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Empire State Manufacturing, 8:30A
Tomorrow:
Unemployment Claims, 8:30A
Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, Apr 15:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 4/14/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 35.75% for Week of APR 09 2026
Previous week: 33.57%
Market Wrap:
Stocks rose S&P +1.18%, Dow +318, Nasdaq +1.96%
S&P now within 1% of its 52-week high
Tech led gains Oracle +4.7%, Nvidia and Palantir higher
Markets shrug off Iran tensions on deal optimism
Oil dropped WTI -7.9%, Brent -4.6%
PPI came in cooler than expected boosting sentiment
Mixed bank earnings Wells Fargo weak, JPMorgan cautious
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: *Bank of America $BAC ( ▲ 2.33% )
THU:
*PepsiCo $PEP ( ▼ 0.7% ) - $1.54 EPS (+4.1% YoY) on $18.93B revenue (+5.6% YoY)
Netflix $NFLX ( ▲ 0.41% ) - $.76 EPS (+15.2% YoY) on $12.17B revenue (+15.5% YoY)
Why CNBC Won’t Touch This (yet)
The biggest financial story in America isn't trending on Twitter.
It isn't on the front page of the Journal.
There is a virtual media blackout on a massive discovery.
A 20-year task force just unlocked $500 trillion in "potato-shaped" mineral rocks.
These minerals are sitting right on the U.S. seabed.
One small company is already positioned to benefit.
They are moving before the news goes mainstream.
Once this hits mainstream coverage, the ground-floor price will be history.
Dylan Jovine -CEO & Founder
Behind the Markets
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HEADLINES
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin warned of a full-on recession if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed for more than six months.
Nvidia Stock on 10-day Winning Streak, +18% Over That Stretch
Nvidia is seeing its longest winning streak since 2023, up 18% over ten days.
US stocks jump as PPI inflation surprises, Iran hopes grow (more)
IMF warns Iran war "halted" global economic momentum, fueled inflation (more)
US set to launch tariff refund system on April 20 (more)
Fed nominee Warsh filings detail vast wealth, far exceeding past chairs (more)
US producer inflation rises below expectations in March (more)
Gold rises as traders weigh renewed push for US-Iran talks (more)
Software stocks are finally joining the tech rally (more)
Meta commits to 1 gigawatt of custom chips with Broadcom (more)
JPMorgan traders blow past expectations with record haul (more)
VCs are flooding Anthropic with investment offers at $800B valuation (more)
Prediction markets will grow to $1 trillion by 2030, Bernstein estimates (more)
Pimco buys all $400M of bonds sold by Blue Owl BDC (more)
Wall St banks show trading strength, caution on economic risk (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar in $11.57B deal
Self Labs acquires Loam
9 strap, a sports performance brand, received an investment of $800K
VC
Sygaldry Technologies, Inc., a quantum-accelerated AI servers raised $105M in Series A funding
nEye.ai, a company specializing in integrated optical interconnect solutions, raised $80M in Series C funding
Bluefish, an agentic marketing platform for Fortune 500 brands, raised $43M in Series B funding
Calyxo, Inc., a medical device company, raised $40M in Series F funding
Spiral Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage company developing novel therapies for inner ear disorders, raised $27M in Series B funding
Quartzy, a vertically-integrated procurement platform for the life sciences industry, raised $23M in funding
Ratio, an AI Fintech platform for B2B scale-ups, closed $15.8M in funding
ActionAI, a company powering automations and business intelligence for enterprises, raised $10M in Seed funding
Primepoint, a construction intelligence platform for workflows project teams, raised $10M in Seed funding
OpenGradient, a compute layer service for verifiable AI, raised $9.5M in total funding
Prefix, a facility management platform for multi-site restaurant and retail operators, raised a $7.5M in Seed funding
Yoga Joint, an infrared fitness brand, raised $5.5M in funding
CRYPTO
Crypto exchange Kraken confirms it has confidentially filed for an IPO (more)
Goldman Sachs files for Bitcoin income ETF in crypto push (more)
The next Fed chair has crypto exposure in portfolio (more)
JPMorgan CFO warns stablecoins risk becoming ‘regulatory arbitrage’ play (more)
Rakuten to allow XRP to be used as payment method by its 44M customers (more)
BULLISH BITES
🤖 Apple could win the AI race without running.
😡 Trump family crypto project rocked by raging investor revolt.
🥊 The first AI-era war is a "slopaganda" battle to control memes.
🏖 This 432 sq. ft. Laguna Beach home is selling for $18.8 million.
DAILY SHARES
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