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Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, Jan 21:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 1/20/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 49.50% for Week of JAN 15 2026
Previous week: 42.49%
Market Wrap:
Futures flat Dow +61, S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq 100 slightly higher
Worst day in 3 months Dow -870, S&P -2.1%, Nasdaq -2.4%
10Y briefly topped 4.3% as the dollar fell
Trump escalated Greenland tariffs and floated 200% on French wine
AkademikerPension exits ~$100M in US Treasurys
Netflix fell after hours; J&J, Halliburton, Travelers report Wednesday
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching today:
Today: *Charles Schwab $SCHW ( ▲ 0.88% ), *Johnson & Johnson $JNJ ( ▼ 0.36% )
THU: Capital One $COF ( ▲ 0.9% ), *McCormick $MKC ( ▼ 1.65% )
*GE Aerospace $GE ( ▲ 2.16% ) - $1.44 eps (+9% YoY) on $11.2B revenue (+13.4% YoY)
Intel $INTC ( ▲ 11.71% ) - $.08 eps (-38.5% YoY) on $13.4B revenue (-6.2% YoY)
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HEADLINES
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 each slipped more then 2%.
President Trump's latest threats around Greenland pushed global investors to shift exposure away from US-centric investments.
Trump's era of volatility returns (more)
Dow slides 870 points, S&P 500 drops 2% on Trump tariff threat (more)
Widespread selloff hits stocks as Trump's threats unnerve investors (more)
Sudden Japan bond crash unleashes turmoil on trading floors (more)
AI, Big Tech and Trump shine most brightly at the Davos spectacle (more)
Bessent: Trump’s pick for the next Fed chair could happen next week (more)
Danish pension fund to sell $100M in Treasurys, citing ‘poor’ US finances (more)
FTC to appeal loss in Meta monopoly case (more)
Nvidia’s Huang plans to visit China as he works to reopen market (more)
Netflix posts narrow earnings beat, reports 325M global subscribers (more)
Netflix and Warner Bros. amend agreement to all-cash transaction (more)
United Air beats Wall St estimates on strong premium demand (more)
Amazon CEO: Trump’s tariffs have started to ‘creep’ into prices (more)
Berkshire may shed 27.5% Kraft Heinz stake, filing shows (more)
ServiceNow inks deal with OpenAI to boost its AI software stack (more)
Lululemon’s founder seeks Advent’s ouster in proxy fight (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Payoneer acquires Boundless
ConnectWise to acquire zofiQ
JumpCloud acquires MacSolution
Beast Industries receives $200M investment from Bitmine Immersion Technologies
VC
Ethernovia, a semiconductor startup building Ethernet-based networking solutions, raised over $90M in Series B funding
Emergent, an AI software creation platform, raised $70M in Series B funding
Legal AI startup Ivo raises $55M in latest funding round
Think Bioscience, a small molecule drug discovery company, raised $55M in Series A funding
TitanX, a Phone Intent™ scoring platform, raised $27M in Series A funding
Statusphere, an AI marketing platform that helps brans turn micro-influencers into a growth channel, raised $18M in Series A funding
BrightInsight, a company specializing in digital health solutions, raised $13M in funding
Formulary Financial, an AI-native fund administrator, raised $4.6M in Seed funding
Dam Secure, an AI security startup, raised $4M in Seed funding
Neuropacs, an AI-driven neurological diagnostics company, raised over $1M in Seed funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
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