Sep 1, 2026 · 8 min
Markets weigh AI bets against higher yields
Closing Bell: GoPro Rallies, Apple Gains, CrowdStrike Drops
The episode connects daily stock moves with a broader question: whether AI investment and urban innovation can justify ambitious long-term plans.
- 1Apple gains as incoming CEO John Ternus highlights an upcoming iPhone launch.
- 2GoPro rallies on a proposed Starman Optical merger and ambitions tied to AI data centers.
- 3CrowdStrike and software stocks fall as higher bond yields pressure growth-oriented companies.
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The episode’s sharpest turn comes when stock-market AI enthusiasm gives way to Dubai’s concrete infrastructure and planning challenge.
The brief
Apple gains after John Ternus becomes CEO and highlights an upcoming iPhone launch, while the hosts also discuss GoPro’s proposed merger and AI-data-center ambitions.
GoPro’s proposed combination with Starman Optical reframes the action-camera company around optical technology and the infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence.
CrowdStrike and other software stocks decline as higher bond yields weigh on growth-oriented companies, adding a market-wide counterpoint to the AI enthusiasm.
The episode then shifts from listed companies to Dubai, examining how rapid population growth, long-term planning and infrastructure innovation shape a smarter city.
Its central tension is whether ambitious AI-led development can keep pace with the physical demands of fast-growing urban populations.
What was said on this episode
8 statements · 4 positive · 4 negative
Investors view Apple as an anti-AI investment.
“Investors view it as kind of an anti-AI play.”
Listen at 1:10
CrowdStrike is negatively affected by higher yields.
“it is one of the casualties of a higher yield environment.”
Listen at 3:26
CrowdStrike shares are down about 6% near the close.
“we're seeing CrowdStrike down about 6% here, heading into the close.”
Listen at 3:44
The Warner Bros. deal currently carries substantial execution risk.
“It's a lot of execution. risk attached to this now.”
Listen at 4:34
AI will compress processes in smart-city development.
“AI will allow in the smart city space to compress a lot of things.”
Listen at 5:47
Dubai learned substantially from its sudden population increase.
“Dubai has learned a lot from a sudden increase in population”
Listen at 6:07
Dubai responded very effectively to its population increase.
“they reacted very well to it.”
Listen at 6:13
Dubai has a long-term urban-planning vision.
“They have a long-term urban planning vision”
Listen at 6:15
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Romaine Bostick
Apple Inc.
John Ternus
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