Chip Stocks Slide as Global Bond Anxiety Builds | The Close 8/18/2026

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are DoubleLine Capital Deputy CIO Jeffrey Sherman, Higgsfield Co-Founder & CEO Alex Mashrabov, Oppenheimer Managing Director & Senior Analyst Brian Nagel, The Katzen Team Founder Frances Katzen, AlphaSimplex Group Chief Research Strategist Katy Kaminski, Robinhood Chief Brokerage Officer Steve Quirk, Midi Health CEO & Co-Founder Joanna Strober, Fort Robotics CEO Samuel Reeves, & Jefferies Senior Vice President, Equity Research Corey Tarlowe. Chapters: 00:00:00 Bloomberg The Close 00:02:10 DoubleLine on Bond Yields, Inflation & Fed Policy 00:10:12 Higgsfield CEO on AI Video, Marketing & Hollywood 00:17:36 Top Calls 00:18:31 Home Depot Earnings, Housing & the Consumer 00:22:37 New York Housing: Affordability, Luxury Demand & Mortgage Rates 00:30:40 Stock of the Hour: Nvidia & the AI Financing Debate 00:35:15 Countdown to the Closing Bell 00:36:11 AlphaSimplex on AI Risk, Rates & Market Rotation 00:43:11 Closing Bell 00:46:00 Market Movers: Energy, Duolingo & Biotech 00:47:59 Biggest Losers: Klarna, Meta & Caterpillar 00:50:11 Costco Moves Into Medicare 00:53:24 Post-Close: Chip Stocks, Home Depot & Klarna 00:55:01 Robinhood on Record Trading Volumes & Retail Investors 01:02:58 Midi Health CEO on Menopause Care & Women's Health 01:08:23 Robotics, Physical AI & a $500 Million SPAC 01:14:49 Toll Brothers Earnings Hit After the Bell 01:15:39 Retail Earnings Preview: Target, TJX & Walmart 01:23:31 Toll Brothers, Mortgage Rates & Luxury Housing 01:27:16 What to Watch -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: https://tinyurl.com/ysu5b8a9 Visit http://www.bloomberg.com for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features, profiles and more. Connect with Bloomberg Television on: X: https://twitter.com/BloombergTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BloombergTelevision Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergtv/ Connect with Bloomberg Business on: X: https://twitter.com/business Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloombergbusiness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloombergbusiness/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bloombergbusiness?lang=en Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/bloomberg/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg-news/ More from Bloomberg: Bloomberg Radio: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Bloomberg Surveillance: https://twitter.com/bsurveillance Bloomberg Politics: https://twitter.com/bpolitics Bloomberg Originals: https://twitter.com/bbgoriginals Watch more on YouTube: Bloomberg Technology: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergTechnology Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/@business Bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake Bloomberg Espanol: https://www.youtube.com/@bloomberg_espanol Bloomberg Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergPodcasts