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The shape-shifting artificial intelligence trade and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East dominated conversations in a week that saw strong earnings results. The Opening Trade spoke with leading market voices and company executives to get their take.

ChinaAMC CEO Yimei Li says technology upgrades and semiconductors are driving market momentum in China, supporting strong performance in the firm's ETF products. She also outlines plans for tokenization growth in an exclusive interview on Bloomberg's ETF IQ Asia.

Beijing faces mounting anxiety over the unresolved Iran conflict ahead of a critical Trump-Xi summit. Bloomberg's Rebecca Choong Wilkins reports on what's at stake and how the leaders may use their rapport to navigate geopolitical storms.

Dr. Pattie Maes, Head of Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the evolution of health tools and how the devices we already live with can help us become better versions of ourselves.

Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss their earnings, health of the labor market, and what the company is doing to help hyper-scalers build data center capacity needs.

Oil dipped in a volatile session as the US waited on Iran's response to its proposal to end the war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. West Texas Intermediate crude futures briefly dipped as much as 5.5% to trade below $90 a barrel before paring most losses amid signs that Iran continues to assert its control of the crucial oil and natural gas transit route. Prices slumped 8% on Wednesday with renewed hope that the conflict, which has sparked a global energy crisis, might soon come to an end. We get reaction from Mike McGlone, Senior Commodity Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence.

Elanco Animal Health boosted its adjusted earnings per share forecast for the full year. Jeff Simmons, President and CEO at Elanco Animal Health joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss their company earnings and how the pet care market is doing.

DoubleLine CEO and CIO Jeffrey Gundlach expresses his concerns about the state of the private credit market on "Bloomberg The Close."

Jeffrey Sherman, DoubleLine's deputy CIO and lead portfolio manager for multi-sector and derivative strategies, discusses the current state of the financial markets. Sherman also comments on the recent wave of big tech earnings and anticipates the potential impact of upcoming Nvidia results. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close."

GTCR Co-CEO and Managing Director Collin Roche reflects on the private equity landscape, emphasizing the importance of value creation over merely capitalizing on rising prices. Roche highlights GTCR's multibillion-dollar exit from Worldpay as a prime example of their strategy: backing executive teams to implement operational and strategic changes that improve business performance and justify higher exit multiples.