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The Open Bell

The Open Bell

By: Alex Monroe
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Summary

The Open Bell is an independent financial news show — a daily podcast and newsletter for people who are affected by markets, policy, and the economy.

Every episode follows the same process: research, a written script, a quality check, and a final review — every morning, before anything goes out. Alex is the on-air voice of that process. The tools behind the research and scripting are AI; the editorial judgment and the responsibility for what airs are ours.

We tell you this because trust is the actual product here, not an afterthought — and a daily show only earns it by being straightforward about how it's made. The standard doesn't change because the tools did.

New episodes Monday to Saturday. Not investment advice — for informational purposes only.

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Episodes
  • Hot US CPI Forces Markets to Price December Fed Rate Hike — Ep. 102 — 11 Nov 2026

    Hot US CPI Forces Markets to Price December Fed Rate Hike — Ep. 102 — 11 Nov 2026
    11 Nov 2026
    Today on The Open Bell: October's inflation data came in hotter than expected, and now the bond market is pricing something nobody wanted to say out loud a week ago: the Fed raising rates again in December. Anthropic is touring Wall Street this week trying to raise $64.4 billion in a single stock sale, at a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion, during an AI selloff, which tells you something about either the confidence of AI believers or the credulity of institutional money, and we're not entirely sure which. SoftBank just posted a $7.1 billion quarterly loss after writing down its AI data centre bets, a stunning reversal from the $15.8 billion profit it booked in the same quarter last year, and the question isn't whether Masayoshi Son got this wrong, it's how many others made the same bet and haven't told us yet. If today's episode earned a few minutes of your morning, a five-star rating helps the next listener find it. The numbers behind today's stories, free in your inbox every weekday: https://theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Hot US CPI Forces Markets to Price December Fed Rate Hike 03:03 Anthropic Launches $64.4B IPO Roadshow at $70–$78 Per Share 05:29 SoftBank Posts $7.1B Quarterly Loss on AI Data-Centre Write- 07:15 Also today 08:21 Closing thoughts

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    9 min
  • China extends US trade truce two months, keeps 10% tariff before APEC — Ep. 101 — 10 Nov 2026

    China extends US trade truce two months, keeps 10% tariff before APEC — Ep. 101 — 10 Nov 2026
    10 Nov 2026
    Today on The Open Bell: China and the US technically have a trade truce, but hundreds of product exemptions just quietly expired today, a 10% tariff stays in place throughout, and January is already the next cliff-edge, so "peace" might be doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Wall Street recovered most of its election-week losses in a single Monday session, which sounds reassuring until you notice the bond market didn't get the memo. The Bank of Japan holds more Japanese stocks than most sovereign wealth funds on the planet, and it just more than doubled the pace at which it's selling them, which will reshape one of the world's biggest equity markets whether the headlines catch up or not. If today's episode helped, a five-star rating takes about ten seconds and genuinely helps new listeners find the show. The numbers behind today's stories, free in your inbox every weekday: https://theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:14 China extends US trade truce two months, keeps 10% tariff be 03:16 S&P 500 surges 2.35% as Wall Street VIX plunges 22% after se 05:43 BoJ holds rate at 1.25%, more than doubles ETF sales pace to 07:41 Also today 08:57 Closing thoughts

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    9 min
  • Nvidia Board Launches Spy Probe as Jensen Huang Admits Affair — Ep. 100 — 9 Nov 2026

    Nvidia Board Launches Spy Probe as Jensen Huang Admits Affair — Ep. 100 — 9 Nov 2026
    9 Nov 2026
    Today on The Open Bell: Nvidia's board has opened an independent spy probe after CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with a business executive US intelligence agencies believe was funneling information to Beijing and helping smuggle advanced AI chips into China, and the man is still running the world's most valuable chip company nine days before earnings. Friday's jobs report showed US employers added 165,000 jobs in October, more than double what economists expected, and the bond market's response was immediate: traders now put a 78% chance on another rate hike in December, which means anyone with a mortgage, a car loan, or credit card debt is living inside the consequences of a number that was supposed to be good news. Anthropic kicked off its IPO roadshow this morning at a valuation somewhere between $1.1 and $1.3 trillion, roughly half what management was pitching six weeks ago, and whatever price it lands on becomes the reference point every AI startup on earth gets measured against. If today's episode was worth your commute, a five-star rating helps the next listener find us. The numbers behind today's stories, free in your inbox every weekday: https://theopenbell.co Not investment advice. For informational purposes only. --- Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:11 Nvidia Board Launches Spy Probe as Jensen Huang Admits Affai 02:59 Fed December Hike Odds Hit 78% After Payrolls Blow Past Fore 05:37 Anthropic IPO Roadshow Begins at Sharply Reduced $1.1–1.3T V 07:44 Also today 09:31 Closing thoughts

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