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SK Hynix pulls off the largest U.S. debut ever by a foreign company, the Fed taps Marc Andreessen and Doug McMillon for reform task forces, Circle wins final approval for a national trust bank, and Delta posts a fuel-cost-defying earnings beat.

In this episode:

• SK Hynix makes historic $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut to fund AI chip expansion — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/sk-hynix-skhy-stock-nasdaq.html

• Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh enlists Marc Andreessen and Doug McMillon to lead reform task forces — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/kevin-warsh-names-members-of-his-federal-reserve-task-forces-including-marc-andreessen-doug-mcmillon.html

• Circle gains final OCC approval for national banking charter, sending stock higher — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/circle-gets-an-occ-bank-charter-as-stablecoin-competition-heats-up-shares-surge-14percent.html

• Delta beats earnings targets and raises dividend despite absorbing historic fuel costs — https://www.marketwatch.com/story/delta-reports-record-revenue-and-a-profit-beat-even-as-fuel-costs-surge-b1e33336?mod=mw_rss_topstories

The Fed's June minutes expose a nine-to-eight split toward rate hikes under new Chair Kevin Warsh, PepsiCo misses on earnings as U.S. shoppers pull back, AstraZeneca loses roughly £19 billion after its Wainua heart drug trial fails, and China's consumer prices cool while factory-gate costs hit a four-year high.

In this episode:

• Federal Reserve minutes reveal division over rate direction at June meeting — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/fed-minutes-june-2026-.html

• PepsiCo shares fall as earnings miss estimates on tightening U.S. consumer budgets — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/pepsico-pep-q2-2026-earnings.html

• AstraZeneca stock drops 9% after major heart drug trial misses key goals — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/astrazeneca-stock-trial-heart-drug-pharma.html

• China consumer inflation weakens in June while producer costs climb — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/china-cpi-ppi-june-inflation-iran-war-.html

Oil surges after Trump says the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is finished following a wave of military strikes; Fed minutes reveal a hawkish 'family fight' under new Chair Kevin Warsh; Alibaba jumps 12% as capital rotates out of chips into Chinese tech; and Jeff Bezos opens Blue Origin to outside investors at a $130 billion valuation.

In this episode:

• Trump declares U.S.-Iran ceasefire is 'over' after exchange of military strikes, triggering 5% spike in oil prices — https://www.investors.com/market-trend/stock-market-today/dow-jones-sp500-nasdaq-trump-us-iran-ceasefire-micron-sandisk/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo

• Fed minutes to detail internal 'family fight' over interest rates under Chair Kevin Warsh — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/with-minutes-due-feds-family-fight-over-interest-rates-could-drag-on.html

• Alibaba surges 12% in Hong Kong as capital rotates heavy chip profits back to cheap Chinese tech — https://www.marketwatch.com/story/alibaba-just-had-its-best-day-in-10-months-is-it-time-for-china-techs-to-catch-up-8ccc3f7c?mod=mw_rss_topstories

• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin seeks outside capital for first time at a $130 billion valuation — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/08/blue-origin-bezos-fundraising.html

OPEC+ raises oil output for a fifth straight month and crude slides, Lockheed Martin buys naval defense firm Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion, Israel's central bank cuts rates to 3.5%, and TeraWulf shares pop 20% on a $19 billion Anthropic data center lease.

In this episode:

• OPEC+ agrees to raise oil output targets, sending crude prices lower — https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-slips-opec-agrees-raise-003607304.html

• Lockheed Martin to acquire naval defense firm Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/lockheed-martin-leading-race-for-3point5-billion-buy-of-ultra-maritime-.html

• Israel's central bank cuts interest rates to 3.5% as inflation cools — https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQdG5zSVN2dWRudGxLNVZMMXc1UjBVZ2N4czBCbE44WmtvWUhYbkk4b3BBWFZvb09mak5kTVREVThiTHhPQTRnY0ZhZlhjaHNELUZpMVNfVVJJRWhOTXVMQlhKdURFTDJqTXNRLTJjbnhpMWFLYkgzZnFqWUNwYXJsRUF1V1ZzVmlKOU9uZUxKTmZ4Q05hV0pWYy1hRTdGeXQ4TUlIVUdaSWo0ZjZIb1QzbHM0MUxRR2Y2dW85WA?oc=5

• TeraWulf shares jump as Anthropic leases Kentucky data center — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/anthropic-terawulf-data-center-ai.html

A stunningly weak June jobs report (57,000 added vs. ~110,000 expected) reshapes Fed rate-cut expectations, ECB chief Christine Lagarde leaves the door open to an early exit for French politics, and gold snaps a four-week losing streak on the cooling labor data.

In this episode:

• U.S. hiring cools drastically in June with only 57,000 jobs added, as labor force participation declines — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/02/jobs-report-june-2026-.html

• ECB President Christine Lagarde refuses to rule out early departure to join French political debate — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/03/christine-lagarde-ecb-france-election.html

• Gold prices notch first weekly gain in a month as cooling labor market fuels rate-cut bets — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/03/gold-silver-price-inflation-fed-rate-hike.html