1.08% to retake 52,000 as the Russell 2000 rose 1.38%, while chips extended a rout nearing $2 trillion since last week — DELL -6.80%. CoreWeave’s credit gauge hit record default odds before Nvidia’s Huang defended it. Retail sales beat, but the control group rose just 0.1%. WTI jumped 2.63% on an 8.6M-barrel crude draw.
Hot September CPI (3.7% vs 3.6% expected, core 2.6%) roughly doubled October rate-hike odds to about 47%, and the Nasdaq 100 fell 2.02%. AI infrastructure cracked: CoreWeave’s bonds topped a 15% yield and its stock sank 15.46%, while Oracle dropped 8.83%. Barclays cut Dell to Equal Weight and it slid 11.27%. Iran admitted new tactics against Hormuz shipping; WTI rose 1.09% to $95.17, its highest close since September 24. Healthcare and staples rallied; RBC swapped tech for health care.
NY Fed Vice Chair Williams sees one more hike this year and none in 2027, a ceiling futures refuse to price, while Boston’s Collins wants rates “a bit further” higher. A Houthi missile set part of Saudi Aramco’s Dhahran headquarters ablaze after oil settled. Bank of America drew a $1.2B anti-money-laundering penalty on the eve of earnings. Applied Materials sank 6.69% on a missing spending forecast while Meta rose 2.63%. Citi and BlackRock both stepped back from US stocks.
China’s CXMT reported next-generation DRAM progress and memory stocks slid: Sandisk fell 5.97% and Micron 3.88% as the Nasdaq 100 lost 0.71% while the Dow gained 0.38%. A deadly missile strike on Riyadh’s airport lifted Brent 1.35% to $106.13. Cleveland Fed’s Hammack says more restriction is needed. Meta jumped 3.38% on new Muse AI models. JPMorgan and Goldman underwrote just $1.3 billion of a $5 billion AI cloud loan. September CPI lands Wednesday, expected at 3.7% year over year.
An OpenAI revenue scare split the AI trade: the FT’s ~$50 billion run-rate sank chipmakers and Bloomberg’s $70 billion target revived only software, leaving Intel -12.26% and Palantir +10.75% on the week. The S&P 500 still gained 1.15% after its first close above 7,800, carried by staples, utilities and energy. The 10-year hit a 24-year closing high of 5.315% before auctions drew buyers and the Fed minutes named AI borrowing as a rival for capital.
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