BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 34.87% for Week of AUG 07 2025

Market Wrap:

• S&P futures -0.1%, Nasdaq 100 -0.1%, Dow -44pts (-0.1%)

• S&P, Nasdaq hit fresh highs for 2nd straight day; Dow +464pts (1.04%)

• Gains fueled by cooler July CPI, boosting Sept rate-cut hopes

• Today’s data: July PPI + jobless claims (est. +0.2% MoM)

• Cisco -2% AH despite slight Q4 beat; Deere, Tapestry report today

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week. (*) indicates before the bell

• Today: *Deere $DE ( ▼ 1.25% ) , *Tapestry $TPR ( ▼ 0.37% ) 

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A MESSAGE FROM MARKETWISE

Top Analysts: Put March 16th on your calendar

📅 40-year Wall Street legend Marc Chaikin and his team of analysts have published a report explaining why March 16^th is the most likely day the next big market could begin.

If you have money in the markets right now, nothing is more important than understanding WHY next March could be so dangerous, and what you can do now to make the most money possible, with the least amount of risk.

Chaikin and his team have published their full briefing on their website - you can access it free of charge on the Chaiken Analytics website.

Click here to view »

Good Investing,
Mike Palmer Director, MarketWise Inc

HEADLINES

Bullish Valued at Nearly $13.2B in Blowout NYSE Debut

Apple’s AI Home Push to Hinge on Robots, Security, Lifelike Siri

• S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new closing highs on rate cut hopes (more)

• Small caps rally as Mag 7 stocks roll over in market rotation (more)

• Trump signals he’ll announce Fed Chair pick ‘a bit early’ (more)

• Bessent urges Fed to lower rates by 150 basis points or more (more)

• Goldman sees Fed cutting rates thrice in 2025, twice more in 2026 (more)

• US announces $1 bln in funding for critical minerals, materials sectors (more)

• Oil regains ground from 2-month lows ahead of Trump-Putin meeting (more)

• Bitcoin touches record high as markets price in rate cut (more)

• Bullish valued at nearly $13.2B in blowout NYSE debut (more)

• Paramount Skydance soars more than 20% after huge volume spike (more)

• Roblox's rapid growth earns company its first high-grade rating (more)

• Fast-casual restaurants face a slowdown (more)

• Amazon launches same-day grocery delivery in more than 1,000 cities (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Gildan to acquire Hanesbrands for $2.2 billion

• Carlyle nears $1B sale of HSO to Bain Capital

• Apollo Funds to acquire Trace3 from American Securities

• Mesa raises $24M in debt and equity financing

VC

• Protege, an AI training data exchange platform, raised $25M in Series A

• Hyphen Technologies, a provider of automated “makeline” foodservice technology, raised $25M in Series B funding

• Evertune, a Generative Engine Optimization and AI marketing platform, raised $15M in Series A funding

• Uncle Arnie’s, a THC and hemp-infused beverage brand, raised $7.5M in Series A funding

• Refold AI, a platform that replaces outsourced service work, raised $6.5M in funding

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin hits record high as traders expect liquidations to propel BTC above $125K (more)

• Bitcoin growth ‘remains exceptional’ as data shows BTC’s strongest phase just starting (more)

• Anonymous crypto holders are swaying millions in polymarket bets (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚨 March 16th -- America’s most important day? * 

💰 How Big Tech is paying its way out of Trump's tariffs.

📊 Study: Spending climbs among the rich, as everyone else's debt rises.

🤖 Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets.

😱 When did all of these people become therapists?

DAILY SHARES

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