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Today:
Retail Sales, 8:30A
Pending Home Sales, 10:00A
Tomorrow:
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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Apr 21:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 4/20/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 31.73% for Week of APR 16 2026
Previous week: 35.75%
Market Wrap:
Futures slightly higher Dow +70, S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.2%
Monday dipped S&P -0.24%, Nasdaq -0.26%, Dow flat
Nasdaq snapped 13-day winning streak
Tensions rose after US seized Iranian cargo ship
Ceasefire set to expire this week
Bullish outlook persists with S&P target ~7,300
Earnings Tuesday, retail sales and Warsh hearing
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching today:
Today: Capital One $COF ( ▲ 0.75% ), United Airlines $UAL ( ▲ 1.58% ), *UnitedHealth $UNH ( ▲ 9.53% )
3M $MMM ( ▼ 1.12% ) - $1.98 EPS (+5.3% YoY) on $6.0B revenue (+3.7% YoY)
WED:*AT&T $T ( ▲ 0.21% ), *Boeing $BA ( ▼ 1.06% ), IBM $IBM ( ▼ 0.59% ), Southwest Air $LUV ( ▼ 0.05% )
Tesla $TSLA ( ▼ 0.01% ) - $.36 EPS (+33.3% YoY) on $22.3B revenue (+15.5% YoY)
THU: *American Airlines $AAL ( ▼ 0.94% ), *Blackstone $BX ( ▲ 3.23% )
Intel $INTC ( ▲ 1.78% ) - $.13 EPS on $12.4B revenue (-2.4% YoY)
FRI: Procter & Gamble $PG ( ▼ 0.82% )
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HEADLINES
Apple announced Monday that Cook is stepping down as CEO on Sept. 1 but will stay on as chairman.
Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf said on Monday that the US economy has been resilient, but he also acknowledged how bad sentiment is among American consumers and businesses.
Markets shudder as Strait of Hormuz starts resembling a combat zone (more)
Investors are misreading news about the Iran war, analysts say (more)
Hormuz uncertainty compounds global energy concerns (more)
Refund portal opens for tariffs struck down by Supreme Court (more)
NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist (more)
Apple investors are $4 trillion richer because of CEO Cook (more)
Amazon to invest another $25B in Anthropic as part of AI infrastructure deal (more)
Jeff Bezos nears $10 billion funding for AI lab (more)
Tesla is last in the 'Magnificent 7' rally (more)
GLP-1 boom nudges cannabis dispensaries to rethink offerings (more)
Sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s confidentially files for IPO (more)
Indian companies rush to make GLP-1s (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Eli Lilly agrees to acquire cancer drug maker Kelonia in deal worth up to $7B
Blue Owl agrees to buy healthcare REIT Sila Realty Trust for $2.4B
VC
Pulnovo Medical, a developer of therapies for treating pulmonary hypertension, raised $100M in funding
Zum, a connected mobility experience company, raised $100M from TPG
Loop, an AI platform for logistics and supply chains, raised a $95M in Series C funding
TextQL, an AI data analytics platform, raised $17M in funding
Eigen, a startup developing AI enhancing human connection and collaboration, raised $15M in Seed funding
InsightFinder, a provider of AI-driven reliability platforms, raised $15M in Series B funding
Zenskar, an AI-native billing and revenue automation platform, raised $15M in Series A funding
Coral, a healthcare automation platform, raised $12.5M in funding
Creao AI, an AI-native, no-code platform developing AI agent services, raised $10M in funding
Ultralight, an AI-native operating system for preventive and personalized care, raised $9.3M in Seed funding
Antioch, a startup building simulation tools for robot developers, raised $8.5M in Seed funding
Wavelet Medical, a healthcare tech startup specializing in non-invasive fetal brain monitoring, raised $7M in Seed funding
Sage Haven, a messaging and voice calling app for kids, raised $3M in Pre-Seed funding
NOC Energy, an industrial decarbonization startup, raised $2.7M in Seed funding
Giggles, a social app that lets users buy and sell stakes in videos, raised $1M+ in Pre-Seed funding
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