Apple-fueled rebound

US businesses sue to block Trump tariffs, Webull jumps 441% after SPAC merger, over 60% of CEOs expect a recession, and Apple regains $3 trillion market cap, and Nvidia to mass produce AI supercomputers over next four years in $500 billion push...

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Market Briefing
April 15, 2025

Good morning.

The Fast Five → US businesses sue to block Trump tariffs, Webull jumps 441% after SPAC merger, over 60% of CEOs expect a recession, and Apple regains $3 trillion market cap, and Nvidia to mass produce AI supercomputers over next four years in $500 billion push…

The DOGE Playbook: 9 stocks to take advantage of before Elon’s next move *

Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    Import price index, 8:30A

  • Tomorrow:
    US retail sales, 8:30A
    Business inventories, 10:00A
    Home builder confidence index, 10:00A

Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, April 15:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 4/14/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 28.52% for Week of April 10 2025

Previous week: 21.76%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures dip: Dow -136 pts (-0.3%), S&P & Nasdaq -0.4%.

  • Monday: S&P +0.8%, Nasdaq +0.6%, Dow +312 pts.

  • Tech led gains on tariff exemptions; status still uncertain.

  • Big earnings ahead: BAC, C, JNJ, PNC.

  • Key data Tues: import/export prices, Empire State survey.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching today:

The DOGE Agenda (9 Stocks to Buy)

Every investor in America is trying to figure out what Musk will do in Washington, D.C. in the coming weeks.

One Boston based think tank – who has studied Elon's work for decades – is stepping forward to share what they've found.

They believe his true plan is more radical than anyone realizes. It could change the way you live, work, get paid, and collect Social Security...

…AND could make more people wealthy than all of Elon's previous ventures – PUT TOGETHER.

- from Altimetry -

HEADLINES

A group of small businesses sued President Trump, seeking to block new tariffs that he has imposed on foreign imports in recent weeks. The suit states trade deficits are not an emergency

After almost quintupling in value on Monday, Webull has a market cap of $29.6 billion.

  • Wall Street ends higher with Apple shares as investors assess tariff exemptions (more)

  • Fed data: Consumers see big, but fleeting tariff inflation spike (more)

    • Fear of unemployment jumps to highest level since pandemic (more)

  • More than 60% of CEOs expect a recession in the next 6 months (more)

  • BlackRock boosts outlook for US stocks after tariffs pause (more)

  • Zero-day options are fueling the unprecedented volatility on Wall St (more)

  • Dollar keeps falling as ‘safe haven’ status is questioned (more)

  • Gold takes a breather after record run as risk sentiment improves (more)

  • Apple regains $3 trillion market cap after iPhone tariff exemption (more)

  • Goldman Sachs tops estimates on boom in equities trading revenue (more)

  • Zuckerberg takes the stand in FTC’s Meta antitrust trial (more)

  • Nvidia to mass produce AI servers in Texas as part of $500B US push (more)

  • Wells Fargo says tech banking team grew by 20% over past year (more)

  • Intel to sell controlling stake in Altera chip business to Silver Lake (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Lowe's to buy Artisan Design for $1.33B

  • Capital Power to expand in PJM power market with $2.2B deal

  • KKR signs $3.1B deal to buy post-trade services venture from S&P Global, CME

  • Colombia oil producer Ecopetrol ties up wind farm deal

  • Validity, a provider of marketing success and customer data intelligence solutions, acquired Litmus, email optimization and testing solutions

  • ACA Group, a governance, risk, and compliance advisor in financial services, acquired Global Trading Analytics

  • HireRight, a provider of global background screening services and workforce solutions, acquired ClearChecks

  • ECI Software Solutions, a provider of cloud-based business management software and services, acquired Davisware

  • Inveniam Capital Partners, a data management platform for private market assets, acquired Hedgehog, a platform for tokenized private asset investments

VC

  • Tapcheck, an on-demand pay provider, raised $225M in equity and debt funding

  • Parallel Systems, a provider of an autonomous battery-electric rail system, raised $38M in Series B funding

  • C2FO, an on-demand working capital platform, raised $30M in funding

  • Fourier, a hydrogen production systems company, raised $18.5M in Series A funding

  • The Ryl Company, a beverage products company, raised $15M in Series B Funding

  • Blue Water Autonomy, a tech company building autonomous ships for the US Navy, raised $14M in Seed funding

  • Vinyl Equity, a transfer agent for public companies, raised $11.5M in Seed funding

  • Cofertility, an egg-freezing startup, raised $7.25M in Series A funding

  • ClearCOGS, an AI-powered predictive analytics platform for restaurants, raised $3.8M in Seed funding

  • Elm AI, an AI-driven platform helping enterprises improve performance across their supply chains, raised $2M in funding

  • Volektra, an electric drivetrain provider, raised an undisclosed amount in funding

  • Teamworks, a software business providing operating systems for sports organizations, received an undisclosed amount in financing

CRYPTO

  • Strategy bought more Bitcoin during volatile week on Wall St (more)

  • SEC delays staking decision for Grayscale ETH ETFs (more)

  • Tether emerges as major crypto lender since collapse of sector (more)

BULLISH BITES

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📣 How Bloomberg — and ‘Bloomberg’ — drove markets and headlines.
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