Stocks Higher on ISM, Apple’s Cheaper MacBook | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 3/04/2026

On today’s episode of Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec discuss the latest Fed Beige Book showing a weaker consumer with Bloomberg News Economics Editor Molly Smith. Then, Alli McCartney of UBS Alignment Partners weighs in on the trade as stocks rise off the back of better-than-expected ISM data, as Wall Street looks for a “Trump put” related to the Iran war. Then, Bloomberg News National Security Team Leader Nick Wadhams on the current state of US military action in Iran and the surrounding region. Finally, Bloomberg News Consumer Tech Reporter Samantha Kelly on Apple’s new $599 MacBook Neo. (Source: Bloomberg)