BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 42.04% for Week of JAN 01 2026

Market Wrap:

• Futures near flat after S&P and Dow hit records

• Dow closed above 49,000 for the first time

• S&P +0.6%, closed at a record; Nasdaq +0.7%

• Markets shrugged Venezuela headlines on oil-supply impact

• Nine of 11 S&P sectors finished higher

• Amazon and Palantir jumped more than 3%

EARNINGS

No noteworthy earnings scheduled this week.

• Today: Albertsons $ACT ( ▲ 2.19% ), Jefferies $JEF ( ▼ 5.6% )

  • Constellation Brands $STZ ( ▲ 5.32% ) - $2.64 EPS (-18.8% YoY) on $2.16B revenue (-12.2% YoY)

• THU:

  • Greenbriar $GBX ( ▲ 5.39% ) - EPS of 79 cents (-54.1% YoY) on $655.5M revenue (-25.2% YoY)

Full earnings calendar »

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HEADLINES

Venezuela to Send U.S. Up to 50 Million Barrels of Oil

Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Stock Rally Faces More Threats Than Ever

• Dow, S&P 500 hit highs in record-setting start to year (more)

• Supreme Court sets Friday for opinions with tariffs pending (more)

• Venezuela's new leader is the oil industry's long-time ally (more)

• Gold miner aims to retake Venezuela assets after Maduro’s fall (more)

• Silver prices surge past $80 an ounce (more)

• Prediction markets: rising odds Trump seizes Panama Canal, Greenland (more)

• Analysts flag value semiconductor stocks as 'next frontier' (more)

• Nvidia CEO says he’s ‘perfectly fine’ with billionaires tax (more)

• Rush to invest in Venezuela is 'nuts,' $15B advisor says (more)

• Chevron lines up 11 ships as Venezuela’s dark fleet vanishes (more)

• Ford reports best annual U.S. vehicle sales since 2019 (more)

• Sandisk's 1,000% rally is turbocharged by Huang's remarks (more)

• AMD shares slide even as CEO points to soaring demand (more)

• Goldman Sachs tops global M&A rankings with $1.48 trillion in deals (more)

• Private equity management fees hit new low in 2025 (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Eli Lilly closing in on deal with Biotech Ventyx

• KKR to buy sports investor Arctos at $1 bln valuation

• Mobileye to acquire humanoid robot maker Mentee for $900M

• Axiom GRC acquires AssurancePoint

• Trustwell receives majority investment from TPG’s The Rise Funds

VC

• Musk’s xAI closed $20B funding with Nvidia backing

• Lyte, an integrated perception company for robotics and Physical AI, emerged from stealth with $107M in funding

• GS Microelectronics U.S., Inc. (GSME), a semiconductor solution provider, raised $35M in Series B funding

• Array Labs, a developer of space-based radar systems, raised $20M in Series A financing

• Tesoro XP, a rewards platform that enables retailers to fund in-game currency for gamers, raised $5.4M in Seed funding

• Coinbax, a programmable trust layer for stablecoin payments, raised $4.2M in Seed funding

• Moto Finance Inc., a fintech company, raised $1.8M in pre-Seed funding

CRYPTO

• Crypto latecomer Morgan Stanley files for Bitcoin, Solana ETFs (more)

• Strategy surges 6% on MSCI decision not to exclude DATs from indexes (more)

• Crypto bill markup expected next week as pressure mounts before shutdown deadline (more)

BULLISH BITES

📈  Treasury Sec. issues rare earth buy call? *

🌎  Why the impact of tariffs may not be what you think.

💰 A mystery trader made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s downfall.

📱  The 7 weirdest tech gadgets I've seen at CES 2026 - so far.

🍸 What happened to Happy Hour?

DAILY SHARES

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