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Treasury intervention sparks rate relief... And Moderna’s cancer moonshot 8/19/26

Podcast: CNBC's "Fast Money"
Published: Aug 19, 2026
Duration seconds: 2612
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Summary

Yields and the dollar moving sharply lower after the U.S. Treasury pledged to step up debt buybacks. The traders debate whether the move just gave stocks the all-clear. Then, Mizuho’s Jared Holz reacts to the huge moves higher in Moderna and Merck, after the pair’s personalized cancer vaccine succeeded in a pivotal trial. Plus, new signs OpenAI is falling behind Anthropic, Target delivers a bullseye for investors and a humanoid robot maker’s massive Shanghai debut. Fast Money Disclaimer