AI investment accelerates as Nvidia and Wall Street expand financing for infrastructure while questions grow around valuations and returns. Plus, cybersecurity risks and open source competition reshape the AI race. Later, energy, oil and commodities gain momentum as investors look beyond tech for opportunities.<br><br>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

AI financing, cybersecurity and commodities shape the outlook 8/11/26

Morning Call

I'm Morgan Brennan and this is your Morning Call. Good Tuesday morning. Let's get a check on U.S. stock futures, which are essentially flat right now. The Dow is poised to open lower by 116 points. The S&P slightly lower, the Nasdaq slightly lower as well. This is after a muted session for Wall Street yesterday where all the major averages finished in the red, but fractionally, and I do mean fractionally. This ahead of existing home sales today, CPI tomorrow. Let's get a check on what we've seen in the bond market. There's been a little more activity there with yields.

moving higher again since the start of the week. You can see the U.S. 10-year Treasury yielding 4.73 percent now. Fed-sensitive two-year Treasury yielding 4.26 percent and third-year Treasury yielding 4.27 percent right now. Metals are on the move again. You've got gold and silver hitting June highs. Silver now down fractionally, gold up fractionally, 44.26 per ounce for gold. Aluminum is at a seven-week high as well. Copper is

also continuing its move higher. Energy is higher, too, as we continue to monitor the situation in Iran and throughout the Middle East. You can see oil prices continue their climb here since the start of the week. WTI is up another 3 percent this morning, trading at $84.52 a barrel, and Brent is up 2.5 percent, trading just below $89 a barrel. Let's see how Europe and Asia are shaping up. Karen Cho is in London, and Lisa Kim is standing by in Singapore. Karen, let's start this with you.

AI financing, cybersecurity and commodities shape the outlook 8/11/26

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AI financing, cybersecurity and commodities shape the outlook 8/11/26

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.