Francesca Fontana

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2,691 appearances 52 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2017 last heard Feb 2025

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · What’s News in Markets: Musk’s Pay, AI Deals, Broadcom’s Split · 15 Jun 2024 podcast

one interest rate cut this year. voice-verified

That's the projection that traders heard from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, despite a mild inflation report. voice-verified

And for those of you keeping score at home, that's down from an earlier projection of three rate cuts. voice-verified

Now, there are ways that the Fed could start guiding down rate expectations before it pulls the trigger on actual cuts. voice-verified

If you want to hear more about that after this, take a listen to Thursday's PM edition of What's News. voice-verified

I got to chat with my colleague Justin Layhart all about it. voice-verified

Great stuff. voice-verified

Anyway, bottom line, we're still seeing caution from the Fed right now. voice-verified

And that caution is creeping into markets. voice-verified

After four sessions of the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq closing at record highs, the major indexes ended the week with a mixed day on Friday. voice-verified

Now, as far as individual stocks go, we saw a lot of buzz around AI. voice-verified

Then again, when are we not seeing buzz around AI these days, right? voice-verified

Let's start with Apple, which on Monday unveiled its quote-unquote AI, except in this case it's not artificial intelligence, it's Apple intelligence. voice-verified

Very clever. voice-verified

Now, Apple Intelligence is the system-wide software update for Apple devices that would offer users a personalized version of generative AI. voice-verified

Investors seem pretty stoked about this, and Apple shares gained about 7% on Tuesday, reaching their first record high of the year. voice-verified

Plus, the stock ended the week in the green. voice-verified

But wait, there's more. voice-verified

During the week, we also had Oracle, no, I'm not talking Greek mythology or the Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett, Oracle the software company, which announced some new AI deals, specifically with Microsoft, Alphabet, and, here it is again, OpenAI. voice-verified

Oracle shares jumped 13% on Wednesday and held on to most of those gains the rest of the week. voice-verified

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