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DOGE's first corporate casualty, Trump invokes emergency powers for critical minerals, Nvidia to invest billions in US, Apple’s losing $1 Billion per year on streaming, and Klarna lands buy now, pay later deal with DoorDash ahead of IPO...
Market Briefing
March 21, 2025
Good morning.
The Fast Five → DOGE's first corporate casualty, Trump invoking emergency powers for critical minerals, Nvidia to invest billions in US, Apple’s losing $1 Billion per year on streaming, and Klarna lands buy now, pay later deal with DoorDash ahead of IPO…
Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar
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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, March 21:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/20/2025.
Pre-Market:
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US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 21.58% for Week of March 20 2025
Previous week: 19.11%. Updates every Friday.
Market Wrap:
Futures flat: S&P steady, Dow -19 pts, Nasdaq -0.02%.
S&P -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.3%, Dow -11 pts Thursday.
Fed sees 2025 cuts, but flagged higher inflation & slower growth.
Tariff uncertainty hits hiring & spending plans.
S&P +0.4% WTD, Dow +1.1% (best since Jan), Nasdaq -0.4%, eyeing 5th losing week.
EARNINGS
Nothing watched today. See full calendar here »
A MESSAGE FROM JEFF CLARK
URGENT: ‘Bombshell’ Presentation
Predicts Market Havoc…
Something huge is about to hit the stock market.
Wall St. legend Louis Navellier calls it: "The most significant market event of my 47-year career..."
He says that when this event comes crashing down on the stock market in the coming months… millions of investors will be taken by surprise.
Put aside all of your other concerns for the moment… because if you're on the wrong side of this monumental market shift, you risk getting wiped out.
HEADLINES
Shares of Accenture tumbled about 7.3% after the consulting firm said efforts to tighten federal spending are starting to weigh on its revenues.
Trump is invoking emergency powers to boost the ability of the US to produce critical minerals — and potentially coal — as part of a broad effort to ramp up the development of domestic natural resources and make the country less reliant on foreign imports.
Stocks slip in choppy trade as Wall Street’s comeback attempt falters (more)
US labor market holding steady, but job opportunities dwindling (more)
US home sales rose in Feb. as mortgage rates eased, more homes for sale (more)
Oil extends gain as US sanctions on Iran hit Chinese refinery (more)
Trump trade upheaval leaves foreign central banks guessing (more)
White House forces out CEO of passenger railroad Amtrak (more)
Wall Street brokers start trading insurer claims from LA fires (more)
Nvidia to invest billions in US amid Trump onshoring push (more)
Klarna lands buy now, pay later deal with DoorDash ahead of IPO (more)
Apple sued for false advertising over Apple Intelligence (more)
Apple is losing over $1 bln per year on streaming service (more)
Nvidia CEO says company has not been asked to buy a stake in Intel (more)
Nvidia to open quantum computing lab (more)
Elon Musk issued summons in SEC case over Twitter stake disclosure (more)
Microsoft chose not to exercise $12 billion Coreweave option (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Kraken to buy futures platform NinjaTrader for $1.5 bln (more)
Bill Chisholm Group reaches $6.1 bln deal to buy Boston Celtics (more)
Bain Capital to buy stake worth $508M in India's Manappuram Finance (more)
Unilever to sell The Vegetarian Butcher brand to Vivera (more)
ResultsCX, a provider of CXM services, acquired Aucera, a customer experience management provider (more)
Cylinder, a virtual digestive health provider, acquired Dieta Health, a clinically validated AI-powered stool imaging app (more)
Flourish, a platform for RIAs, acquired Sora Finance, an AI-driven liability optimization platform for advisors (more)
Archer Review, a health care education portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, acquired OnlineMedEd, a provider of medical education curriculum (more)
VC
Dataminr, a real-time AI platform for detecting risks from public data signals, raised $85M In funding (more)
Carbon Arc, an AI data utility company, raised $56M in funding (more)
Good Good Golf, a golf, media, and lifestyle brand, raised $45M in funding (more)
Inspiren, a provider of AI-powered solutions for senior living, raised $35M in Series A funding (more)
Wheeler Bio, a biopharma contract development and manufacturing org, raided $35M in Series A-1 funding (more)
Sibel Health, a medical technology company, raised $30M in Series C funding (more)
AI company Fractal made a $20M investment in one of its product companies, Asper.ai (more)
SkySpecs, a renewable energy asset health management company, raised $20M in Growth funding (more)
Kosli, a provider of automated governance solutions for software delivery, raised $10M in Series A funding (more)
Silicon Data, a company advancing data transparency and efficiency in the compute industry, raised $4.7M in Seed funding (more)
Olio Labs, a therapeutic design platform, raised $4.5M in funding (more)
Camber, a cloud-based computing platform, raised $4M in Seed funding (more)
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
🏀 March Madness: Disrupter bets $1 million that AI bracket will beat pro gambler.
☘️ Who is William Chisholm, leader of group that agreed to buy the Celtics for $6.1B?
🍷 How tariffs could hurt California's wine industry.
🚬 Edible Arrangements can now get you high—on edibles.
DAILY SHARES
“So we take these DoorDash loans, combine them, and create a whole new instrument where investors can bet on whether borrowers will pay off their Taco Bell Crunch Wrap Supreme within 12 months”
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. (@ParikPatelCFA)
10:02 PM • Mar 20, 2025
“you have the bankers working late night, the tech employees… sure the AAA stuff should hold up. but do you have any idea how many burrito taxis have been securitized? how many fast food deliveries are in those CDOS? once the BBBs start defaulting, this all comes crashing down”
— sophie (@netcapgirl)
9:13 PM • Mar 20, 2025
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