JUST IN: Apple $AAPL is no longer involved in discussions to invest in OpenAI - WSJ

CHINA 🇨🇳 CENTRAL BANK cuts mortgage rates for 1st & 2nd homes by 50 bps, and orders all commercial banks to lower interest rates on existing mortgages by at least 30 bps below prime rate by Oct. 31

🇨🇳 BEIJING STOCK EXCHANGE 50 INDEX UP +14.5% — SETS NEW RECORD FOR SINGLE DAY GAIN

AT&T $T has agreed sell its 70% ownership stake in satellite TV provider DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 billion, marking AT&T's exit from the business. In 2021, AT&T entered a joint venture with TPG to purchase a 30% stake in DirecTV for $1.8 billion. The JV

AMAZON $AMZN price-target raised to $265 (from $230) at Truist Securities, calling it their "favorite mega cap": "We believe North America revenue is tracking virtually to consensus estimates QTD, reflecting a resilient consumer, sustained growth in ad revenue, faster growth at

HOME DEPOT $HD price-target raised to $455 (from $387) at Piper Sandler: "Cash-out refinance activity is starting to show solid improvement with the recent drop in the 30-year mortgage rate, but still has significant potential for further improvement in the months ahead. Total

*DEPT. OF ENERGY APPROVES $1.5 BILLION LOAN TO RESTART PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT IN MICHIGAN -- MARKS FIRST-EVER RESTART OF A CLOSED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN U.S. HISTORY

*JUST IN: ISRAEL 🇮🇱 INFORMS UNITED STATES THAT IT IS PLANNING A GROUND OPERATION IN LEBANON 🇱🇧 WHICH COULD BEGIN IMMINENTLY

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Like clockwork, our Head of Research Yonezu Investing did it again! He alerted $TTEC on a CEO buyout offer for our members this morning in premarket. $TTEC is up +45% today, and +28% higher from the $4.60 entry alert 👏

Up to 50,000 American dockworkers, running ports along the East & West Coasts from Maine to Texas, are expected to walk off the job & strike tonight at midnight. The strike is expected to cost the U.S. economy up to $5 billion per day & sharply raise prices for consumer goods.

🚨BREAKING: ISRAEL INVADES LEBANON IN WHAT THE IDF CALLS A LIMITED GROUND OFFENSIVE Source: Axios's Barak Ravid

Unfortunately, the prevalence of labor disputes & strikes will only become worse as more industries see deeper automation in the coming decade. They will fight to keep their jobs. After many years of attrition, automation will strip the workers of their leverage outright.

Which stock with a market cap LESS than $10 billion do you think is a "must buy" today?

APPLE $AAPL reiterated at 'Underweight' with a $186 price-target at Barclays, citing iPhone 16 production cuts: "Based on our recent supply chain channel checks, we believe AAPL may just have cut roughly 3M units at a key semiconductor component in iPhones for the Dec-Q, which

CAMECO $CCJ price-target raised to $63 at Bank of America: "With persistent deficits in uranium (U3O8) markets through 2027E, we maintain our bullish near to medium term outlook for spot U3O8 prices. However, spot and term market activity has been softer than expected in

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