BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 34.60% for Week of AUG 28 2025

Market Wrap:

• Futures: S&P +0.2%, Nasdaq 100 +0.3%, Dow -57

• Alphabet +7% after court spares Chrome, search deals curtailed

• Apple +3% as Google Search preload stays on iPhones

• Tue: S&P -0.7%, Nasdaq -0.8%, Dow -0.55%

• Nvidia -2% weighed tech; bond yields spiked (10Y 4.27%, 30Y 4.97%)

• Court ruling on Trump tariffs could force US to refund billions

• August jobs report Friday is next major test

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

• Today: American Eagle $AEO ( ▼ 6.48% ), *Campbell Soup $CPB ( ▼ 1.57% ), *Macy's $M ( ▼ 2.92% )

  • *Dollar Tree $DLTR ( ▼ 1.95% ) - $0.41 eps, down 38.8% YoY

  • Salesforce $CRM ( ▼ 1.43% ) - $2.78 eps (+8.6% YoY) on $10.1B revenue (+8.6% YoY)

• THU: Lululemon $LULU ( ▼ 3.57% )

  • Broadcom $AVGO ( ▲ 0.07% ) - $1.66 eps (+33.9% YoY) for fiscal Q3 on $15.8B revenue (+20.6% YoY)

Full calendar »

A MESSAGE FROM CHAIKIN ANALYTICS

Wall St Legend: “Move your money to Hidden AI”

A Wall Street titan with over 800,000 followers just went public with his #1 AI stock to buy NOW.

And he's making one thing very clear: It's not Nvidia (NVDA).

"Look, I have nothing against Nvidia," says Marc Chaikin, who created three new indices for the Nasdaq.

"But for the biggest potential gains, I believe it's time to move your money into a new class of AI stocks. Starting with this particular name and ticker."

The last time Chaikin shared a free AI stock recommendation like this, it went on to soar 100%.

So you can see why even CNBC's Jim Cramer has said he's learned to never be on the other side of a Chaikin trade.

To hear the name and ticker of Marc Chaikin's newest trade – 100% complimentary – click here.

HEADLINES

Google Soars After Judge Says it Doesn't Have to Sell Chrome

Bessent to Start Fed Chair Interviews Friday

• Wall Street ends lower as ruling on Trump tariffs raises concerns (more)

• Investors on edge as Sept. reset exposes simmering US market risks (more)

• Treasuries join global bond rout with 30-yr yield nearing 5% (more)

• US IPO floodgates open for fall season as Trump tariff worries ease (more)

• Gold hits record as central bank holdings top US treasuries (more)

• Oil prices hold on to gains from US sanctions (more)

• Asia markets trade mixed as tariff concerns weigh (more)

• Pepsi shares jump as activist Elliott takes $4 billion stake (more)

• Kraft Heinz to split a decade after megafood merger (more)

• Klarna aims to raise up to $1.27 billion in US IPO (more)

• Apple AI researcher for robotics joins Meta in latest exit (more)

• Salesforce CEO confirms 4,000 layoffs ‘because I need less heads’ with AI (more)

• Underdog, Crypto.com start sports prediction market for NFL, NBA (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• OpenAI to acquire Statsig in $1.1B all-stock deal

• Plains All American acquires 55% stake in EPIC Crude for $1.57B

• TCS bags $644M deal from insurer Tryg

• Deutz acquires drone parts maker Sobek

VC

• Noctrix Health, a developer of tomography-based therapy for RLS, raised up to $33.5M in debt and equity funding

• Predoc, an AI-native Health Information Management platform, raised $30M in combined Series A and Seed funding

• Leo AI, an AI company for physical product design, raised $9.7M in Seed funding

• Professional.me, an AI-powered recruitment platform, raised $3.1M in Seed funding

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin bulls charge at $112K as gold hits fresh all-time highs (more)

• Metaplanet clears path for $3.7B Bitcoin accumulation strategy (more)

• AI agents will become biggest stablecoin user, Novogratz says (more)

• Crypto’s US momentum, Trump ties steal show at Hong Kong event (more)

BULLISH BITES

📈 BULLISH: It’s time to buy this ‘hidden’ AI stock. * 

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