Market reaction

Market reaction to Trump's first day, Trump plans to enact 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada, Trump to declare national energy emergency, crypto-frenzied weekend makes first family billions of dollars, and Gensler out and pro-crypto Mark Uyeda named SEC Chair...

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January 21, 2025

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  • Tomorrow:
    US leading economic indicators, 10:00A

Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, January 21:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 1/17/2025. Bitcoin as of 1/20/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 25.43% for Week of January 16 2025

Previous week: 34.67%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures dipped as Trump floated 25% tariffs on Mexico, Canada.

  • S&P 500, Nasdaq ticked lower; Dow flat post-holiday session.

  • Markets rose on Trump’s swearing-in, then reversed on tariff talk.

  • Trump declared an energy emergency, pledged pro-business policies.

  • Wall Street eyes next Trump moves after last week’s market rally.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching:

  • Today: Capital One (COF), United Airlines (UAL)

    • Netflix (NFLX) - earnings to double on YoY basis to $4.21 per share, on $10.1B revenue (+14.8% YoY)

  • Wednesday: Discover (DFS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Proctor & Gamble (PG)

  • Thursday: American Airlines (AAL), McCormick (MKC)

  • Friday: Verizon (VZ)

HEADLINES

President threatens duty for fentanyl, undocumented migration. Trump speaks in first Oval Office comments after inauguration.

Uyeda is poised to begin reversing some of Gensler's policies.

  • Trade, tariffs, energy - market reaction to Trump's first day (more)

  • Stanley Druckenmiller says ‘animal spirits’ are back in markets because of Trump with CEOs ‘giddy’ (more)

  • Trump to declare national energy emergency, expanding his legal options to address high costs (more)

  • Biden’s sweeping AI order scrapped by Trump in regulatory reset (more)

  • Bitcoin hits record, dollar falls on Inauguration Day (more)

  • China stocks, yuan cautiously firm after Trump delays tariffs (more)

  • Crypto-frenzied inauguration weekend makes first family billions of dollars (more)

  • Inauguration brings the world's billionaire elites en masse to DC (more)

  • TikTok restoring U.S. service after Trump provided ‘assurance’ (more)

  • AI mania takes over Davos as the world’s biggest firms tout their offerings (more)

  • Costco union representing 18,000 workers authorize nationwide strike (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Core Sound Imaging, a medical imaging platform, received a $80M Growth investment from PSG (more)

  • Healthfuse, a revenue cycle vendor management company, received an investment from InTandem Capital (more)

  • Omega Systems, a provider of managed information tech and cybersecurity services, received an investment from Revelstoke Capital (more)

  • SwiftComply, a provider of water and wastewater compliance software, received an investment from M33 Growth (more)

  • CareGenix Solutions, a provider of virtual healthcare services, received a growth funding package from Decathlon Capital Partners (more)

VC

  • Stoke Space, a company building a reusable medium-lift rocket, raised $260M in Funding (more)

  • Instabase, an applied AI solution for unstructured data, raised $100M in Series D funding (more)

  • Umoja Biopharma, a clinical-stage company specializing in vivo cell therapies, raised $100M Series C financing (more)

  • Quantifind, an AI-powered financial crime intelligence company, raised $22M in funding (more)

  • Leap, a platform for physical retail, raised $20M in funding (more)

  • Pipe17, an AI-powered composable order operations, raised $15.5M in funding (more)

  • Coram AI, a LLM-powered video security company, raised $13.8M in Series A funding (more)

  • IntusCare, a provider of predictive analytics solutions for geriatric care, raised $11.5M in follow-on financing (more)

  • Nilus, a proactive AI-powered treasury management platform, raised $10M in funding (more)

  • Teal Health, a women's health company, raised $10M in Seed funding (more)

CRYPTO

  • The crypto world is already mad at Trump (more)

  • Trump's crypto-frenzied inauguration weekend makes first family billions of dollars richer (more)

  • Bitcoin fades from highs after no crypto mentions during Trump's inauguration speech (more)

  • Bitcoin reserve clamor among US states risks being no more than just noise (more)

BULLISH BITES

🇺🇸 Trump casts shadow on Davos.

💰 Manhattan trophy offices are suddenly back in vogue.

🚁 Critics really like the second season of "Severance."

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