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Markets are celebrating the ceasefire, why markets are so calm, Nvidia record high is close in sight, oil tumbles for a second day, and Powell throws cold water on a rate cut in July...

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Market Briefing
June 25, 2025

Good morning.

The Fast Five → Markets are celebrating the ceasefire, why markets are so calm, Nvidia record high is close in sight, oil tumbles for a second day, and Powell throws cold water on a rate cut in July…

Tesla's about to prove everyone wrong... again. Back in 2018, when Jeff Brown told everyone to buy Tesla…The "experts" said Elon was finished and Tesla was headed for bankruptcy. Now they're saying the same thing, but Jeff has uncovered Tesla's next breakthrough. See why Tesla's about to prove everyone wrong... again. *

Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    New home sales, 10:00A

  • Tomorrow:
    Initial jobless claims, 8:30A
    Durable-goods orders, 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, June 25:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 6/24/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 33.21% for Week of JUN 19 2025

Previous week: 36.67%.

Market Wrap:

• S&P futures flat; Dow -13 pts, Nasdaq slightly higher after Tue rally
• Dow surged 500+ pts; Nasdaq 100 closed at record high, as oil plunged 6%
• Oil selloff tied to optimism around Israel-Iran ceasefire
• Powell testifies to Senate today; new home sales data due
• Earnings: General Mills, Paychex, Micron in focus

EARNINGS

Light earnings week. Here’s what we’re watching:

“The End of Elon Musk?”

Don't make him laugh.

Jeff Brown has been hearing this same tired story for years, and he's been proven right time and time again.

And now, while the media focuses on Tesla's "demise," he's uncovered an AI breakthrough that's about to make Elon's doubters eat their words yet again.

According to his research, if you listen to the media and miss out on Elon's newest breakthrough, it's going to cost you the fortune of a lifetime.

- from Brownstone Research -

HEADLINES

PTrump appears to still be on edge from the conflict that unfolded between Israel and Iran over the last several weeks, but the market appears eager to resume its rally toward record highs.

It’s still too soon for the Federal Reserve to consider lowering interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday.

  • Wall St rallies, S&P 500 nears record high as Middle East tensions cool (more)

  • Wall Street bull calls for another 10% rally in S&P 500 by end of 2025 (more)

  • Why markets are so calm, and what a post-nuclear Iran could offer Wall St (more)

  • Oil tumbles for a second day, loses 6% as ceasefire eases supply concerns (more)

  • Gold falls 2% as ceasefire weighs on safe-haven appeal (more)

  • US consumer confidence weakens on job market worries (more)

  • Home price hikes are slowing more than expected (more)

  • US current account surges to record high in first quarter (more)

  • Investment groups call for passive income exemption from tax bill (more)

  • BlackRock’s Fink backs ‘MAGA’ accounts (more)

  • Nvidia reaches highest levels since January, record high close in sight (more)

  • Cathie Wood’s Ark trims Circle stake after netting big windfall (more)

  • Amazon bringing same-day delivery to ‘millions’ of rural customers (more)

  • Mastercard forms stablecoin pacts with Paxos, PayPal, Fiserv (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Aledade acquires More Michigan Value‑Based Care Ops

  • Enzo Biochem to be acquired by Battery Ventures

  • Domaine acquires Code

  • NPHub receives $20M growth investment from Edison Partners

VC

  • Digital Asset, the blockchain technology company behind the Canton Network, raised $135M in funding

  • Waltz, a platform streamlining residential real estate financing for foreign-national investors, raised $50M in funding

  • Arine, an AI-driven medication intelligence company, raised $30M in Series C funding

  • Eventual, a company building AI infrastructure for multimodal data, raised $20M in Series A funding

  • Paraform, a marketplace built for elite recruiters, raised $20M in Series A funding

  • Delphi, a company creating AI digital minds to help people scale communication, raised $16M in Series A funding

  • Chronicle Studios, an entertainment studio, raised $11M in Seed funding

  • Skyramp, an AI-driven testing and debugging tool for engineering teams, raised $10M in Seed funding

  • Empo Health, a healthcare technology company, raised $7M in funding

  • Gemist, a jewelry-tech startup, raised $6M in seed funding

  • Pangram, a technology detecting text created by AI, raised $4M in Seed funding

  • Jobright, an AI-native job platform providing Jobright Agent, raised $3.2M in funding

  • CubeNexus, a Techstars-backed spatial data intelligence company, raised $650K in Pre-Seed funding

CRYPTO

  • Bitcoin rebounds to $105K as Coinbase premium hits second 2025 high (more)

  • Crypto rules of the road framework unveiled by Republican senators (more)

  • Chainlink, Mastercard partner to allow 3 billion cardholders to buy crypto (more)

  • A $4 billion Hong Kong family office makes first crypto foray (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚀 Tesla's about to prove everyone wrong... again. * 

🎉 Zuckerberg "Recruiting Party" continues with $100 Million pay packages.

🧍🏻‍♂️ Silicon Valley’s ‘tiny team’ era is here.

😀 And the award for the happiest city in the US goes to...

🛥 This yacht rocks.

DAILY SHARES

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