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The Fast Five → The stock market’s breezy summer is over, Trump turns up the heat on Warsh as Fed rate hike looms, Saudi Arabia’s big AI bet, bond traders brace for more swings, and 3 big things to watch in this shortened trading week…
📌 NEW: CNBC's "The Prophet" Reveals Berkshire's Hidden Energy Project »
(from Stansberry Research)
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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, September 8:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 9/3/2026. Bitcoin as of 9/7/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
Futures: Dow -308 (-0.6%), S&P -0.2%, Nasdaq +0.1%
Mon: U.S. markets closed for Labor Day
Oil hit six-week highs as U.S.-Iran fighting escalated
Rising energy prices are fueling inflation concerns
Treasury yields remain near multiyear highs
Fed rate-hike odds stand at 60%
Focus shifts to inflation data Thursday and Friday
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
WED: American Eagle $AEO ( ▲ 2.23% ), *Chewy $CHWY ( ▼ 1.25% )
AeroVironment $AVAV ( ▼ 1.74% ) - $.30 EPS (-6.3% YoY), on $459.9M revenue (+1.2% YoY)
THU: Adobe $ADBE ( ▼ 6.73% ), *Macy's $M
FRI:
Kroger $KR ( ▲ 0.14% ) - EPS of $1.06 (+1.9% YoY) on $34.61B revenue (+2.0% YoY)
Warren Buffett's Parting Gift is
About to Pay Off
Finally retired, Buffett handed the reins of Berkshire Hathaway to his hand-picked successor.
But on his way out the door, Buffett quietly made one last move in a corner of the energy market Wall Street has all but ignored.
Whitney Tilson, a devout follower of Buffet and the analyst CNBC called "The Prophet", says every move Buffett made upon his exit is pointing to an energy surge that's about to catch the entire market off guard.
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HEADLINES
The Fed and inflation are back in focus as investors face down an often bumpy stretch for markets.
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other senior administration officials are publicly pushing the Fed to avoid an interest rate increase or to lower rates.
Dow futures fall 300 points to start shortened week as oil prices climb (more)
CNBC: 3 big things we're watching in this shortened trading week (more)
Stocks dented by inflation risk from rising oil, dicey geopolitics (more)
Bond traders brace for more swings at both ends of US yield curve (more)
Investors to pore over inflation data for signals on rate trajectory (more)
Trump says he's made 'hundreds of billions of dollars on stocks' for US (more)
Energy Secretary Wright says Iran nuclear deal may never happen (more)
US debt is even worse than it seems, Treasury yields now an 'all-hands-on-deck situation' (more)
US adds 162,000 jobs in August, beating expectations (more)
Americans hit with record-high Labor Day weekend gasoline prices (more)
Oil prices rise to 6-week high after Iran and US trade blows (more)
OPEC+ keeps oil output policy unchanged for October (more)
Gold gains as dollar eases with US inflation data on radar (more)
Anthropic IPO launch shifts toward mid-October (more)
Tech companies look to Argentina's Patagonia to build massive data centers (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
WaFd and EverBank to combine in $3.9B merger (more)
Australia's Santos acquires additional 3.3% interest in Papua LNG
Hi Rasmus receives $50M investment from Updata Partners
VVater receives investment from Kyocera Ventures
Strada receives investment from Markiplier
VC
Bioness Medical, FDA-approved neurorehabilitation technologies for individuals recovering neurological conditions, received a $15M credit facility
Burlingame Studios, a mobile game development studio, raised $12M in user acquisition financing
Diameter Pay, a fintech platform building the infrastructure for global US dollar payments, raised $10M in Series A funding
Helogen, a space biotech and in-orbit manufacturing startup, raised $7.1M in Seed funding
Haystack Robotics, an AI-powered autonomous disinfection platform, raised $3.95M in Series A funding
Puntr, a sports technology platform, raised $500K in funding
CRYPTO
Bitcoin heads for third winning week in a row as macro pressures mount (more)
Satoshi-era Bitcoin wakes after 16 yrs of dormancy as 600 BTC moves (more)
Hunter Biden debuts 'LAPTOP' memecoin targeting TRUMP holders (more)
Stablecoin wallets challenge traditional bank accounts as main consumer money hub (more)
BULLISH BITES
🚨 URGENT: Follow this energy stock pattern. *
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