S&P 500 Closes Above 7,200 For Best Month Since 2020

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The episode discusses the S&P 500's significant close and the economic implications of recent financial news.

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, April 30th Dow surges nearly 800 points, S&P 500 posts first close above 7,200 and best month since 2020 (CNBC) Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March as first-quarter growth disappointed at 2% (CNBC) The AI Boom Is Cushioning the US Economy From Iran War Impact (Bloomberg) The Clock Is Ticking for Big Tech to Make AI Pay (WSJ) The Hidden Risks in AI Funding (The Information) As Hormuz Traffic Stalls, U.S. Pitches New Coalition to Get Ships Moving Again (WSJ) SpaceX’s Starlink Revenue Per User Fell 18% As Customers Quadrupled (The Information) Blue Owl draws in $9bn as private credit market cools (FT) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://riskreversal.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs

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Host: RiskReversal Media

Topics covered

• S&P 500
• Dow Jones
• AI impact on economy
• inflation
• private credit market
• financial markets

Keywords

• S&P 500
• Dow surges
• core inflation
• AI Boom
• private credit
• Starlink revenue

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNBC, Bloomberg, WSJ, The Information, FT

Products: SpaceX’s Starlink

Places: US, Hormuz

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