Oct 1, 2026 · 3 min listen · Last updated October 1, 2026
From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason. October 1st. Markets desk — five stories, watch the tape, ignore the noise. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. AI Boom Powers Micron Earnings, OpenAI Blames Moonshoot for Data Extraction.
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AI Boom Powers Micron Earnings, OpenAI Blames Moonshoot for Data Extraction
"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Biggest Jump in Global Crop Prices Since 2022 Threatens to Boost Inflation
Global agriculture prices notched their biggest quarterly jump since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 on fresh tensions in the Black Sea region and extreme weather, in a potential headwind for central bank inflation targets.
You really know how to pick ’em. There are roughly 5,500 ETFs from about 500 issuers listed in the US. Yet for the bulk of their allocations, advisors tend to stick with broad-market index funds from mega-managers like BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, which collectively hold more than 70% of all ETF assets, per ETFGI data. But when advisors venture beyond the biggest and most established funds — seeking out higher returns, tax benefits or lower correlation to the stock market — how do they decide which ETFs deserve a closer look? Sometimes, a simple rule is all that’s needed.
I was lonely and working 15-hour days in the US. Moving to the Philippines gave me a community.
- After his divorce and the pandemic, Britt McAlister struggled to make close friends in the US. - Long workdays left him little room for hobbies or the life he wanted, so he decided to make a change. - He moved to the Philippines to retire and found the community he had been missing. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Britt McAlister, 56, who left the US to retire in the Philippines. It's been edited for length and clarity. I realized I wasn't happy with my life in the US. After my divorce, I was working 12 to 15 hours a day as a sales manager in the roofing industry.
Investors thought they were buying pre-IPO OpenAI and SpaceX shares. Their cash went to strip clubs, Bloomingdale’s, and shopping on Amazon, SEC alleges
The Securities and Exchange Commission is dropping the hammer on private fund advisers who allegedly mishandled millions in investor assets under the guise of granting them lucrative pre-IPO shares in coveted startups such as OpenAI, SpaceX, and others. According to two separate cases announced on Wednesday, the SEC claims multiple fund advisers allegedly deceived mom-and-pop investors—including Navy veterans—about where the millions they thought they invested actually went.
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