US equity markets retreated on Friday (13 June) after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Iran and its nuclear facilities, pushing oil prices sharply higher - Dow dropped -770-points or -1.79% Sherwin-Williams Co -5.7% was the worst performer in the 30-stock index, with analysts at Citigroup cutting their recommendation on the stock to "neutral" from "buy," indicating that the persistence of high mortgage rates and softness in the housing market could weigh on the paint distributor's performance in the near term. Visa Inc fell -4.99% and American Express Co -3.42% after a report in The Wall Street Journal indicated that Walmart Inc (-0.41) and Amazon.com Inc (-0.53%) are considering issuing their own stablecoins, a move that could help the retail giants sidestep the interchange fees charged by credit-card providers. Nike Inc (-3.61%) and Salesforce Inc (-3.19%) also fell over >3%. 

Morgans AM - Monday, 16 June 2025

US equity markets rebounded amid reports that Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program in an effort to contain the conflict with Israel - Dow rose +317-points or +0.75%, with American Express Co (+2.23%), Cisco Systems Inc (+2.22%), investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc (+2.33%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (+2.04%), Nike Inc (+2.26%), and Salesforce Inc (+2.12%) Microsoft Corp +0.88% touched a record all-time intra-day high of US$480.69



Morgans AM - Tuesday, 17 June 2025

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Our guest is Orit Halpern: co-author of The Smartness Mandate (MIT Press, 2023); author of Beautiful Data: A History of Vision and Reason since 1945 (Duke, 2014); and Full Professor and Chair of Digital Cultures at Technische Universität Dresden.

Often in discussions about machine learning and smartness, AI is presented as the natural path of human progress, an evolutionary – almost biological – development that emerged out of human communication systems and that has the potential to far exceed them. But as Orit argues, these technologies are neither inevitable nor inhuman. Rather they are the result of a particular intersection of neoliberal theory, psychology, and computer science that generated the economic incentives, political will, and public desire for AI to exist in the specific form we have now.

On this episode, Orit animates the technological imaginary that gave rise to our culture of AI, asking, among other things, how a highly adaptive, machine-learning enabled world changes the terms of political possibility and human revolution.

For more: https://orithalpern.net 

“Financializing Intelligence: On the Integration of Markets & Machines“
https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/on-models/519993/financializing-intelligence-on-the-integration-of-machines-and-markets/

“Futures of Cybernetic Urbanism” in "Intelligens. Natural. Artificial. Collective" catalogue of the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale  (2025)

Counter-Practices and The Image of Thought https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768640251335679

Planetary Infrastructure
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-658-38128-8_1-1

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Episode image adapted from: Marco Zorzanello photo of the installation TERMS AND CONDITIONS by Transsolar, Bilge Kobas, Daniel A. Barber, and Sonia Seneviratne at La Biennale di Venezia, 2025

Preview | Orit Halpern on Agentic Imaginaries (NM88) 2025

US equity markets fell as the Israel-Iran conflict continued to dominate investor sentiment and drive volatility and a fresh spike in oil prices - Dow lost -299-points or -0.70%. Merck & Co Inc (down -3.31%) and Nike Inc (-3.07%) both fell over >3%. Amazon.com Inc (down -0.59%) said its Prime Day discount event for Prime members next month will extend to four days (8 July-11 July).

Morgans AM - Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Morgans AM - Thursday, 19 June 2025

This week, Sophie Barrington speaks with Francis Addai about the recent oil price spike, key takeaways from central bank meetings, and the outlook for the US dollar.

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#327 Crude moves. Banks pause. Dollar waits

US equity and bond markets were CLOSED overnight.

In US corporate earnings, global professional services company Accenture, used car retailer CarMax Inc, Darden Restaurants and supermarket group Kroger Co report quarterly results on Friday night AEST (20 June). 


Morgans AM - Friday, 20 June 2025

US equity markets resumed trading following the Juneteenth National Independence Day holiday, with investors’ attention remaining keenly focussed on developments in the Middle East - Dow inched +35-points or +0.08% higher. Apple Inc rose +2.25% to be the leading performer in the 30-stock index and buck a weaker trend among the so-called ‘Magnificent Seven’, with reports emerging executives have held internal talks about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity AI. If regulators order Apple to end its partnership with Google, purchasing Perplexity would make it easier for the company to develop an AI-based search engine. The Bloomberg report came after CNBC confirmed on Friday (20 June) that Meta Platforms Inc (down -1.93%) approached Perplexity AI about a potential takeover bid before ultimately investing $14.3B into Scale AI. Microsoft Corp eased -0.59% to US$477.40 after touching a fresh record intra-day high (US$483.46). Amazon.com Inc lost -1.33% after the news that the UK's Groceries Code Adjudicator has opened a formal investigation over concerns that the retail giant may have breached rules requiring timely payments to suppliers.

Morgans AM - Monday, 23 June 2025

US markets were stronger overnight, as investors shrugged off Iran’s missile attacks on two US military bases in Qatar and Iraq. The view being it is an indication of Iran’s inability or unwillingness to engage in a wider conflict. The Dow rose 0.89% to 42,581.78. Paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams was the top performer of the 30-stock index, rising 3.1%. 


Morgans AM - Tuesday, 24 June 2025

US equity markets rallied and oil prices tumbled for a second consecutive session as investors welcomed news of a fragile cease-fire agreement between Iran and Israel - Dow rose +507-points or +1.19% to 43,089.02, with six of the index’s components logging gains of over >2%. American Express Co (up +2.92%), Salesforce Inc (+2.95%) and Nvidia Corp (+2.59%) gained over >2.5%. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp (1.59%) and Microsoft Corp (+0.85%) hit record highs.

Morgans AM - Wednesday, 25 June 2025

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