A Flat Monday For Stocks
Aug 18, 2025•7 min•Ep. 309
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Episode description
MRKT Matrix - Monday, August 18th
- Stocks dip to start the week as traders await Powell speech, retail earnings (CNBC)
- Powell Has Reason to Hedge Jackson Hole Signal as Data Zigzags (Bloomberg)
- Strong Crop of Earnings Eases Investors’ Economic Concerns (WSJ)
- OpenAI’s Sam Altman sees AI bubble forming as industry spending surges (CNBC)
- Bitcoin sinks to $115,000 after hitting its newest record, as macro concerns spark liquidation wave (CNBC)
- 'I almost fell off my chair’: Investors lose billions on meme stocks as ‘pump and dump’ scams multiple (Financial Times)
- Soho House Agrees to Be Taken Private in $2.7 Billion Deal (Bloomberg)
- US Allies Set to Plead With Trump to Stand Behind Ukraine (Bloomberg)
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