'Buy the dip' calls fade

Baby boomers face lasting retirement hit, ‘buy the dip’ calls fade, S&P 500 joins the Nasdaq in correction territory, gold touches new record, and DOGE proposes slashing IRS by 20%...

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The Fast FiveBaby boomers face lasting retirement hit, ‘buy the dip’ calls fade, S&P 500 joins the Nasdaq in correction territory, gold touches new record, and DOGE proposes slashing IRS by 20%

Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    Consumer sentiment, 10:00A

  • Monday:
    Retail sales, 8:30A
    Business inventories, 10:00A

Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, March 14:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 3/13/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 19.11% for Week of March 13 2025

Previous week: 19.33%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures up: S&P +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.5%, Dow +111 pts.

  • S&P -10.1% from highs, Nasdaq in deeper correction, Russell 2000 nears bear.

  • Indexes down 4%+ this week; Dow’s worst since June ‘22.

  • Tariff chaos fuels sell-off, growth fears mount.

  • Consumer sentiment today; Fed decision next week.

EARNINGS

Nothing watched today. See full calendar here »

A MESSAGE FROM BEHIND THE MARKETS

“With the uncertain market we find ourselves in…

…following the "smart money" has never been so important.”

That's why I had to tell you about this unbelievable company I came across.

Billions of dollars have been pouring into this under-the-radar investment.

Billionaire David Tepper bought 24 million shares...

Billionaire Seth Klarman bought 12 million shares...

Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley are all major investors.

Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, and UBS all give it a "Buy" rating.

HEADLINES

Economic consequences for the nation’s wealthiest generation could be severe.

In a few short weeks, President Donald Trump has started silencing the buy-the-dip stock traders who set the tone on Wall Street for the better part of two decades.

  • The S&P 500 joins the Nasdaq in correction territory (more)

  • Stagflation trade emerges as rare winner in US stock market rout (more)

  • Bessent: A ‘detox’ period for the economy does not have to be a recession (more)

  • Gold hits new record as latest Wall St prediction sees prices reaching $3,500 (more)

  • Dollar holds firm, euro drifts as global trade tensions escalate (more)

  • Consumer angst is striking all income levels (more)

  • Metals mayhem hits American manufacturing and trade ties (more)

  • Trump makes Chinese stocks (somewhat) great again (more)

  • DOGE proposes slashing Internal Revenue Service staff by 20% (more)

  • US Postal Service will cut workforce by 10,000 after signing DOGE deal (more)

  • Spirit Airlines, fresh from bankruptcy, is ready to take on the new Southwest (more)

  • Harvard, Yale, Columbia fall in line after funding threats (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Blackstone to buy 40% stake in India's Kolte-Patil Developers for $134M (more)

  • Quorum Software, a provider of energy software, acquired zdSCADA, a company specializing in supervisory control and data acquisition tech (more)

  • ZehnTek, a provider of technology solutions, acquired BossNine Technologies, including its Pantek brands (more)

  • TMA Systems, an enterprise asset mngmt software company, acquired EQ2 Hems, a provider of computerized maintenance mngmt systems (more)

  • Net Conversation, a media agency known for its data-driven approach, acquired Elevate the Outcome, a media buying firm (more)

  • Mallinckrodt Pharma, Endo reach deal for $6.7 billion merger (more)

  • Illexcor Therapeutics, a biopharma company developing new oral therapies for sickle cell disease, received an investment from Zynext Ventures (more)

  • Accenture made a strategic investment in Opaque, a provider of a confidential AI platform (more)

  • OrderPort, software dedicated to the needs of wineries and related alcohol producers, received an investment from Performant Capital (more)

  • Rep Data, a provider of research data and fraud prevention solutions, received a growth investment from Mountaingate Capital (more)

  • GS Power Partners, an independent power producer in the distributed generation solar sector, received $22M in financing from Amalgamated Bank (more)

VC

  • Flock Safety, a safety technology platform, raised $275M in funding (more)

  • Terabase, a provider of automation solutions for utility-scale solar power, raised $130M in Series C funding (more)

  • Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage gen AI-driven drug discovery company, raised $110M in Series E funding (more)

  • MicroTransponder, a medical device company, raised $65M in Series F funding (more)

  • Bria, a visual gen AI platform, raised $40M in Series B funding (more)

  • Equilibrium Energy, a company specializing in energy services for the power industry, raised $28M in Series B2 funding (more)

  • Onyx, an AI deep research agent designed for the workplace, raised $10M in Seed funding (more)

  • Causal Labs, a company developing physics-based models to advance AI for weather prediction and control, raised $6M in Seed funding (more)

  • Human Computer, an independent game studio, raised $5.7M in Seed funding (more)

  • Darwin, a company specializing in AI security and governance for the public sector, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)

  • Optimhire, a personalized AI recruiter, raised $5M in funding (more)

CRYPTO

  • Landmark Stablecoin Bill advances in Senate Banking Committee (more)

  • Crypto regulation shifts as Bitcoin eyes $105K amid liquidity boost (more)

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