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The storm, which is expected to make landfall in the Florida panhandle on Wednesday, has become a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour.

In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, the co-founder and co-chairman of the $122 billion Oaktree Capital explains how his overall investment philosophy and views on market cycles enabled him to make a legendary trade during the financial crisis, why he's continuing to buy in this market, and what will make him stop.

Sens. Marco Rubio and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Supermicro, the motherboard supplier named in a recent bombshell Bloomberg report, whose microchips were allegedly placed onto equipment by Chinese spies that was then sold to tech giants like Apple and Amazon.

Softbank is in talks to invest $15 billion to $20 billion in WeWork, with the aim of taking a majority stake in the co-working space company, the Wall Street Journal says. Back in August, Softbank invested $4.4 billion, enough for a 20% stake.

Shares of the Chinese electric-car startup Nio soared more tha 22% Tuesday after Baillie Gifford & Co, Tesla's largest investor after Elon Musk, disclosed an 11% stake in the company. Shares are up another 6.5% ahead of Wednesday's opening bell.

The struggling retailer has hired M-III Partners to put together a bankruptcy filing that could come as soon as this week, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Tesla sold 69,925 vehicles in the US during the third quarter, topping the 66,542 sold by Mercedes-Benz.

The activist investor disclosed a stake of 15.2 million shares, worth about $900 million, while presenting at the Grant's Fall 2018 Conference in New York, according to CNBC.

Australia's ASX (+0.27%) led the way higher overnight and Germany's DAX (-0.59%) trails in Europe. The S&P 500 is set to open little changed near 2,880.

PPI will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET and wholesale inventories will cross the wires at 10 a.m. ET. The US 10-year yield is up 2 basis points at 3.23%.