Microsoft Corporation

The completion of OpenAI's restructuring allows the ChatGPT developer to pursue an IPO that could take place as early as 2027, sources <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-promise-to-stay-in-california-helped-clear-the-path-for-its-ipo-3af1c31c?mod=hp_lead_pos2">told</a> The Wall Street Journal. Negotiations are still preliminary, they said, and OpenAI could float shares later in 2027 or not at all.

OpenAI could have one of the largest IPOs in history in 2027 - WSJ

NVIDIA Corporation

Technology giant Nvidia became the first company in history with a market capitalization of more than $5 trillion during extended trading in New York, MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-new-record-highs-fed-rate-cut-meta-microsoft-alphabet?mod=bulletin_ribbon">writes </a>. The chipmaker's stock rose 3.2% on the premarket on October 29. Since the beginning of the year, their value has increased by almost 50%.

Nvidia's capitalization hit the $5 trillion mark on the premarket

Nokia Oyj

Nokia, known as the pioneer of mobile communications, has <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/10/28/3175696/0/en/Inside-Information-NVIDIA-to-make-USD-1-0-billion-equity-investment-in-Nokia-in-addition-to-new-strategic-partnership-Nokia-s-Board-resolved-on-directed-share-issuance-to-NVIDIA.html">announced</a> that technology giant Nvidia will acquire its shares for $1 billion, becoming a strategic partner.

Nvidia invests $1 billion in Nokia. Shares of the latter soared by 20%

Apple Inc.

Apple's market value crossed the $4 trillion mark for the first time in trading on Oct. 28. This record was the result of a strong rise in the company's stock price in recent weeks, with the iPhone 17 models released in September showing higher sales than their predecessors, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/apple-microsoft-4-trillion-market-cap.html">explains</a>.

Apple's capitalization hits $4 trillion mark for the first time - thanks to demand for iPhone 17

Microsoft has signed a new partnership agreement with OpenAI, of which it was an early shareholder, the ChatGPT developer <a href="https://openai.com/index/next-chapter-of-microsoft-openai-partnership/">said</a>. The deal "removes uncertainty for investors in both companies and opens the way for the ChatGPT developer to restructure into a commercial business," Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/microsoft-to-get-27-of-openai-access-to-ai-models-until-2032">writes</a>.

Microsoft's capitalization soared above $4 trillion on news of the OpenAI deal

BlackRock, Inc.

Betting on technology has increased the U.S. gap from the rest of the world, says Larry Fink

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LVMH Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, Societe Europeenne

Arnault's current deals resemble his strategy of buying cheapened stocks after the 2008 financial crisis

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Unitil Corporation

Global Water Resources, Inc.

Sky Harbour Group Corporation

Millrose Properties, Inc.

The Fed will announce its interest-rate decision on Wednesday, October 29. Markets <a href="https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html">expect</a>&nbsp;a 25-basis-point cut to 3.75-4.00%. The prior revision in September reignited the stock market, and analysts <a href="https://en.oninvest.com/article/russell-2000-is-clear-winner-from-fed-rate-cut-reaches-new-all-time-high">called</a>&nbsp;small-caps – represented by the Russell 2000 index – the “clear winner.” The day after the decision, on September 18, the index hit a new all-time high for the first time in four years, jumping 2%. Over the last six months, the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5ERUT/">Russell 2000</a>&nbsp;is up 28.4%, outpacing the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5ESPX/">S&amp;P 500</a>, the benchmark for large caps, which is up 23.8% in the same period.

Freedom picks small caps set to gain from another Fed rate cut

MapLight Therapeutics, Inc.

MapLight raised $259 mln by using a shutdown workaround, the first company to do so

Novo-backed schizophrenia drugmaker MapLight Therapeutics debuts on Nasdaq


Alphabet Inc.

The latest <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/amerikanskie-akcii-obnovili-rekord-posle-surpriza-v-otcete-ob-inflacii">data</a> on weaker-than-expected inflationary pressures in the U.S. will almost guarantee a quarter percentage point cut in the Fed Funds rate this week, <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/fed-rate-decision-unitedhealth-apple-microsoft-visa-earnings-fe0b3864?mod=RTA#:~:text=That%20data%20point%20all%20but%20seals%20a%20quarter%2Dpoint%20rate%20cut%20at%20the%20Federal%20Open%20Market%20Committee%E2%80%99s%20confab%2C%20which%20will%20take%20place%20on%20Tuesday%20and%20Wednesday.">writes</a> Barron's. Decisions on monetary policy will also be made by the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.

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Key inflation data, released a week and a half late, almost guarantees a rate cut next week

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Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.

The likelihood of the AI boom turning out to be a bubble is very high, some market participants believe

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