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China stocks set for best week since 2008, Harris, Dem sweep could mean massive tax hike for S&P 500 companies, silver surges to the highest since 2012, DOJ probes Super Micro Computer, and Nvidia is back in the $3 trillion club...

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The Fast FiveChina stocks set for best week since 2008, Harris, Dem sweep could mean massive tax hike for S&P 500 companies, silver surges to the highest since 2012, DOJ probes Super Micro Computer, and Nvidia is back in the $3 trillion club…

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  • Today:
    PCE index, 8:30 am

    Consumer sentiment, 10:00 am

  • Monday: [no notable]

Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, September 27:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 9/26/2024.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 49.62% for Week of September 26 2024

Last week: 50.83%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • S&P hit a record, up 0.40% to 5,745.37.

  • Nasdaq gained 0.60%, Dow added 260 points, +0.62%.

  • Micron surged 14.7% on strong guidance; SMH ETF +2.9%.

  • Strong jobless claims, durable goods data eased slowdown fears.

  • Q2 GDP steady at 3%, reinforcing economic strength.

EARNINGS

No earnings being watched today. See full earnings calendar here.

HEADLINES

Chinese stocks are headed for the best week since 2008 as Beijing rolled out a huge stimulus package to revive the economy.

‘Investors should pay heed to Democratic prospects,’ Cap Alpha analyst Lucier says

  • S&P 500 notches fresh record ahead of PCE data (more)

  • Low weekly jobless claims, big corporate profits show economy's resilience (more)

  • Post-pandemic economic growth revised higher in annual update (more)

  • Silver surges to highest since 2012 as precious metals rally (more)

  • Wells Fargo sends Fed a crucial review for lifting asset cap (more)

  • Super Micro shares tumble 15% after DOJ opens probe into company (more)

  • Nvidia is back in the $3 trillion club—and Huang is $2 billion richer (more)

  • Southwest Airlines stock soars after it lays out overhaul (more)

  • OpenAI CEO denies exec departures linked to restructuring (more)

  • Citi, Apollo join forces in $25 billion private credit push (more)

  • US IPOs set to extend recovery after staging a solid comeback (more)

  • Power thirst complicates ESG investors' love affair with tech stocks (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zoomin, a data management provider for unstructured data (more)

  • Visa acquires Featurespace, a developer of real-time AI payments protection technology (more)

  • Appfire, enterprise collaboration solutions built for your team, ecosystem, and best work, acquired JXL, a Jira issue editor and organizer (more)

  • Juice Media, an omnichannel media and advertising platform, acquired Mooko Media, a mobile/social performance agency and Media Design Group, a linear and streaming specialist (more)

  • PLACE, a real estate industry’s business, and consumer services platform for teams, acquired Livian, a provider of a team servicing platform (more)

  • BNP Associates, a provider of an air transportation design and engineering firm, received an investment from Godspeed Capital Management (more)

  • Cyvatar, a cybersecurity platform serving SMB’s, startups, and supply chains, received revenue-based financing from Decathlon Capital Partners (more)

  • PK Companies Group, a provider of inspections, repair and maintenance, and safety services, received an investment from DC Capital Partners (more)

  • Welltory, a provider of a personalized health and wellness app, received a $3M credit facility from Bravo Capital (more)

VC

  • Quorum, a unified data optimization platform for marketers and publishers, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding (more)

  • Observe, a SaaS observability company, raised $145M in Series B funding (more)

  • Mews, a hospitality cloud company, raised $100M in funding (more)

  • Mendaera, a healthcare tech company developing a handheld robotic interventional platform, raised $73M in Series B funding (more)

  • Utility Global, an off-gas-to-value company providing its proprietary eXERO™ gas production technology, raised $53M in ongoing Series C funding (more)

  • Gladly, a company specializing in customer service innovation, raised $40M in funding (more)

  • Prepared, an AI platform built for emergency communications, raised $27M in Series B funding (more)

  • 3D Cloud, a company specializing in 3D digital asset management, raised $20M in growth funding (more)

  • Bot Auto, an autonomous vehicle tech company, raised $20M in Pre-A funding (more)

  • K1x, a SaaS fintech provider of K-1 data aggregation and reporting for the capital markets, received $20M in funding (more)

  • AmpUp, a provider of an electric vehicle charging platform, raised $15M in Series A funding (more)

  • Micropep, a company specializing in micropeptide crop protection technologies, raised additional $11M in funding (more)

  • Eradivir, a preclinical biotech company that develops antiviral therapeutics, raised $10.25M in Series A funding (more)

  • Looma, an in-store digital media company, raised $10M in funding (more)

  • C2N, a diagnostics company developing Precivity blood tests, raised $7.025M in funding (more)

  • DefectDojo, a company specializing in scalable application security, raised $7M in funding (more)

  • Tetrix, an AI-powered analysis platform for capital allocators, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)

  • Highfive, an EdTech company, raised $250K in Seed funding (more)

CRYPTO

  • Bitcoin climbs past $65,000 ahead of $5.8 billion options expiry (more)

  • Robinhood, Revolut explore joining $170 billion stablecoin market (more)

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