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The Fast Five → Trump considers seizing the oil in Iran, investors lose patience with the iran war, Wall Street eyes signs of TACO, Berkshire shares suffer longest losing streak in over 7 years, and SpaceX's listing stirs up social media frenzy, ticker bets…
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(from Brownstone Research)
Calendar: Full Calendar »
Today:
Fed Chair Powell Speaks, 10:00A
Tomorrow:
JOLTS Job Openings, 10:00A
Consumer Confidence, 10:00A
Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, Mar 30:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/26/2026. Bitcoin as of 3/29/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 32.10% for Week of MAR 26 2026
Previous week: 30.40%
Market Wrap:
Futures lower Dow -253, S&P -0.5%, Nasdaq -0.5%
Friday selloff Dow -793, S&P -1.67%, Nasdaq -2.15%
S&P at seven-month low with fifth straight weekly loss
Dow and Nasdaq now in correction territory
Iran war enters week five raising uncertainty
Jobs data this week JOLTS ADP, and Friday payrolls
Earnings ahead Nike, McCormick, Conagra
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
TUE: *McCormick $MKC ( ▲ 2.89% )
*CTD Synnex $SNX ( ▲ 0.16% ) - earnings of $3.31 per share (+18.2% YoY) on $15.65B (+7.7% YoY)
Nike $NKE ( ▲ 0.58% ) - EPS of 28 cents (-48.1% YoY) on $11.23B revenue (-0.4% YoY)
WED: Conagra $CAG ( ▲ 0.61% )
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HEADLINES
President Donald Trump said that Iran "gave" the US most of the 15 demands it issued to Tehran to end the war.
Stock futures fall entering shortened week ahead of jobs report (more)
Iran war widens the oil-fueled petroyuan corridor (more)
Pakistan says ready to facilitate US-Iran talks within days (more)
US plans to allow Russian oil tanker into Cuba, easing crisis (more)
Saudi crude heads to Pakistan in rare transit (more)
The war with Iran may be ushering in a new nuclear age (more)
Wall Street eyes signs of TACO amid Iran war (more)
Wall Street touts ‘grind lower’ trades as Iran weighs on stocks (more)
Battered by stock losses, investors find little relief in bonds (more)
Consumer sentiment slides to three-month low from war inflation fears (more)
Oil prices climb after Iran warns against US ground invasion (more)
SpaceX's listing stirs up social media frenzy, ticker bets (more)
Berkshire shares suffer longest losing streak in more than 7 years (more)
Event wagers face $143M insider problem as war bets boom (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Novartis to pay up to $2 billion for biotech firm Excellergy
SAP acquires Reltio
PetaSight acquires Babbage Insight Two
Soxton AI acquires Cipher
VC
Clasp, a retention-driven recruitment platform, raised $20M in Series B funding
Helix Earth, a company developing a proprietary liquid-gas chemistry platform, raised $12M in Seed funding
Neion Bio emerges from stealth; raised $11M to date
VITL, an operating system for cash-pay health, raised $7.5M in Series A funding
M1X, a sovereign financial infrastructure and technology company, raised $3M in angel funding
CurrentClient, a communication platform built for financial advisors, raised $1.25M in Seed funding
CRYPTO
Crypto stocks battered as Nasdaq enters correction in $17T market rout (more)
Strategy paused Bitcoin accumulation last week, ending a 13-wk streak (more)
Walmart-backed OnePay adds tokens to serve ‘new to crypto’ customers (more)
Bitcoin miners are becoming AI companies, selling BTC to fund transition (more)
BULLISH BITES
🚀 Elon Musk: This AI play could turn $100 into $100,000 *
📊 Three reasons the stock market can endure the war.
🤝 A 35-year-old crypto bro helped Pakistan win over Trump world.
🚨 Is another financial crisis lurking in private credit?
🍹 Six cocktails for Spring.
DAILY SHARES
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