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Today:
Retail Sales, 8:30A
Unemployment Claims, 8:30A
Tomorrow:
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Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, May 14:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 5/13/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 31.73% for Week of MAY 07 2026
Previous week: 38.31%
Market Wrap:
Futures higher Dow +105, S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.4%
S&P and Nasdaq hit fresh record highs yesterday
Wednesday gains S&P +0.58%, Nasdaq +1.2%, Dow -67
Hot PPI sparks fresh inflation concerns
Nvidia, Micron lead another semiconductor rally
Cisco +19% after earnings and guidance beat
Retail sales, jobless claims and trade data ahead
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HEADLINES
After years as an also-ran, the startup has pulled ahead in the artificial-intelligence race after focusing on enterprise users and coding.
S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs as tech rallies (more)
Trump arrives in Beijing with CEOs ahead of Xi meetings (more)
US producer prices rose far more than expected in April (more)
10-yr Treasury yield hits new high after very hot producer prices reading (more)
Treasury buyers get 5% long bond for first time since 2007 (more)
Dollar testing the water for recovery (more)
Foreign investors pull out of India at record pace (more)
Apple stock closes at record high (more)
Huang: British startup is building ‘next AI frontier’, announces partnership (more)
Micron just gave chip bulls a $100 billion stress test (more)
Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI (more)
Cisco’s stock pops 15% on surging AI orders (more)
Alibaba jumps as it strikes bullish tone on AI investments (more)
Anduril doubles valuation to $60B as defense tech funding boom continues (more)
More activists rush in to HPE (more)
Mayor Mamdani is wading into an international M&A deal (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Insider One buys Bluecore in AI marketing drive ahead of IPO
CATL-linked investors to buy VNET stake in $942M deal
QuartzBio receives growth investment from Eir Partners
Govineer Solutions receives strategic growth investment from TA
VC
Forus, an AI-powered network that connects doctors, pharmacies, payers, and biopharma, raised over $160M in funding
Oishii, the company behind the indoor vertical strawberry farm, raised $150M in first close of its Series C funding
Judgment Labs, a company supporting the production data workflow using improving agents, raised $32M in Seed and Series A funding
9amHealth, a virtual specialty care platform provider, raised $26M in Series B funding
BranchLab, an AI platform supporting healthcare commercialization, raised $26M in Series A funding
Outmarket AI, an AI platform purpose-built for insurance, raised $17M in Series A funding
Anomaly Insights, an AI-powered payer intelligence company, raised $17M in additional funding
Greenboard, an AI-native platform for securities compliance, raised $15.5M in Series A funding
Casimir, a quantum energy technology company, raised $12M in Series B funding
Vector, a contact-level advertising platform for B2B marketers, raised $10M in Series A funding
Secludy, a privacy-tech startup serving banks, payments firms, and fintech companies, raised $4M in Seed funding
Avant Genomics, a company specializing in automated liquid biopsy sample prep for cancer detection, raised $3M+ in funding
DataMission.ai, an AI operating platform purpose-built for local governments, raised $1M in Seed funding
Autoimmunity BioSolutions, a biotech company developing a personalized immuno-corrective therapy, raised $1M in Seed Extension funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
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🤔 Should you buy Series I bonds as inflation heats up again?
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