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The Hidden $20 Stock Billionaires & Congress Are Buying
-from Behind The Markets

Buffett. Griffin. Abramovich. Koch Brothers. Congress.

They're all quietly investing in the same $20 stock.

Why? It sits in a sector that impacts $85T in economic activity - that's 13x bigger than oil. And the AI revolution could send this stock soaring.

Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    None watched

  • Tomorrow:
    Initial jobless claims, 8:30A
    Retail sales, 8:30A
    Producer price index (PPI), 10:00A

Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, May 14:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 5/13/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 29.45% for Week of MAY 8 2025

Previous week: 20.94%. Updates Friday.

Market Wrap:

• Futures steady overnight: S&P and Nasdaq flat; Dow +42
• Yesterday: S&P +0.72%, Nasdaq +1.61% (5-day win streak), Dow -0.64%
• S&P now positive YTD after U.S.-China 90-day tariff rollback
• Tech leads gains: sector +2%, Nvidia +5% on Saudi AI chip deal
• Apple, Amazon, Goldman, Disney extend multi-day win streaks

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

  • Today:

    • Cisco Systems $CSCO ( ▼ 0.79% ) - earnings of $.82 per share (+4.5% YoY) on $14.1B revenue (+11% YoY)

  • Thursday:

    • Walmart $WMT ( ▲ 0.99% ) - earnings of $.58 per share (-3.3% YoY) on $164.5B revenue(+2.9% YoY)

What Does Buffett Know that We Don’t?

Why has he plunked down $40 billion into this sector...

Is it because this one stock could quietly fund your retirement?

It's not a flashy AI company.

It's not a tech startup.

But Elon Musk says civilization would crumble without their work.

And right now, it's making so much money they're paying a near 8% dividend - even during this market crash!

You have the opportunity to get in on this undervalued "tarrif-proof" play.

Click here to discover what we're calling the last retirement stock you’ll ever need.” >>>

-from Behind The Markets

HEADLINES

President Trump on Tuesday repeated his call for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, saying prices for gas, groceries and "practically everything else" are down.

The White House announced Saudi Arabia’s commitment to invest $600 billion in a series of deals with the US.

  • S&P, Nasdaq end higher Tuesday, wiping out 2025 loss (more)

  • Lower food prices tame US consumer inflation in April (more)

  • Trump’s Middle East visit opens floodgate of AI deals led by Nvidia (more)

  • Oil prices hold near two-week highs on trade war reprieve (more)

  • US slashes 'de minimis' tariff on small China parcels to as low as 30% (more)

  • US mulls letting UAE buy over a million leading Nvidia chips (more)

  • Nvidia sending 18,000 of its top AI chips to Saudi Arabia, shares surge (more)

  • BlackRock's Fink sees trillions of dollars idle as volatility persists (more)

  • Google is testing AI search on its homepage (more)

  • Microsoft laying off nearly 3% of workforce (more)

  • Trading platform eToro prices IPO at $52/share ahead of Nasdaq debut (more)

  • UnitedHealth CEO suddenly steps down for 'personal reasons' (more)

  • State Farm wins 17% insurance rate hike for homes after LA fires (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Nvidia and AMD secure AI deals as Trump tours gulf states

  • Robinhood to acquire WonderFi

  • Samsung Electronics to buy FläktGroup for $1.7 billion

  • Global Eggs completes acquisition in US, closes new deal in Europe

  • BVNK receives investment from Visa Ventures

  • ePackageSupply.com receives investment from Michael Wittmeyer

VC

  • Bestow Inc., an insurance technology company, raised $120M in Series D funding

  • Cart.com, a unified commerce solutions provider, raised add’l $50M in funding, at a valuation of $1.6 billion

  • PhaseV, a company specializing in AI/ML-driven clinical development, raised $50M in Series A funding

  • Flock, a retirement solutions company for landlords, raised $20M in Series B funding

  • Remedy Plan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, raised $18M in financing

  • Complement 1, a health tech startup improving cancer care through personalized lifestyle medicine, raised $16M in seed funding

  • FlexPoint, a payments platform for MSPs and VARs, raised $12M in Series A funding

  • Hyperbots, an agentic AI platform for finance and accounting, raised $6.5M in Series A funding

  • Stackpack, an intelligent vendor stack management platform, raised $6.3M

  • Adopt AI, an Agentic AI company, raised $6M in Seed funding

  • Somite AI, a TechBio company leveraging foundation models for human cell therapy development, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding

CRYPTO

  • Tether buys $459M Bitcoin for Twenty One Capital (more)

  • Robinhood rival EToro, backers raise $620M in upsized IPO (more)

  • Morgan Stanley digital assets head quits to start new DeFi fund (more)

BULLISH BITES

🏆 Why Nvidia is the tech winner of the US-China tariff truce.

🎬 Elliott’s Arconic chapter draws to a close, ten years later.

🌎 Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem.

💈 Robb Report's 2025 Men's Grooming Awards.

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