What’s News in Markets: Robinhood Social, AI Oracle, Paramount Bid

WSJ Your Money Briefing

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🗓️ 13 September 2025

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Why did Robinhood go social? And how did AI help Oracle make up for its lackluster earnings results? Plus, will Paramount make a bid for Warner? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, your money briefing is on a break, but we'll be back with more personal finance information for you in the future.
0:06.9	Until then, here's the news moving markets this week.
0:11.3	Hey listeners, it's Saturday, September 13th.
0:15.0	I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News and Markets,
0:19.4	our look at the biggest stock
0:20.9	moves of the week and the news that drove them.
0:24.1	Let's get to it.
0:25.7	Well, the stock market had a record-breaking week this week, fueled by renewed optimism about
0:31.4	the AI boom and growing confidence in interest rate cuts on the horizon.
0:37.0	What records are broken, you may ask?
0:38.9	Well, let's go through the latest hot streak.
0:42.1	Monday, the NASDAQ hit a new record.
0:44.7	Tuesday, for the first time this year, all three major benchmarks closed at an all-time
0:49.1	high.
0:50.0	Wednesday, a breakneck rally and shares of software giant Oracle helped power the S&P 500 to another record.
0:57.8	And I'll come back to what was fueling that rally in a second.
1:01.5	Thursday, the Dow surpassed 46,000 for the first time on record.
1:06.5	And not for nothing, the S&P and NASDAQ both closed at all-time highs, too.
1:11.4	And on Friday, the NASDAQ notched another record close, the 25th of 2025.
1:17.8	On a weekly basis, the SMP 500 gained 1.6%.
1:22.1	The Dow rose about 1%, and the NASDAQ ended 2% higher.
1:28.5	First up, in our individual movers of the week, let's talk Robin Hood, the online retail brokerage
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