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Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, Mar 25:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/24/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 30.40% for Week of MAR 19 2026
Previous week: 31.94%
Market Wrap:
Futures jump Dow +318, S&P +0.7%, Nasdaq +0.8%
Tuesday slipped S&P -0.37%, Nasdaq -0.84%, Dow -84
Report says US sent Iran peace plan via Pakistan
Oil resumed climbing after Monday’s sharp drop
Market driven by oil and rates dynamics
Earnings today: Chewy, Paychex with trade price data
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today:
Chewy $CHWY ( ▲ 5.35% ) - earnings of $.28 per share, unchanged from the year-ago period, on $3.26B revenue (+0.5% YoY)
FRI:
Carnival $CCL ( ▲ 0.08% ) - earnings of $.18 per share (+38.5% YoY) on $6.14B revenue (+5.7% YoY)
SpaceX IPO Confirmed:
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HEADLINES
Speaking on Lex Fridman's podcast Monday, Huang bypassed years of speculation with one comment. "I think we've achieved AGI," he said.
Stocks surge as Trump calls off Iran strikes for now (more)
Israel says war isn't ending even as Trump touts peace talks (more)
Kuwait: Hormuz closure will trigger domino effect across global economy (more)
Investors see riches in rebuilding global rubble (more)
Futures markets bet on an interest rate increase (more)
Trump admin to pay $1 billion to energy giant to cancel wind farms (more)
US business activity slips to 11-month low in March (more)
College-educated workers think the job market is as bad as in 2013 (more)
Oil prices rise after Iran denies talks with Trump (more)
Gold jumps over 2% as oil slump eases inflation fears (more)
Dollar firms as optimism for swift end to Iran war fades (more)
SpaceX aims to file for IPO as soon as this week (more)
Anduril, Palantir developing Golden Dome missile shield's software (more)
Volkswagen inks Iron Dome deal in defense pivot (more)
Micron stock sinks for fourth straight day despite dominant earnings (more)
Arm unveils new AI chip, expects it to add billions in annual revenue (more)
Prediction markets eye self-regulation (more)
Big banks playing both sides of the private-credit meltdown (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Innovative Systems acquires Actif
Metric receives majority investment from Southfield
Karpel receives investment from Thompson Street Capital Partners
Erebor Bank receives investment from Fundrise Innovation Fund
ArtIn Energy receives $255M investment from Agila Investments
VC
OpenAI set to raise about $10B from MGX, Coatue, Thrive
Cambridge Mobile Telematics, a developer of AI-driven telematics and road safety solutions, raised $350M in strategic funding
Zipline, a developer of autonomous drone delivery systems, raised $200M in Series H funding
Dash0, an agentic observability platform, raised $110M in Series B funding
NoTraffic, an AI-powered mobility platform for traffic management, raised $90M in Series C funding
Gimlet Labs, a startup that provides serverless inference for AI agents, raised $80M in Series A funding
Shepherd, an AI-native insurance technology platform, raised $42M in Series B funding
Doctronic, an AI system legally authorized to practice medicine in the United States, raised $40M in Series B funding
Highlight AI, an intelligent operating system for teams and AI agents, raised $40M in Series A funding
Spade, a data and AI platform for financial institutions, raised $40M in Series B funding
Hanover Park, an AI-native fund admin service for private equity and venture capital, raised $27M in Series A funding
Amani Therapeutics, a biotech company developing treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders, raised $25M in Series A funding
RyboDyn, Inc., a biotech company providing an AI-powered sequencing and discovery platform, raised $10M in Seed funding
Virchow Medical, Inc., a developer of biopsy technologies, raised $4M Seed financing
Striveworks, a company specializing in AI operations for defense and national security missions, raised an undisclosed amount in funding
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