Record Options Volume Driven by Retail Traders

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, October 16th

• Stocks fall as fears about bad loans in banking industry grow (CNBC)
• Regional banks, Jefferies shares tank as concerns about sour loans grow on Wall Street (CNBC)
• Oil Prices Drop to the Lowest Level in Nearly Five Years (WSJ)
• Retail traders’ incredible support of the stock market continues with biggest options volume day ever (CNBC)
• Credit-Card Data Show Softer US Retail Sales as Shutdown Delays Report (Bloomberg)
• Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says (CNBC)
• OpenAI Says Oracle Helping Handle Chip Export Controls (Bloomberg)
• Why Cloud Profits Are Collapsing in the Chip Arms Race (The Information)
• AI Data Centers, Desperate for Electricity, Are Building Their Own Power Plants (WSJ)

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