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Elon Musk's $1B Skydance Investment

The Market Hang show on Yahoo Finance Live, hosted by Jen Saarbach and Kristen Kelly of Wall Street Skinny with guests Turney Duff, Paisley Nardini and Pras Subramanian, covers Elon Musk's $1B Skydance (SKYD) investment, A24's “You Can See Everything,” and the future of sports investment. The front end of the Treasury curve rallied 20 basis points the previous day, the biggest Treasury rally since the SVB collapse in 2023, and the 10-year yield closed below 5% for the first time in a month, even as Brent traded above $113 on Middle East concerns. The host outlined four possible drivers: a flight to quality, oil-driven inflation, doubts about AI capex, and yield levels attracting buyers. Paisley Nardini said higher yields have made bonds look attractive relative to equities after a strong run in stocks, and that money has been rotating into defensive sectors over the past two weeks.

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