BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

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

Market Wrap:

• Dow -200 (-0.45%), S&P -0.25%, Nasdaq -0.3%
• CPI today, PPI Thursday key for Fed’s Sept call
• July CPI est: +0.2% m/m, +2.8% y/y
• Core CPI est: +0.3% m/m, +3.1% y/y
• Jackson Hole meeting Aug. 21–23
• Markets pricing in 87% chance of Sept rate cut
• Trump extends China tariff pause by 90 days

EARNINGS

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

• WED: 

  • Cisco Systems $CSCO ( ▲ 1.01% ) - earnings of $.98 eps (+12.6% YoY), on $14.6B revenue (+7.4% YoY)

• THU: *Deere $DE ( ▼ 0.22% ) , *Tapestry $TPR ( ▲ 2.69% ) 

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A MESSAGE FROM ALTIMETRY

Trump Schedules Controversial 'Market Reset'
for September 30

Behind closed doors, the White House has ordered a historic reset of the US economy that will affect 65 million Americans and half of all U.S. stocks... including Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google.

By law, this MUST happen on or before September 30, 2025.

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HEADLINES

Trump Extends China Tariff Deadline by 90 Days

July Inflation Report Expected to Show Prices Accelerated

• Wall Street stocks end down, inflation data, China trade in focus (more)

• Fed Chair search expands to include Bowman, Jefferson and Logan (more)

• US consumers to bear brunt of tariff hit, Goldman economists say (more)

• Trump says gold will not be tariffed (more)

  • Bullion markets breath sigh of relief (more)

• What Trump’s Nvidia and AMD China deal means for the world (more)

• US corporate defaults on private debt rose in Q2, Fitch says (more)

• Debt market jitters signal caution for high-flying stocks (more)

• Ford announces $2 bln investment in Louisville plant aimed at cheap EVs (more)

• Intel jumps after Trump meets with CEO Tan, signals more talks ahead (more)

• Lithium stocks soar after CATL EV battery maker shutters mine in China (more)

• Cannabis stocks rally on Trump weighing drug reclassification (more)

• Sinclair is exploring mergers for its broadcast business (more)

• Citi oversaw $1 billion for trust US tied to sanctioned oligarch (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• MARA Holdings nearing $168M deal for EDF unit

• Merck KGaA plans $4 bln bond sale to fund SpringWorks Therapeutics acquisition

• FinTech IntraFi raises $2 bln with bank support

• Datasite to acquire Sourcescrub

• iQor CXBPO acquires JumpCrew

• SentinelOne to acquire Prompt Security

• Payroc completes acquisition of Agilisa Technologies

• Amylu Foods receives investment from TowerBrook Capital Partners and Prelude Growth Partners

VC

• SetPoint Medical, developing chronic autoimmune therapies, raised $140M in financing

• Vulcan Elements, a maker of rare-earth magnets, raised $65M in Series A funding at a $250M valuation

• Tahoe Therapeutics, a provider of AI-powered human cell modeling, raised $30M in new funding

• Novig, a sports prediction market platform, raised $18M in Series A funding

• Green Steel Environmental, a company developing chemical-free solutions for wastewater and biogas treatment, raised $1.7M in funding

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin rises above $120,000 ahead of key inflation data (more)

• Crypto exchange Bullish raises IPO size, seeks nearly $5 billion valuation (more)

• Crypto exec Do Kwon, charged with fraud, expected to plead guilty (more)

• $105M Ether shorts got ‘smoked,’ Eric Trump throws shade at bears (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚀 Is this stock the 'Next Nvidia'? * 

🇺🇸 Why the "buy American" movement is fading for US consumers.

🤖 Sam Altman says Gen Z are the ‘luckiest’ kids in history thanks to AI.

🤓 Behind the Curtain: Your smarter fake friends.

🦖 End of an era: AOL to discontinue its dial-up internet service after 30 years.

DAILY SHARES

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