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Existing Home Sales, 10:00A
Tomorrow:
Consumer Price Index, 8:30A
Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Mar 10:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/9/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 33.06% for Week of MAR 05 2026
Previous week: 33.20%
Market Wrap:
Futures -0.3% Dow -142 S&P -0.3% Nasdaq -0.3%
Stocks staged huge reversal Dow +239 after -900 low
S&P +0.8% Nasdaq +1.4% after sharp intraday drop
Oil plunged from $119 to $81 after Trump war comments
Trump signals conflict nearing end eyes Hormuz control
G7 energy ministers meet on potential reserve release
CPI Wed; PCE Friday; earnings Oracle Adobe
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: *Kohl’s $KSS ( ▼ 1.35% )
Oracle $ORCL ( ▼ 0.48% ) - $1.71 EPS (+16.3% YoY), on $16.9B revenue (+19.9% YoY)
WED: Petco $WOOF ( ▼ 0.22% )
Broadcom $AVGO ( ▼ 1.12% ) - EPS of $2.02 (+26.3% YoY) on $19.11B revenue (+28.1% YoY)
THU: Adobe $ADBE ( ▼ 2.75% ), *Dicks Sporting Goods $DKS ( ▼ 0.27% ), Ulta Beauty $ULTA ( ▲ 1.1% )
Dollar General $DG ( ▲ 0.99% ) - $1.62 EPS (+86.2% YoY) on $10.8B revenue (+4.8% YoY)
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HEADLINES
A historic disruption to the world’s oil production sent crude prices smashing through the $110 barrier Monday for the first time in nearly four years, before prices settled just below $100.
President Trump said he would waive oil-related sanctions, have the US Navy escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and predicted on Monday that the war with Iran would resolve “very soon.”
US stock futures fall, oil slides after volatile day on Wall Street (more)
Trump signals possible end to war, floats removing oil sanctions (more)
Iran war's energy price shock is likely to spiral economy-wide (more)
G7 ‘stands ready’ to release emergency oil reserves (more)
America’s natural-gas is cushioning US markets from global shocks (more)
The calculus for the Fed just shifted in an instant (more)
Stagflation trades sweep markets as Trump signals wider war (more)
Oil slides after Trump seeks to ease concerns over war’s length (more)
Gold rises after Trump signals Iran conflict may be nearing end (more)
Impact of Iran war hits African, Asian economies (more)
Anthropic sues Trump admin over Pentagon blacklist (more)
JPMorgan sees 10% correction in S&P 500 as war risks build up (more)
Wall Street banks offer UAE staff option to relocate temporarily (more)
Netflix goes from M&A loser to market winner without Warner deal (more)
Apple postpones smart home display launch as it waits for new AI, Siri (more)
Trump family’s defense investments grow with new drone deal (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Shell to offload Jiffy Lube to Monomoy Capital for $1.3B
OpenAI to buy cybersecurity startup Promptfoo to better safeguard AI agents
Agilent to acquire Biocare Medical in $950M all-cash deal
Fantasy sports firm Underdog acquires derivatives exchange
OKX receives investment from Intercontinental Exchange at $25B valuation
VC
KAST, a global financial platform, raised $80M in Series A funding
Dify, an open-source platform that helps operate production-grade AI applications, raised $30M Series Pre-A funding
Cylake, an AI-native cybersecurity platform for regulated institutions, raised $45M in Seed funding
DeepIP, an AI platform supporting patent professionals across the patent lifecycle, raised $25M in Series B funding
Aneuvo, a developer of non-invasive neuromodulation technology, raised $22M in Series C funding
Axiomatic AI, a company building verification solutions empowered by engineering-focused AI, raised $18M in Seed funding
Mega, a platform that leverages an AI-powered growth engine, raised $11.5M in Series A funding
Voomi Supply, a B2B eCommerce platform, raised $10M in Series A funding
Crafting, an end-to-end infrastructure platform, raised $5.5M in Seed funding
DiligenceSquared, an AI platform that automates market research for investment teams, raised $5M in Seed funding
Qnetic, a developer of long-duration flywheel energy storage systems, closed a $5M funding round
Zcash Open Development Lab, a developer of Zcash wallet tech and privacy infrastructure, raised $5M in funding
Denki, an AI-powered platform for financial auditing, raised $4.1M in Seed funding
Advocacy, an AI-native, context-driven litigation workspace platform, raised $3.5M in Seed funding
CRYPTO
Oil trades are booming on 24/7 crypto exchange Hyperliquid (more)
Strategy buys $1.3B of Bitcoin using mostly common stock (more)
Nasdaq plans equity-token design, partnering with Kraken parent (more)
Farage invests in Kwarteng’s Bitcoin treasury firm Stack BTC (more)
Gen Z’s ‘financial nihilism’ finds outlet in prediction bets, crypto (more)
BULLISH BITES
🎢 The 24 hours when oil markets went wild.
⛽️ What's the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and can it lower gas prices?
🪙 Tokenized stocks are coming to a market near you.
🚗 ‘Flying cars’ will take off in American skies this summer.
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