Finance - CNBC

1. Investors may want to focus on front end of yield curve — as Street anticipates next Fed meetings

2. Fintech broker Clear Street offers investors pre-IPO access to $188 billion AI giant Databricks

3. Why Situational Awareness hedge fund imploded, even in a tame stock market

4. How Leopold Aschenbrenner built a $45 billion AI hedge fund — and lost most of it in days

5. New York sues Kalshi, says prediction market is running 'illegal gambling operation'

6. Fed officials who voted to hike rates say action is needed now against inflation

7. More consumer companies are staying private for longer, avoiding the IPO road

8. China’s U.S.-bound shipments fall in July after brief recovery, survey shows

9. China threatens retaliation against U.S. humanoid robot ban, says it 'severely damages' relations

10. The U.S. wants Asia to use its AI — but China dominates cheaper models

11. Here are the last times the Dow dropped by 1,000 points and what happened next

12. Here are the five big takeaways from this week's Fed meeting

13. Jeffrey Gundlach says the bond market is telling Warsh the Fed has to start acting on inflation

14. Here's what changed in the second Fed statement under Warsh

15. Divided Fed holds interest rates steady, but three members voted to hike

16. 44 states are aligned on one thing in their fight against prediction markets. It's about sports wagering

17. Meta likely to highlight smart glasses, avoid social media policy on upcoming earnings call, Kalshi traders say

18. The future of Wall Street is here as startups and brokers build AI agents to trade 24/7

19. Visa is cutting 7% of employees in efficiency push as AI reshapes work

20. CME launches single stock futures enabling investors to trade SpaceX, Micron and others 23 hours a day