Five things you need to know before the market opens on Monday October 2:
1. -- Stock Market Today: surging dollar, Treasury yields keep stocks in check
Stocks are set for a flat open Tuesday, with jobs data in focus, as Treasury yields and the dollar extend their recent rise amid renewed rate hike concerns.
2. -- Jobs data in focus as Treasury yields leap, rate hike bets accelerate
Investors continue to worry that a tight labor market, as well as a resilient economy, will stoke inflation pressures over the final months of the year.
3. -- Meta considering ad-free paywall for Facebook and Instagram in Europe
Stung by European privacy rules, Facebook owner Meta is reportedly looking to roll-out a paid, ad-free version of its two most important social media platforms.
4. -- Warren Buffett sells more HP shares, trimming stake in PC Maker to 10.2%
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has been trimming his stake in PC maker HP Inc for more than a month.
5. -- Sam Bankman-Fried, facing 100-year prison term, begins trial in Manhattan
The founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto trading platform FTX faces seven counts of fraud and conspiracy that carry prison terms of more than 100 years.
