‼️ U.S. gross debt has surpassed $40 trillion, underscoring the country’s fiscal challenge. As foreign ownership of Treasurys declines, hedge funds—classified as households in Fed data—have helped absorb supply. The U.S. retains a key advantage: Treasurys remain the global safe-haven asset of choice.
‼️ 🧬 Moderna surged 177% and Merck gained 12% after their late-stage melanoma vaccine trial showed the combination therapy significantly prolonged recurrence-free survival versus Keytruda alone and lowered the risk of distant metastasis.
‼️ S&P 500 ends its three-day losing streak as an extraordinary Treasury buyback eases rate concerns. While some view the move as QE or yield-curve control, it is primarily liquidity management: retiring older securities and replacing them with new issuance, not adding net purchases to the market.
‼️ Treasury has doubled buybacks to $4 billion per operation from September 9 through November 4, and its commitment to provide further guidance on November 4 points to the likelihood of continued intervention. Treasury’s larger purchases of older 10–30 year bonds add incremental demand to the long end, pushing bond prices up and yields down.
‼️ 🧠 OpenAI CFO Friar told employees the company “will be a public company in 2027” or sooner, framing the IPO as “a milestone, another fundraise” rather than a finish line. He noted OpenAI raised $122 billion in March, giving it flexibility, and said it’s fine if Anthropic goes public first—both are confidentially filed, and Anthropic could debut as early as September. She also shared internal slides showing OpenAI’s revenue run rate is up 35% quarter-to-date, enterprise revenue run rate up 50%, and its AI coding/work product has reached 20 million weekly active users.
‼️ The US Treasury is DOUBLING buybacks to $4 billion per operation for “liquidity support.” Treasury buybacks work by repurchasing older, less-liquid bonds, giving investors a steady buyer while new debt issuance continues. The reality is that the US government needs lower interest rates more than anyone.
‼️ 🧠 Micron’s NAND flash revenue share rose to 15.1% in Q2 from 13.9% in Q1, overtaking Kioxia to become the world’s third-largest supplier by revenue behind Samsung and SK Hynix. TrendForce attributed the gain to a sharp rise in ASPs, with Micron’s NAND revenue reaching $11.85 billion, up 99.2% QoQ—the fastest growth among the top five vendors.