Among those offering customers such deals is the former company of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Wall Street bets on Trump's repeal of duties: funds are buying up rights to reimburse fees

Fermi Inc.

Elon Musk became the first whose fortune reached $500 billion. At the same time, his company SpaceX lost to OpenAI, which received a valuation of a similar amount - $500 billion - after the secondary sale of employee shares for $6.6 billion. Now the ChatGPT developer is the most expensive private company in the world. Thanks to the partnership with OpenAI, the quotes of South Korean Samsung and SK Hynix jumped up. These and other topics are in our review of the key events for the morning of October 2.

Top story for the morning: Musk's fortune hits $500 billion, OpenAI beats SpaceX in valuation

The US Supreme Court has prevented US President Donald Trump from immediately firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US). This follows from the published <a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rRcHXdlKnejY/v0">document of the court</a>.


U.S. Supreme Court denies Trump's immediate firing of Fed Governor Cook

Lithium Americas Corp.

The U.S. government has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-30/us-to-take-stake-in-lithium-americas-to-boost-nevada-project?srnd=phx-technology">agreed</a>&nbsp;to acquire a stake in Lithium Americas, the Canadian company developing the country’s largest lithium deposit at Thacker Pass in Nevada. Lithium is a critical raw material for EV batteries. On the news, the company’s shares <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LAC/">surged</a>&nbsp;by a third in after-hours trading yesterday, September 30, and have maintained the gains in premarket trading so far this morning.

Lithium Americas shares up a third as U.S. government takes 5% stake in small miner

Preliminary trading in shares of Fermi, a real estate investment trust (REIT) founded in early 2025 by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, has begun on the Freedom client trading system. The startup expects to capitalize on the AI boom by attracting large data center operators to its electrified Texas site. Later Wednesday, the securities will appear on the Nasdaq under the ticker FRMI.

Fermi IPO: Shares of the startup that wants to build a Trump nuclear power plant have begun trading

RTX Corporation

CACI International Inc

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

A sharp standoff in Congress raises the risk of a protracted conflict

The U.S. has its first shutdown in seven years. What does this change for investors?

Alphabet Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

The first shutdown in years has begun in the USA: the publication of macroeconomic statistics has been halted, and civil servants have been sent on forced leave en masse. Berkshire Hathaway is preparing to buy OxyChem for $10 billion - one of the largest in recent years. Nvidia broke a record, raising its capitalization above $4.5 trillion thanks to deals with OpenAI and growing spending on AI infrastructure. These and other topics are in our review of the key events for the morning of October 1.

U.S. government shutdown due to lack of funding

Merck & Co., Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Pfizer received a three-year reprieve from 100 percent duties on drug imports in exchange for lower prices

Pfizer struck a price deal with the White House. Shares soared 6%

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Progress Software Corporation

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Energy Fuels Inc.

Vail Resorts, Inc.

CSX Corporation

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: the market on the verge of shutdown 

Electronic Arts Inc.

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Donald Trump announced new duties on wood, furniture, pharmaceuticals and movies. OpenAI is booming revenue growth - $4.3 billion for the first half of 2025 - but is spending billions on AI development. In the U.S., Wealthfront, one of the pioneers of the robo-advisory market, is preparing for an IPO, and was never sold to UBS in 2022. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of September 30.

Highlights for this morning: Trump's duties, OpenAI growth, Wealthfront going public

U.S. President Donald Trump said he has agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a plan to end the war between Israel and the Hamas group, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-29/trump-unveils-20-point-plan-to-end-gaza-war-after-netanyahu-meet?srnd=homepage-europe">reports</a>. Netanyahu reiterated his support for a plan "that will achieve Israel's military objectives," Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/live-updates-trump-meet-netanyahu-white-house-with-focus-new-gaza-peace-plan-2025-09-29/">reports</a>.