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Trump admin discuss taking stake in Intel, stock rally hits a wall, the Fed's next decision just got harder, hedge funds double down on Big Tech, and Buffett buys 5 million shares in UnitedHealth...
Market Briefing
August 15, 2025
Good morning.
The Fast Five → Trump admin discuss taking stake in Intel, stock rally hits a wall, the Fed's next decision just got harder, hedge funds double down on Big Tech, and Buffett buys 5 million shares in UnitedHealth…
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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, Aug 15:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 8/14/2025.
Pre-Market:
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US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 34.87% for Week of AUG 07 2025
Previous week: 40.33%
Market Wrap:
S&P futures +0.05%, Nasdaq -0.1%, Dow +173pts (0.4%)
UnitedHealth +10% on Buffett & Burry stakes; Intel +4% on US investment talks
S&P closed at record; Dow, Nasdaq slipped slightly
Hotter July PPI cooled CPI-driven optimism
Dow leads week +1.7%; Russell 2000 up 3.6%
Friday: import prices, consumer sentiment, retail sales
EARNINGS
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You have until September 30th before this plan goes live.
HEADLINES
A hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation report just made the Federal Reserve’s decision regarding a September rate cut even tougher.
Stock rally hits a wall as US inflation picks up (more)
Producer prices rise by most in three years on services (more)
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected (more)
Treasury yields increase after hot producer prices number (more)
Oil maintains gains ahead of Trump-Putin summit (more)
Mortgage rates drop to 2025 low (more)
Traders trim Fed-cut bets as wholesale inflation clouds outlook (more)
Buffett Buys 5 million shares in UnitedHealth, trims Apple (more)
Michael Burry joins Buffett in scooping up UnitedHealth shares (more)
Goldman offers investors stakes in Millennium for just $1 million (more)
Tapestry plunges 15% as Coach parent says tariffs will bite into profits (more)
Hedge funds shift bets to double down on Big Tech amid AI boom (more)
Cantor weighed tariff trades for hedge funds but shut them down (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Lilly inks up to $1.3B deal with Superluminal for obesity drug development
THL Partners to acquire Headlands Research from KKR (~$600M deal)
VC
Titan, a company providing IT services with its augmented AI platform, raised $74M in funding
XOPS, an autonomous IT company, raised $40M in funding
Citizen Health, a patient-powered platform for rare disease, raised $30M in Series A funding
Topline Pro, an AI-powered engine improving how home service businesses grow and run, raised $27M in Series B funding
Cache, a fintech company that offers products for stock positions, raised $12.5M in Series A funding
Create, a AI agentic startup, raised $8.5M in funding
OneCrew, a purpose-built platform for paving contractors, raised $7.5M in Series A funding
Infinity Loop, an AI-native contract intelligence platform, raised $5M in Seed funding
Studio Atelico, a game studio building new AI-first gaming experiences, raised $5M in Seed funding
IgniteData, an intelligent clinical trial data automation company, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding
Mesh, a crypto payments network provider, raised an undisclosed amount in funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
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DAILY SHARES
“Just bought a ton load of Intel shares. Tell dad to say the government is taking a stake or something.”
— Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79)
8:46 PM • Aug 14, 2025
Don’t forget the natural market cycle
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital)
2:28 PM • Aug 14, 2025
i am starting a company where we sell one dollar bills for 90 cents. we will raise $1B in seed capital. the projected first year’s revenue will be $900m. at a 10x sales multiple, the company will be worth $10B. i’ll sell my stock in secondary sales and get rich. i am very smart
— sophie (@netcapgirl)
8:54 PM • Aug 14, 2025
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