All right, Court, thanks so much. Welcome to closing bell. I'm Scott Wobner.

Live from Post 9 here at the New York Stock Exchange. This make or break hour begins with this newly volatile stock market. What it means for the end of the year run that so many we're counting on, we'll ask our experts over this final stretch. We'll show you the scorecard first with 60 to go in regulation here. It is a mixed picture. It's a better picture than what we started with, certainly. And by the way, it's pot.

We could actually end this week on a mixed picture. It's a better picture than what we started with, certainly. And by the way, it's pie. We could actually end this week on a positive note. Even with yesterday's sizable upset, we'll track it to the finish. The S&P is still positive for the week by about one half of 1%. So that's certainly worth watching there. Mega caps are split today. as a sector though is positive so that's helping

the overall picture energy it's the biggest winner in terms of some individual names moving that we need

to know about today walmart their ceo's retiring under armor ending its relationship with step

curry and warner brothers hire on reports that Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount,

all preparing bids for that company. Finally, Alibaba shares, they are selling off on an explosive

new report from the FT, will have details for why that stock made that move midday and now sits down

by some 5%. All of that takes us to our talk of the tape.

Where stocks go from here as NVIDIA earnings loom large and the debate ramps up over a December

rate cut. We start with our tech reporter, Dear Jibosa, and this growing AI anxiety, exactly

what it feels like, Dee.

Yeah, so Scott, it's not just one headline, right, but AI anxiety exactly what it feels like, Dee? Yes, so Scott, it's not just one headline, right, but AI anxiety by 1,000 cuts.

There was Meta's outlook in late October, spending now far outpacing revenue growth,

then questions over Oracle's balance sheet and the increasing role of debt in the boom.

Open AI backlash, too, the awkward, who could forget at Sam Altman interview with Brad Garsner, where Brad

asked him about financials.

Altman snapped back that he could find a buyer for his shares, quickly followed up by

CFO Sarah Fryer, having to clarify comments over infrastructure commitments.

This week, the short sellers came for the AI trade. Michael

Burry, Jim Chanos, sounding the alarm over depreciation and more spending, which just continues

unabated. Scott, if I can add another red or maybe yellow flag, this ever-growing AI startup

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