Oct 24, 2026 · 13 min
Hasbro rallies as AI spending pressures Meta and GM
Weekly Roundup: Hasbro Rallies, Meta Drops, GM Suffers Worst Week Since 2023
The episode contrasts a surprise market winner with investor concerns about costly AI expansion and weakening auto profits, then widens the lens to urban growth and corporate culture.
- 1Hasbro’s stronger guidance and Magic: The Gathering growth propel an unexpected weekly market standout.
- 2Meta’s aggressive AI buildout raises questions about credit risk, weaker bonds, and potential new debt.
- 3GM suffers its worst weekly decline since 2023 despite analysts viewing its lower valuation as a possible opportunity.
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Hasbro emerges as the S&P 500’s best-performing name of the week, an unexpected result amid broader concern about AI spending and corporate weakness.
The brief
Hasbro rallies after raising full-year guidance, with Magic: The Gathering growth and tariff refunds helping turn the toy maker into the week’s surprising market standout.
Meta moves lower as investors weigh aggressive AI spending against rising credit risk, weaker bonds, and the possibility of additional debt issuance.
General Motors posts its worst weekly decline in three years after narrowing profit guidance and citing weaker sales, even as some analysts see value in the selloff.
The episode then shifts from markets to Dubai’s rapid urban growth, asking how long-term planning and AI can keep infrastructure aligned with rising demand.
Bloomberg Tech Minute closes with SpaceX’s demanding hiring culture, where exceptional ability, commitment, and loyalty to Elon Musk’s vision shape recruitment.
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