Warren Buffett’s stock picking-protege is leaving Berkshire Hathaway for a new role at JPMorgan. https://t.co/gFx9fj8cO9

Consumer sentiment remains depressed despite GDP growth, according to Charles Schwab's @KevRGordon.

"Whoever wins the AI battle as a nation and as an industry will lead GDP growth, standard of living, etc.," JC2 Ventures founder John Chambers says when discussing the "strategic AI partnerships" Big Tech companies are doing. "It's a national priority."

"We're preparing for a more dovish Fed next year for more rate cuts, and we think that has ramifications for small caps, and we also think it's bullish for bitcoin," Innovator Capital Management strategist @TimUrbanowicz says.

Paramount makes $108 billion all-cash offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, escalating buyout fight with Netflix

The Netflix-Warner Bros. deal "is not something that is good for consumers," Innovator Capital Management strategist @TimUrbanowicz says, adding: "It's not something that's politically positive for the president. There's a lot of stress on these. Prices have continued to go up."

"The consumer frankly is facing a lot of constraints," HB Wealth chief market strategist @GinaMartinAdams says, adding: "To see the consumer sort of slow down outside of recession is pretty abnormal."

Paramount has offered to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 a share.

IBM said it will buy data infrastructure company Confluent in a deal valued at $11 billion, ramping ​up its cloud-computing offerings to capitalize on an AI-driven demand boom. https://t.co/mk8sMusnmi

Oppenheimer's Stoltzfus is biggest US stock bull for third year https://t.co/gikLuoTzRL via @business

IBM said to close in on $11 billion deal for Confluent; stock surges

Few automakers are likely to keep up AI spending spree: Gartner

Silver holds near record as ETF holdings swell https://t.co/AllezQ8lea via @business

The Fed is likely to cut rates for a third time this year. What happens next year is less certain.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the American technology industry "has nothing to fear."

Could paper checks be on the way out, like the penny https://t.co/8PPDMHg4yN via @CNNBusiness

🤔 If you've ever wondered about how Jensen Huang feels about his job, his response might surprise you.

Tesla launched the cheaper Standard versions of the Model 3 and Model Y in Europe as sales lag in the region due to competition and the political antics of CEO Elon Musk.

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures steady with Wall Street awaiting expected Fed rate cut https://t.co/PcdME2rbNR

Philip Martin, chief security officer for Coinbase Global, believes that individuals nearing or in retirement should consider investing in digital assets.