Stocks Rise as Oil and Treasury Yields Fall | The Close 8/25/2026
Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today’s guests are Columbia Business School Professor Abby Joseph Cohen, Loop Capital Markets Consumer Sector Head, Senior Research Analyst Anthony Chukumba, The Conference Board CEO Steve Odland, Man Group Chief Market Strategist Kristina Hooper, Willow Wealth CEO Mitchell Caplan, McGraw Hill CEO Philip Moyer, Unifor National President Lana Payne, & Wedbush Securities Managing Director, Equity Research Matt Bryson.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Bloomberg The Close
00:02:51 Abby Joseph Cohen on Markets, Consumers & the Economy
00:07:24 AI Spending, Productivity & the Sustainability Question
00:11:42 Jackson Hole Preview & Kevin Warsh’s Fed Strategy
00:15:27 Nvidia, OpenAI & the AI Trade Ahead of Earnings
00:17:23 Top Calls
00:18:15 Dick’s Sporting Goods Plunges on Foot Locker Troubles
00:22:38 Consumer Confidence Falls as Inflation Anxiety Builds
00:25:13 Consumer Debt, Spending & the Risk to Economic Growth
00:27:48 CEO vs. Consumer Confidence & the Holiday Retail Outlook
00:30:29 Stock of the Hour: Super Micro Jumps on Cisco Partnership
00:32:09 Cisco, Super Micro & the AI Infrastructure Buildout
00:37:37 Man Group on Treasury Intervention, Yields & Fed Policy
00:41:01 AI Debt, Inflation & the Jackson Hole Outlook
00:43:27 Closing Bell
00:45:47 Intuit Earnings & the SaaS Selloff
00:47:29 Market Movers: Moderna, Nvidia & Resolve AI
00:49:08 Dick’s Worst Day Ever Raises Questions About Foot Locker
00:50:50 Zoom & Box Earnings Hit After the Bell
00:52:44 AI and the “SaaS-pocalypse” Debate
00:54:31 Market Recap: Nvidia Rebounds as Oil & Yields Fall
00:55:39 Mitch Caplan on Retail Investors & Private Markets
00:57:22 Private Credit, Higher Yields & the New 60/40 Portfolio
01:00:01 Why Companies Are Staying Private Longer
01:01:24 Private Market Liquidity & Access for Retail Investors
01:02:47 Private Assets in 401(k)s & Vanguard’s Zero-Allocation Call
01:05:54 After-Hours Movers: Intuit, Zoom & Box
01:08:12 McGraw Hill CEO on AI, Education & the Future of Learning
01:10:15 How Teachers and Students Should Use AI
01:12:06 McGraw Hill’s Agentic AI Strategy
01:13:28 Screen-Time Backlash & the Return of Print
01:16:29 U.S.-Canada Trade War Escalates
01:17:35 Unifor President on Auto Tariffs & North American Manufacturing
01:20:18 Canada’s Response to the U.S. Trade War
01:24:20 Nvidia Earnings Preview: Can AI Growth Keep Delivering?
01:25:49 Nvidia’s Next Growth Engine & Rising Chip Competition
01:28:23 What to Watch
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