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00:00The world is buzzing and Wall Street is dancing, powered by excitement over artificial intelligence

00:06breakthroughs and surprisingly strong earnings from US banks. Markets from New York to Frankfurt

00:12are rallying. In tech, TSMC just projected up to 24% revenue growth in Q4 on surging AI demand.

00:19Big banks in the US posted earnings that eclipsed expectations, giving investors fresh optimism.

00:25Yet clouds loom, the ongoing US government shutdown and rising trade tensions with China are creating

00:31friction that could snap this rally in a heartbeat. At the same time, the IMF and World Bank's global

00:36finance gathering is under pressure, overshadowed by renewed spat over tariffs and fears that

00:41geopolitical maneuvering could undermine multilateral cooperation. Markets are riding a current of hope

00:47driven by AI's promise, but the deeper seas are choppy with politics and policy risk.