⚠️ DOGE Fires the Starting Gun on "Digital Retirement". Here's what to do NOW before Elon makes his next move.

BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 21.58% for Week of March 20 2025

Market Wrap:

• Futures down: Dow -120 pts (-0.2%), S&P -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.4%.

• Trump confirms 25% auto tariff; retaliatory duties to be permanent.

• GM -7%, Ford -5% after-hours; Tesla +1%.

• Consumer confidence at 12-year low; economic worries grow.

• S&P +1% WTD, Dow +1.1%, Nasdaq up slightly.

• Key data ahead: Jobless claims (today), PCE inflation (Fri).

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

• Today:

  • Lululemon $LULU ( ▲ 1.12% ) - earnings of $4.60 per share (+19.2% YoY) on revenue of $21.9 billion (+0.9% YoY)

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TOGETHER WITH ALTIMETRY

"A Maniacal Sense of Urgency"

A Boston based think tank believes we could be just days away from Elon Musk launching his next big venture.

It's uniquely connected to his new role in the Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE")... but could have a far reaching impact on every facet of life in America.

They've released a fascinating new documentary connecting all the dots on what they believe Elon's planning and how it could impact your money.

HEADLINES

Trump Announces 25% Auto Import Tariffs

BofA Raises Gold Price Forecasts for 2025, 2026

• Wall Street ends down sharply on tariff worries; Nvidia and Tesla drop (more)

• Nasdaq short interest up 2.2% in mid-March (more)

• Trump says reciprocal tariff plan on All Nations ‘Lenient’ (more)

• US risks default as soon as August without debt-ceiling action (more)

• Front-loading ahead of tariffs boosts US durable goods orders (more)

• Trump's SEC pick pledges 'rational' crypto regulations (more)

• US oil, gas activity rose in first quarter (more)

• Copper’s hottest trade risks painful end if US tariffs arrive early (more)

• GameStop to borrow $1.3 billion to fund Bitcoin buying spree (more)

• Amazon is testing shopping assistants as it pushes deeper into gen AI (more)

• OpenAI expects revenue will triple to $12.7 billion this year (more)

• Wall Street bonuses hit record high (more)

• Dollar Tree says it’s winning over higher-income shoppers (more)

📈 The DOGE agenda (nine stocks to buy)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar for $1 Billion (more)

• Dollarama to buy retailer Reject Shop for twice market value (more)

• Nue, a salesforce-native revenue lifecycle management platform, acquired Approvals Pro, a provider of a sales approval solution (more)

• Voltage Park, a GPUaaS company with on-demand and reserved bare metal AI infrastructure, acquired TensorDock, a GPU cloud marketplace (more)

• Arkhive Digital, a female-founded Shopify enterprise agency, received an investment led by Bambu Ventures (more)

VC

• Mercury*, a fintech company providing banking products to power businesses’ financial workflows, raised $300m in Series C funding (more)

• Island, a company that developed Enterprise Browser, an enterprise workspace for CIOs and end users, has raised $250M in Series E (more)

• Supira Medical, Inc., a percutaneous ventricular assist device company, raises $120M in Series E financing (more)

• Also, a new electric micromobility company, raised $105M in funding (more)

• Underdog, a sports gaming company, raised $70M in ongoing Series C funding round (Epicrispr Biotechnologies, a biotech company focused on developing curative therapies, raised $68M in the first close of its Series B financing (more)

• GetReal Security, a cybersecurity leader specializing in the detection of malicious gen AI threats, raised $17.5M in Series A funding (more)

• Jolly, a workforce optimization platform, raised $16.5M in Series A funding (more)

• Brisk Teaching, an AI teaching and learning agent for K-12 schools, closed its $15M Series A funding round (more)

• XGS Energy, a developer of next-gen geothermal power projects leveraging a proprietary water-independent technology, raised $13M in new financing (more)

• Contoro Robotics, a maker of AI-powered container unloading robots, raised $12M in Series A funding (more)

• Topanga, an enterprise technology platform that helps kitchens reduce waste, raised $8M in Series A funding (more)

• SplxAI, a company developing an offensive security service for Agentic AI, raised $7M in Seed funding (more)

• Hook, a platform where users can legally remix songs by top musicians while earning income, raised $3M in additional funding (more)

CRYPTO

• Fidelity Investments tests dollar-pegged stablecoin (more)

• Trump’s USD1 stablecoin deepens concerns over conflicts of interest (more)

• Cryptocurrency holdings of US companies (more)

BULLISH BITES

💰 Elon's next millionaire-making project? *

📱 The Atlantic publishes full Signal thread.

📣 TikTok has launched a media campaign portraying the company as a life saver (literally).

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