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Animal Spirits:

On today’s show, we discuss:

• OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO

• An All-Time Bull Market

• Apple Turnover

• VOO Becomes First ETF Ever to Cross $900 Billion in Assets

• America’s Pandemic Car Bubble Is Now Trapping Buyers in Debt

• The decline of travel agents

• Big Brands Boost Creator Spending, but Smaller Firms Dominate the Deals

• Inside Hamilton Lane’s Pandora’s Box

• NBCUniversal’s Peacock Posts $432 Million Loss as Subscribers Rise to 46 Million

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• The Patriot

• The Housemaid

• Mercy

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