Consumer sentiment, Salesforce showcases new AI agents: Catalysts

It's the first full trading hour of the day, so what's moving markets this morning? Catalysts hosts Madison Mills and Seana Smith tackle a wide array of topics with the Yahoo Finance team, covering top trending stocks and interviewing Wall Street experts.

BMO Wealth Management US Chief Investment Officer Yung-Yu Ma ties September's rise in consumer sentiment to the "relatively stable job market," explaining why the Federal Reserve's long-term interest rate strategy is more important than just its rate cut expected at the September FOMC meeting.

Boyd Group International president Mike Boyd finds Boeing's (BA) back is "against the wall" as a labor strike — 33,000 union factory workers strong — threatens the aircraft manufacturer's production outlook.

Yahoo Finance special reporter Akiko Fujita gets an inside look at how Salesforce (CRM) is tailoring its AI-powered Agentforce platform to learn as it engages and interacts with customers.

Other top trending stocks on the Yahoo Finance platform include Uber (UBER) and MicroStrategy (MSTR) as it purchases an additional $1.1 billion worth of bitcoin (BTC-USD)

This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.