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Trump signs sweeping reciprocal tariffs, talk of revaluing US Gold is drawing Wall St. attention, Nissan and Honda ditch $60 bln merger talks, Arm is launching its own chip with Meta as a customer, and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to join Musk’s DOGE...
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February 14, 2025
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The Fast Five → Trump signs sweeping reciprocal tariffs, talk of revaluing US Gold is drawing Wall St. attention, Nissan and Honda ditch $60 bln merger talks, Arm is launching a chip with Meta as a customer, and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to join Musk’s DOGE…
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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, February 14 ♥️
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 2/13/2025.
Pre-Market:
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US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 28.42% for Week of February 13 2025
Previous week: 33.33%. Updates every Friday.
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Market Wrap:
Futures flat after Trump delayed reciprocal tariffs; Nasdaq dipped 0.1%.
S&P 500 rose 1.04%, Nasdaq 1.5%, Dow 0.77% after tariff pause.
Inflation fears eased as PPI, CPI hinted at softer PCE data.
Markets on track for weekly gains; Nasdaq up 2.2% so far.
Moderna earnings, retail sales data due Friday.
EARNINGS
No earnings watched today. See full calendar here »
HEADLINES
Rates will consider non-tariff barriers, including EU’s VAT. President reiterated plan to tax auto, chip and drug imports.
The gold market attracts its share of fringe ideas, and in recent weeks one of them — that the US should revalue its gold stockpiles — has gripped Wall Street.
US weekly jobless claims decline amid stable labor market (more)
US producer inflation trends higher (more)
Americans' credit card debt reaches new record high (more)
Apple plans to overhaul China iPhones with AI by middle of year (more)
Arm shares rise on report that Meta will buy its first chip (more)
Defense stocks drop after Trump says Pentagon spending could be halved (more)
Nissan and Honda ditch $60 billion merger talks (more)
State Dept says Tesla was not awarded $400M contract for 'armored' cars (more)
Musk will pull OpenAI bid if ChatGPT maker remains non-profit (more)
Hermes posts better-than-expected jump in fourth-quarter sales (more)
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to join Musk’s DOGE (more)
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DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
KKR is said to weigh Nissan investment after Honda talks end (more)
Qatari-backed investor eyes Papa Johns takeover (more)
Steve Madden to buy UK shoe brand Kurt Geiger for $360M (more)
Vouch, an insurance provider for companies, acquired StartSure Insurance Services, Inc., an insurance provider improving how small businesses get insurance, and raised an undisclosed amount in Series D funding (more)
JETSET Pilates, a pilates franchise combining DJ’s with fitness for an immersive experience, received a strategic investment from Purchase Capital (more)
VC
Abcuro, a clinical-stage biotech company, raised $200M in Series C funding (more)
K2 Space, a company developing a satellite bus platform, raised $110M in Series B funding (more)
Eudia, an augmented intelligence platform for Fortune 500 legal teams, closed a Series A funding round for up to $105M (more)
Liberty Company, an insurance broker handling the insurance needs of businesses, non-profits, and individuals, raised $100M in funding (more)
EnCharge AI, a startup developing analog in-memory-computing AI chips, raised $100M in Series B funding (more)
Newleos Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage neuroscience company, closed $93.5M Series A financing (more)
Candid Health, an autonomous revenue cycle automation platform for healthcare providers, raised $52.5M in Series C funding (more)
fal, an infrastructure platform for AI-driven media creation, raised $49M in Series B funding (more)
SGNL, an identity-first security startup, raised $30M in Series A funding (more)
Circuit, an electric shuttle solutions company, raised $17M in Series B funding (more)
Tofu, a unified AI platform for B2B marketing teams, raised $12M in Series (more)
Junevity, a biotechnology cell reset therapeutics company, raised $10M in seed funding (more)
Integrail, an Agentic AI startup, raised $10M in seed funding (more)
Vitalchat, AI-powered ambient solutions for in-patient virtual nursing and procedural telehealth, raised $6M in Series A funding (more)
Oso Semiconductor, a developer of chipsets for wireless communication and sensing applications, raised $5.2M in Seed funding (more)
Cerula Care, an oncology behavioral health and care navigation company, raised in Seed funding (more)
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