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The Russell 2000 has outperformed the S&P 500 by almost 14 percentage points during the first six months of this year. Should such a performance gap hold into year-end, it would be the largest in over 20 years. Jill Carey Hall, Equity Strategist and Head: US SMID Strategy at Bank of America, discusses her mid-year outlook for small cap stocks.

Eric Liu, the Co-Head of Private Capital at EQT, joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain how AI is reshaping private equity investing, why software companies face a growing divide between AI winners and losers, and how his firm manages regulatory risk in technology and healthcare. He also shares why high-quality assets continue to trade despite a slower private equity exit market.

Signs of economic strength alongside easing price pressures spurred a bounce in stocks from session lows, with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh saying inflation risks have come down. Jordan Jackson, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, gives his macro call and discusses the market reaction he expects to see from Thursday's jobs data.

National Grid CEO Zoë Yujnovich discusses the company's strategic $1.75 billion investment in Jouleant, a US-based AI power firm, emphasizing the growing importance of AI-driven electricity demand. She speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Space companies including FireFly Aerospace (FLY) Intuitive Machines (LUNR) and Voyager Technologies (VOYG) shares are moving on news that NASA selected three companies to send robotic landers to the moon as part of efforts to establish a lunar base before the end of the decade. The agency announced awards to Astrobotic Technology Inc., Firefly Aerospace Inc., and Intuitive Machines Inc. to send landers to the moon. - General Mills (GIS) shares are moving after it posted fourth-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations, lifted by higher prices. - Meta Platforms Inc. (META) gained on reports that the company is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models. The company is also considering selling access to "raw" computing capacity, according to people familiar with the matter.

Meta Platforms is developing plans to build a cloud infrastructure business that would sell access to AI computing power and models. It would take on industry leaders like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence has details.

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Ivan Espinosa talks about the future of autonomous driving, investing in the US and how tariffs are making it harder to sell Mexican-made cars in the US. Those cars are being tariffed at a 25% rate. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said price risks have come down in recent weeks, and the central bank will deliver price stability. "Prices are too high, and I don't think I'm the only one on this stage that's recommitted to deliver price stability," Warsh said on Wednesday at the European Central Bank's annual Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said risks to euro-area inflation and growth have become more broadly balanced during the ECB's annual retreat in Sintra, Portugal.

"We have funds that run my money," President Donald Trump tells reporters when asked about his financial disclosures that show he made $1.4 billion in 2025 on crypto and memecoin-related businesses. He spoke at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday morning.