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The Fast Five → Big Tech earnings will test tech's big rotation, everyday investors are over Mag Seven, Bond traders take Warsh at his word, Brent breaks past $90, and Big Tech needs to justify AI spending as investors dump stocks...
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Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, July 20:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 7/17/2026. Bitcoin as of 7/19/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
Futures: Dow -84 (-0.2%), S&P -0.1%, Nasdaq flat
Fri: Dow -0.9%, S&P -1.6%, Nasdaq -2.9% (weekly)
Chip stocks remained under pressure, extending recent losses
Oil climbed as US-Iran tensions escalated again
Strategists say semiconductors may have further downside
Big Tech earnings take center stage this week
Focus shifts to Alphabet, Tesla, and Intel earnings
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching today:
Today: *Domino’s Pizza $DPZ ( ▲ 2.11% )
TUE: *Capital One $COF ( ▼ 0.61% ), *Charles Schwab $SCHW ( ▲ 0.97% ), *GM $GM ( ▼ 0.36% )
WED: *AT&T $T ( ▲ 0.64% )
Alphabet $GOOGL ( ▲ 1.51% ) - $1.72 EPS (+7.5% YoY) on $21.85B revenue (+4.9% YoY)
Tesla $TSLA ( ▼ 2.96% ) - $.54 EPS (+35% YoY) on $26.4B revenue (+17.3% YoY)
THU: *American Airlines $AAL ( ▲ 1.07% ), *Blackstone $BX ( ▼ 2.6% ), *Southwest Airlines $LUV ( ▲ 0.54% )
Intel $INTC ( ▲ 2.13% ) - $.22 EPS vs a year-ago loss of $.10 EPS, on $14.4B revenue (+11.6% YoY)
FRI: *American Express $AXP ( ▼ 0.96% ), *Verizon $VZ ( ▼ 0.21% )
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HEADLINES
Earnings results from Alphabet and Tesla headline a busy week, amid a chip sell-off and conflict in Iran.
Once the Magnificent Seven’s most enthusiastic fans, they are looking elsewhere for the next superstar tech stocks.
Stock futures are little changed after Wall Street suffers losing week (more)
Trump is silent so far on Iran strategy as US death toll hits 17 (more)
Nvidia and Apple get a cut of every baby’s $1,000 Trump Account (more)
Big Tech needs to justify AI spending as investors dump stocks (more)
Bond traders take Warsh at word, see inflation fight continuing (more)
Brent breaks past $90 as US-Iran conflict rages on (more)
Dollar firmer as US-Iran conflict intensifies (more)
Gold falls as US-Iran hostilities keep rate hike bets on table (more)
Foreclosures hit highest level since 2019, bargain hunters take notice (more)
South Korea to ease FX rules for foreigners to trade won easier (more)
SpaceX moves Starship launch attempt to Thursday (more)
Samsung cuts some US jobs, offers relocations ahead of HQ move (more)
American Airlines CEO lays out vision to close a more than $3B profit gap (more)
TSMC expects ‘strong, multi-year’ demand for chips, ramps up AZ investment (more)
Ford commits $499M to Canada engine plant, defends trade deal (more)
Alibaba’s Qwen unveils preview of flagship AI model (more)
Kalshi adds 3 million new users as market capitalizes on the World Cup (more)
Etched seeks $20B valuation in new AI chip funding round (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Strategic Land Services receives investment from IBM Partners
Rock River Laboratory receives investment from GroundForce Capital
Inspectorio receives investment from Apax Digital Funds
Blue Energy receives strategic investment from Constellation
VC
Flex, a private banking and treasury management platform for multi-entity enterprises, raised $70M in Series B1 funding
RapidPulse, a medical tech company developing new aspiration technology for ischemic stroke, raised $48M in Series B funding
Pulse Security, an AI operational management platform, raised $8M in Seed funding
Aina, an AI-native consumer hardware startup, raised $5.5M in Seed funding
Juno Bio, a developer of precision multi-omics and microbiome testing platforms, raised $3.8M in funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
🚨 Did Elon Musk just open America's last retirement window? *
📈 The investors have a new way to win in Silicon Valley.
🥷 They call her ‘the Assassin’ on Wall Street.
😬 Kalshi hands over Trump’s teleprompter operator to the feds.
🦕 The Bone Rush: Dinosaurs have become an asset class for billionaires.
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