A MARTINEZ, HOST: President Trump has a suggestion - lower monthly mortgage payments. He posted a picture on Truth Social this weekend titled Great American Presidents. It has a portrait of FDR under the banner 30-Year Mortgage. Now, above Trump's head, 50-Year Mortgage. Susan Wachter is a professor of real estate and finance at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan, so a 50-year mortgage, would that make housing more affordable?
The race to dominate artificial intelligence has turned into an expensive competition that traps Big Tech companies into "a little bit of a prisoner's dilemma," a top hedge-fund executive said. "You have to invest in it because your peers are investing in it, and so if you're left behind, you're not going to have the stronger competitive position to it," said Tony Yoseloff, the chief investment officer at hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management, which manages about $37 billion.
The AI boom is far more robust than the dot-com bubble, but there's still a risk it disappoints investors and sends shockwaves through markets and the economy, Liz Ann Sonders says. Charles Schwab's chief investment strategist told Business Insider that "extreme enthusiasm" about innovation and circular deals between tech companies reminded her of the internet bubble 25 years ago. But she said a key difference is that many dot-com companies were small and loss-making,
Investors expect the Federal Reserve to announce a rate cut of 25 basis points after the two-day FOMC meeting, which ends on Wednesday. Looking ahead, the CME's FedWatch Tool assigns a 95% probability to a further quarter-point cut in December. Traders will be watching closely for any guidance from Fed Chair Jerome Powell over future rate cuts, especially given growing concerns about labour market weakness.
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The AI news cycle of the summer captured themes including the challenge of starting a career, the importance of technology in the China/U.S. trade war, and mounting anxiety about the impact of the technology. But in terms of finance and investing, Deutsche Bank sees markets "on edge" and hoping for a soft landing amid bubble fears. In part, it blames tech CEOs for egging on the market with overpromises, leading to inflated hopes and dreams, many spurred on by tech leaders' overpromises.
