What I Am Reading
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Markets
- Dow, S&P 500 manage record closing highs; Nasdaq fallsReuters
- Why the Stock Market Keeps Going Up—Even During a Government ShutdownBarron's
- The Score: Pfizer, Tesla, Electronic Arts and More Stocks That Defined the WeekWall Street Journal
- Japan's Nikkei seen hitting new highsReuters
- OPEC, China and geopolitics triple whammy of uncertainty for crudeReuters
- Can India strike a deal on Russian oil to appease America?Economist
US
- Your federal government is now closed for businessEconomist
- Federal-Worker Buyouts Are Kicking In, Darkening the U.S. Employment PictureWall Street Journal
- The shutdown meant no jobs report. Here's what it would have said about the economyCNBC
- The president’s agenda looks safe at the Supreme Court—with a few exceptionsEconomist
Europe
Japan
Geopolitics
Trade
Industries & companies
- Tesla, GM lead record U.S. EV sales as federal incentives endCNBC
- Donald Trump’s cure for drug prices is worse than the diseaseEconomist
- Retail: Starbucks’s Roller Coaster Week of Job Cuts and Store ClosuresWall Street Journal
- How the Warehouse Store Won Retail—and How Sam’s Club Is Winning the WarehouseBarron's
AI & technology
Corporate finance
- BlackRock Group Hunts a $20 Billion Deal to Get In on the AI BoomWall Street Journal