Open Interest — 9/30/2026: Inflation shock, AI deals, Apple smart‑home push


Markets rally as yields fall after cooler PCE; Micron earnings, Apple smart‑home push, Trump AI accord, OpenAI valuation chatter. Ken Griffin donation and KKR discuss an $8T AI funding gap.

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Bloomberg highlighted a market move tied to a cooler Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE, the inflation measure the Fed watches) print that sent Treasury yields lower and stocks higher, a clear macro surprise on the clip. The show also set up two company stories that mattered for that rally: Micron faces a high-stakes earnings test after a banner run, and Apple unveiled a renewed smart-home push that could reshape device attachment and services revenue. The segment layered a political angle, an AI accord announced by President Trump alongside chatter that OpenAI could chase a $1.4 trillion valuation, tying macro, company results, and AI hype into a single morning snapshot.