After visiting Intel's wafer factory and research laboratories, discussions were held with several technical leaders on topics such as ring gates, backside power supply, CFET, interconnect materials, and advanced packaging. Intel believes that chips will continue to move towards three-dimensional stacking in the future, but each new structure goes through a long period of refinement from verification to mass production. The more pressing constraint at present is the supply of equipment.

Bill Ackman, CEO of Pantheon Square Capital, stated that the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Iran war, as well as high inflation and interest rates have suppressed the market. However, if geopolitical risks ease and energy prices decline, market prospects will significantly improve. He also discussed the investment value of Netflix, Meta, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Predictive market operators Underdog and zerohash have collaborated to plan to launch cryptocurrency and stablecoin top-up features later this year. Eligible users will be able to directly use supported digital assets for deposits through the Underdog application, and this service supports nearly instant transfers around the clock. The company has not specified which specific cryptocurrencies will be supported.

On October 23, the Statistics Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications released the national consumer price index for September 2026. Using 2025 as the base year of 100, the composite index was 102.2, showing a year-on-year increase of 2.1%; the composite index excluding fresh food was 102.3, also with a year-on-year increase of 2.1%; and the index excluding both fresh food and energy was 102.8, with a year-on-year increase of 2.4%. Although these three figures appear similar, they answer different questions: the first figure considers all prices included in the basket, the second reduces fluctuations in fresh food prices, and the third further eliminates the impact of energy costs. If one single figure is chosen to describe inflation in Japan, it is easy to overlook these structural differences.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released data on "usual weekly earnings" for the third quarter of 2026 on October 21st, which showed that the median weekly wage for full-time employees with wages and salaries was $1,232, representing a nominal year-over-year increase of 1.5%. During the same period, the Consumer Price Index rose by 3.5% year-over-year. By comparing these two increases, one can see an obvious pressure: while the wage figures for typical full-time employees have increased, the rate of increase has not kept up with overall prices. This comparison cannot be interpreted as a decrease in everyone's actual income, nor can it be equated with the disposable income of all residents; it describes the relationship between the median income of the surveyed population and the changes in overall prices.