Global week ahead: Bull markets, bubbles and ‘Swiftonomics’

The U.S. government shutdown has stoked worries about its adverse impact globally, but it has not hit the risk-on sentiment across major equity markets.
Netanyahu hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza ‘in the coming days’

Israel and Hamas are preparing for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war.
Automaker Stellantis planning $10 billion in U.S. investments, Bloomberg News reports

Automaker Stellantis is planning to invest about $10 billion in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation.
Investors may want to consider boosting their exposure abroad — even with U.S. stocks around record highs

“Home bias is about as bad as it’s ever been in the United States,” ETF.com’s Dave Nadig told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.
Activist Irenic builds a stake in Workiva, hoping to gain a voice on the software company’s board

The activist investor is calling on Workiva to review strategic alternatives and refresh its board after years of posting losses.
Robinhood and these other stocks are overbought after another record-setting week on Wall Street

Using the CNBC Pro stock screener tool, we found the most overbought and oversold stocks on Wall Street sorted by their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI.
Inside the uranium plant at the center of U.S. plans to expand nuclear power

Urenco operates the only uranium enrichment plant in the U.S. It is boosting production as the U.S. bans Russian fuel at the same time nuclear demand grows.
Warren Buffett Watch: His last big deal as Berkshire CEO before Abel takes over?

Berkshire Hathaway has a deal to pay $9.7 billion in cash to buy OxyChem, Occidental Petroleum’s chemical business.
Bank of America picks five stocks with more room to run in October

Bank of America says buy these five stocks in October, including Disney.
The bubble in people searching for ‘AI bubble’ has burst — what that means for the stocks

Web searches for the term “AI bubble” have declined since peaking last month, but some analysts expect a bigger bubble to emerge out of the trade.