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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Wednesday Morning
  Robert Redford died at 89. The Oscar-winning director...
  Robert Redford died at 89. The Oscar-winning director of Ordinary People and star of countless iconic films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men died at his home in Utah “surrounded by those he loved,” his publicist said. Widely considered one of history’s greatest actors and among the most influential people in Hollywood, Redford leveraged his stardom in the late 1970s to create the Sundance Institute and accompanying film festival to support independent cinema. “The industry was pretty well controlled by the mainstream, which I was a part of,” he told the Associated Press in 2018. “But I saw other stories out there that weren’t having a chance to be told and I thought, ‘Well, maybe I can commit my energies to giving those people a chance.’” He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2016.
  
  Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing, was charged with aggravated murder yesterday. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty.
  
  The New York Times is being sued by President Trump, who alleges that the newspaper defamed him. The NYT called the suit “an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting.”
  
  AOL is up for sale by its owner, Apollo Global Management, the Wall Street Journal reported.
  
  Delta and Aeromexico are being ordered to unwind their partnership by the Trump administration over competition concerns.
  
  Terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione were tossed by a New York judge, though he kept other charges, including second-degree murder, in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
  
  The Trump administration plans to appeal to the Supreme Court to let the president fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after a lower court affirmed that she could remain in her post while her lawsuit against Trump proceeded.
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• API reports larger-than-expect draw in US crude oil stocks
  U.S. crude oil futures rose from post-settlement levels...

  U.S. crude oil futures rose from post-settlement levels Tuesday after the American Petroleum Institute reported a larger-than-expected decline in weekly domestic crude oil inventories.

  
  Crude Oil WTI Futures, the U.S. benchmark, recently traded at $64.55 a barrel following the report after settling up $1.22 at $64.42 a barrel.
  
  U.S. crude inventories fell by 3.4M barrels for the week ended Sept. 5, compared with a build of 1.3M barrels reported by the API for the previous week. That beat expectations for a draw of 1.6M barrels. 
  
  The official government inventory report is due Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).
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• Around The Markets
  At a glance, today’s data seems to prove that the US economy is in...
  At a glance, today’s data seems to prove that the US economy is in good shape: Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, handily beating projections of 0.3% and marking its third monthly increase in a row.
  
  On top of that, spending slowed down in only four of the 13 retail categories month over month, but all four categories saw annual gains. Oh, and July’s numbers were revised higher.
  
  “We might be in a K-shaped recovery, but consumer spending is booming and regardless of the negative jobs revisions, the US economy is continuing to expand,” explained Chief Investment Officer for Northlight Asset Management Chris Zaccarelli.
  

  
  
  • Sam Altman’s OpenAI has hired the former CFO of Elon Musk’s xAI, adding further fuel to their feud.
  
  
  • Delta will be forced to unwind its joint venture with Aeromexico by order of the White House.
  
  
  • The details of a TikTok deal have been leaked, and Oracle looks like the big winner.
  
  
  • Robinhood has unveiled a new VC fund that allows retail traders to dive into startup investments.
  
  
  • YouTube has paid out more than $100 billion to creators over the last 4 years.
  
  
  • The Trump family reaped the rewards of a $2 billion investment into World Liberty Financial from the UAE in exchange for access to critical semiconductor chips
  
  
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• DAILY OIL PRICE: September 16, 2025
  Commodities: Oil popped on reports that Russia may...
  Commodities: Oil popped on reports that Russia may cut back on crude production due to Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries. Gold soared past $3,700 for the first time ever today as traders bulked up on bullion before the Fed kicks off what is expected to be a series of cuts.
  

  
  
  • Crude Oil: 64.52   (+1.22).
  
  
  • Nymex MTD AVG: 63.0925.
  
  
  • Natural Gas: 3.103   (+0.060).
  
  
  • Gasoline: 2.0416   (+0.0282).
  
  
  • Spreads: October/November (+0.36)     November/December (+0.34).
  
  
  • Plains WTI Posting: 61.00   (+1.22).
  
  

  
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• Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all close lower as investors await Fed’s rate decision
  U.S. stocks finished mostly lower on Tuesday afternoon,...

  U.S. stocks finished mostly lower on Tuesday afternoon, as investors looked ahead to the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting on Wednesday for decisions on interest rates and guidance on the future direction of monetary policy.

  
  

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 125.55 points, or 0.3%, to end at 45,757.90, according to FactSet data.

  
  

  The S&P 500 was off 8.52 points, or 0.1%, to finish at 6,606.76.

  
  

  The Nasdaq Composite was down less than 0.1%, leaving it nearly flat, at 22,333.96.

  
  

  Fed-funds futures traders were pricing in a 96% likelihood of at least a quarter-point rate cut on Wednesday, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. But investors are laser-focused not just on the policy decision itself, but also on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference and the updated Summary of Economic Projections — also known as the “dot plot” — which will show where policymakers expect the federal-funds rate to be by the end of this year and in 2026.

  
  

  The Fed is expected to release its monetary-policy statement and economic projections at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, followed by a press conference with Powell at 2:30 p.m.

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