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The Fast Five → Trump's war adds potential shock for US economy, gold touches $5,400, Apple debuts new products, Nvidia invests $4 billion into photonics companies, and Musk’s X, xAI to repay $17.5B debt as SpaceX IPO nears…
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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Mar 3:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/2/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 33.20% for Week of FEB 26 2026
Previous week: 34.54%
Market Wrap:
Futures -0.2% S&P -0.2% Nasdaq Dow -62 on Iran tensions
Monday saw dip buying S&P flat Nasdaq +0.4% Dow -73
Defense and energy up: Northrop +6% Palantir +5.8% Nvidia +3%
Oil jumps on Hormuz closure threat and inlfation risk
War enters day three with weeks-long outlook
CrowdStrike and Target report next
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: CrowdStrike $CRWD ( ▲ 3.46% ), Ross Stores $ROST ( ▼ 1.62% ), *Target $TGT ( ▼ 0.55% )
AutoZone $AZO ( ▲ 3.38% ) - $27.31 EPS (-3.5% YoY) on $4.31B revenue (+9.0% YoY)
WED: American Eagle $AEO ( ▼ 8.43% ), Cracker Barrel $CBRL ( ▼ 1.31% )
Broadcom $AVGO ( ▼ 0.23% ) - EPS of $2.02 (+26.3% YoY) on $19.11B revenue (+28.1% YoY)
THU: Costco $COST ( ▼ 0.79% ), *Kroger $KR ( ▲ 1.19% )
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HEADLINES
The global impact on trade, prices and investment could spill back and undermine what had been a developing bullish growth outlook for this year.
Apple (AAPL) on Monday announced its iPhone 17e, the company's latest entry-level smartphone, along with two new iPad Airs, as part of an expected three-day product release schedule ahead of a planned event on March 4.
Stocks recover from steep losses in early test of Iran fallout (more)
Rubio, Trump officials to brief Congress on Iran this week (more)
The Iran conflict matters more for inflation than growth (more)
Gold touches $5,400 as demand for safe-haven asset jumps (more)
Oil prices soar amid worries of sustained war in Iran (more)
Gas prices surge as Qatar shuts world’s largest LNG export plant (more)
US gasoline crosses $3/gallon mark in test of Trump's Iran war (more)
Mortgage rates jump sharply higher after Iran strikes (more)
Rare earths company REalloys receives Pentagon funding (more)
Prediction market Iran war bets draw heat: ‘Insane this is legal’ (more)
Nvidia to invest $4 billion into photonics companies (more)
Musk's xAI to buy back $3B of debt early in run-up to IPO (more)
Paramount debt to hit $79B after Warner Bros deal (more)
Oracle loses health unit leaders with Ellison’s bet struggling (more)
Berkshire Hathaway shares slide after earnings, CEO letter (more)
SoftBank-backed PayPay targets up to $13.4B valuation in US IPO (more)
Nearly 70% of Gen Z would consider Chinese cars like BYD (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Amazon data center unit acquires GW University Virginia campus
BlackRock’s GIP and EQT to buy AES for $10.7B
Zurich Insurance to acquire UK's Beazley for $11B
Malibu Boats to buy Finland’s Saxdor Yachts for €150M
BridgeWise acquires Context Analytics
Augmented Intelligence acquires Quack AI
Swiss Rockets acquires Complete Genomics
Everpure acquires 1touch
VC
Ease Health, an AI-native CRM, EHR, and RCM platform, raised $41M in Series A funding
Alveus Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, raised $37M in Series A Extension funding
Smack Technologies, an AI lab services company for national security, raised $32M in Series A funding
Flux, an AI-powered platform for hardware design, raised $27M in Series B funding
MeltPlan, developer of a construction-native AI planning engine, raised $10M in Seed funding
Multitude Insights, an intelligence infrastructure for law enforcement, raised $10M in Series A funding
Inhouse, an AI legal platform, raised $5M in Seed funding
Pluvo, an AI-native financial analysis platform provider, raised $5M in Seed funding
Procode AI, an AI-powered revenue cycle management company, raises $4M in funding
Plurio, a digital advertising optimization platform, raised $3.5M in funding
Companion Labs raises $2.5M in Seed funding
Secondsense, an AI-powered luxury resale market intelligence engine, raised $2M in seed funding
Skema.ai, a design platform for architecture, engineering, and construction professionals, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding
Five Bells, a digital asset post-trade infrastructure provider, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding
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