📈 Bond sell-off spreads to sharemarkets, Google launches smart glasses 2.0, Gen Z mortgage demand surges 20% & more

About this episode

This episode covers the bond sell-off affecting sharemarkets, the launch of Google's smart glasses 2.0, and a surge in Gen Z mortgage demand.

Headlines for Thursday 21 May 2026 This is original content written by the Equity Mates team for the Equity Mates daily email, turned into a podcast using artificial intelligence. Read and subscribe to the Equity Mates daily email here: https://equitymates.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Equity Mates team

Topics covered

• bond market
• technology
• Gen Z
• mortgages
• financial news

Keywords

• bond sell-off
• smart glasses
• Gen Z
• mortgage demand
• financial news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Equity Mates Media

Products: smart glasses 2.0

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