SpaceX Faces $15.5B Inflow Ahead of 2.3B Share Unlocks
SpaceX’s Nasdaq-100 weighting rises to 2.25% on Sept. 21, driving $15.5B in passive buying as 2.3B insider shares approach unlock deadlines.
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OpenAI Shelves 2026 IPO: Why Altman Delayed the $1T Listing
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won’t go public in 2026, calling an IPO ‘ill-advised’ as Anthropic picks Nasdaq and AI labs weigh a voluntary safety slowdown.
Sovereign Debt Explained: How Nations Borrow and Default
Sovereign debt explained: how nations issue bonds, what separates domestic from foreign borrowing, and how debt restructurings actually work.
Bessent Triples Buybacks to $6B as Bond Market Rebels
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tripled long-end buybacks to $6B, but the 30-year yield held near 5.32% as Trump’s $1.23T dividend pledge hit debt markets.
After Hot CPI, Real Yields Rose but Breakevens Fell
The 10-year pushed near 5% after August CPI, but breakevens fell. Real yields did the work — a bond-market vote of confidence in the Fed.
2027 Social Security COLA Tracks 3.5% After Hot August CPI
TSCL projects a 3.5% 2027 Social Security COLA after Aug CPI-W ran at 3.5% YoY, with capital-markets implications for Treasury issuance.
August PPI Hot: 0.4% M/M, 5.4% Y/Y on Diesel Jump
August 2026 PPI rose 0.4% m/m and 5.4% y/y as diesel jumped 24.1%. Re-accelerating wholesale prices lifted 10-year Treasury yields toward 5%.
PayPal Pauses Ventures Portfolio Sale as Bids Cap at 60 Cents
PayPal has paused the sale of its PayPal Ventures portfolio after secondary-market bids topped out near 60 cents on the dollar, exposing a VC discount.
Harvey Legal AI Hits $15.5B on $550M Series F Round
Harvey raised $550M at a $15.5B valuation, doubling its worth in six months as Diffusion and Lightspeed co-lead the legal AI unicorn’s Series F.
Listen Labs Walks $1.5B Round to Weigh $2B Salesforce Sale
AI customer-research startup Listen Labs shelved a $125M Menlo Series C at a $1.5B valuation to chase $2B Salesforce takeover talks — a 67x revenue multiple.