A sea of red

Another sea of red, stocks on doorstep of a correction, WH says 25% steel and aluminum tariff going into effect, Salesforce pledges to invest $1 billion in Singapore in AI push, and Trump says he will label violence against Tesla domestic terrorism...

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The Fast FiveAnother sea of red, stocks on doorstep of a correction, WH says 25% steel and aluminum tariff going into effect, Salesforce pledges to invest $1 billion in Singapore in AI push, and Trump says he will label violence against Tesla domestic terrorism…

J.P. Morgan Issues Dire Warning

JP Morgan calls the coming crisis, "The most predictable crisis in history."

A crisis that could send the stock market crashing 50% and real estate down 40%.

Take these 4 steps to protect yourself here.
- a message from Behind The Markets

Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    Consumer price index (CPI), 8:30A

  • Tomorrow:
    Initial jobless claims, 8:30A
    Producer price index (PPI), 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, March 12:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 3/11/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 19.33% for Week of March 06 2025

Previous week: 19.38%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures up: Dow +84 pts, S&P +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.3%.

  • Dow -480 pts, S&P briefly hit correction (-10%).

  • Trump flipped on Canada steel tariffs; 25% duty holds.

  • Today: CPI inflation data drops (+0.3% MoM, +2.9% YoY).

  • Fed in focus as inflation & growth fears resurface.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

  • Today: American Eagle $AEO ( ▲ 4.79% )

    • Adobe $ADBE ( ▼ 4.95% ) - earnings of $4.97 per share (+10.9% YoY), on revenue of $5.6B (+7.7% YoY)

  • Thursday:

    • Dollar General $DG ( ▼ 1.9% ) - earnings of $1.50 per share (-18.0% YoY) on $10.3B revenue (+4.0% YoY)

    • Ulta Beauty $ULTA ( ▼ 2.28% ) - earnings of $7.11 per share (-12.0% YoY) on revenue of $3.5B (-2.6% YoY)

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HEADLINES

Wall Street’s failure to bounce back from its recent beating on news of a potential Russian ceasefire shows just how worried investors are about the market impact from Trump's tariff wars.

  • House GOP passes stopgap, daring Senate democrats on shutdown (more)

  • House republicans block potential challenges to Trump tariffs (more)

  • US job openings rise, layoffs low before Trump policy shifts (more)

  • Trump allies want faster tax cuts to balance growing tariff fear (more)

  • White House says 25% steel and aluminum tariff to go into effect (more)

    • Ontario pauses energy surcharge after Trump hikes metals tariffs (more)

  • Microsoft open to using natural gas to power AI data centers for demand (more)

  • Salesforce pledges to invest $1 bln in Singapore over five years in AI push (more)

  • Reddit rallies after three-day slump as analyst calls selloff ‘excessive’ (more)

  • Trump says he will label violence against Tesla domestic terrorism (more)

  • Democrats’ favorite Wall St firm hedges its political bets with Trump hire (more

  • Waymo expands robotaxi service in Silicon Valley (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Uber ends Foodpanda Taiwan acquisition after regulatory hurdles (more)

  • Charterhouse agrees to acquire French fire safety group Estya (more)

  • WNS Limited, a digital-led business transformation and services company, acquired Kipi.ai, data services focused on the Snowflake platform (more)

  • Euna Solutions, a provider of SaaS solutions purpose-built for the public sector, acquired AmpliFund, a grant management platform provider (more)

  • Scope Computer Vision Technologies Corp, a provider of AI-powered inspection solutions for the industrial landscape, received a strategic investment from Black Bay Partners (more)

  • 360 Privacy, a digital executive protection platform, received a $36M Growth investment from FTV Capital (more)

  • Reveleum, a health tech startup, received an investment from NEC X (more)

  • pgEdge, a company specializing in distributed PostgreSQL solutions, received a strategic investment of undisclosed amount (more)

VC

  • Celestial AI, a Photonic Fabric™ optical interconnect technology platform, raised $250M in Series C1 funding (more)

  • Vori Health, a physician-led solution for musculoskeletal care, raised $53M in Series B funding (more)

  • Norm Ai, a regulatory AI agent company, raised $48M in funding (more)

  • Capture6, a system converting waste brine into both fresh water and carbon removal solutions, raised $27.5M in Series A and project funding (more)

  • Trust & Will, a digital estate planning platform, raised over $25M in Series C funding (more)

  • DG Matrix, a power router platform, raised $20M in funding (more)

  • OpusClip, a generative AI-powered video editing platform, raised $20M in funding (more)

  • Synctera, a banking-as-a-service and embedded finance company, raised $15M in funding (more)

  • Liminal Experiences, a UGC gaming startup leveraging AI to empower human-centered creativity, raised $5.8M in Seed funding (more)

  • SaySo, an interactive shopping platform, raised $4M in Seed funding (more)

  • Podqi, an automated IP protection platform, raised $3.2M in Seed funding (more)

  • Synvect, a biotech startup developing vector control solutions, raised $3M in Seed funding (more)

  • Noctal, an audio engine that enhances sound design for content creators, raised $1.8M in Seed funding (more)

CRYPTO

  • Senate, House lawmakers reintroduce Bitcoin Act legislation to accumulate 1 million BTC (more)

  • US House votes to overturn IRS DeFi broker rule (more)

  • Utah’s Senate passes Bitcoin bill — but scraps key provision (more)

BULLISH BITES

🤖 Nearly 1 in 4 US tech jobs posted so far this year are seeking employees with AI skills, according to The Wall Street Journal.

👎 Bad news for VCs: DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is in no hurry to raise money.

😢 Southwest is getting rid of its most recognizable perk.

🏎 An all-electric Rolls Royce Corniche restomod.

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