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Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, Apr 13:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 4/10/2026. Bitcoin as of 4/12/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 35.75% for Week of APR 09 2026
Previous week: 33.57%
Market Wrap:
Futures tumble Dow -517, S&P -1.1%, Nasdaq -1.2%
Trump announces blockade of Strait of Hormuz
WTI jumps ~8% to $104 on renewed supply fears
Weekend talks failed with no Iran deal reached
Blockade seen as escalation but also negotiation tactic
Last week rally S&P +3.6%, Nasdaq +4.7%, Dow +3%
Bank earnings kick off Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citi
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today:
*Goldman Sachs $GS ( ▲ 0.45% ) - $16.35 EPA (+15.8% YoY) on $16.89B revenue (+12.2% YoY)
TUE: *BlackRock $BLK ( ▼ 0.5% ), *Citigroup $C ( ▼ 0.42% ), *Johnson & Johnson $JNJ ( ▼ 0.42% ), *JPMorgan Chase $JPM ( ▼ 0.15% ), *Wells Fargo $WFC ( ▼ 0.72% )
WED: *Bank of America $BAC ( ▼ 0.32% )
THU:
*PepsiCo $PEP ( ▼ 0.27% ) - $1.54 EPS (+4.1% YoY) on $18.93B revenue (+5.6% YoY)
Netflix $NFLX ( ▲ 0.94% ) - $.76 EPS (+15.2% YoY) on $12.17B revenue (+15.5% YoY)
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HEADLINES
President Trump is pairing his Iran blockade with a sales pitch: Countries squeezed by the Strait of Hormuz — especially China — should buy more oil from the US instead.
The collapse of talks between the US and Iran is poised to push energy prices back up and weigh on stocks globally.
Earnings season set to test war-rattled stocks (more)
The market’s next test is already here (more)
Wary investors eye another escalation in Iran war (more)
Bond traders snap back to inflation as higher-for-longer sets in (more)
Wall Street strategists say it's time to 'jump in' with tech stocks (more)
Inflation and growth set to dominate IMF and World Bank meetings (more)
Consumer sentiment plummets to record low (more)
US March budget deficit rises slightly to $164B as Iran war outlays lag (more)
US inflation jumps, though long-term war impact yet to be seen (more)
Oil jumps 7% to above $100 ahead of US blockade on Iran (more)
Dollar gains as peace talks falter, US to blockade Hormuz (more)
Trump officials encouraging banks to test Anthropic's Mythos model (more)
The crazy math confronting everyday investors in private markets (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Hybron Technologies receives investment from Veteran Ventures Capital
Portal Space Systems receives investment from Booz Allen Ventures
VC
Elorian, an AI research and product lab focused on advancing visual reasoning for AI, raised $55M in Seed funding
PeakMetrics, an AI-driven narrative intelligence company, raised $6M in Series A funding
Plume, a geospatial data startup focused on infrastructure development, raised $3.9M in funding
Nirova LLC, a climate-tech and industrial analytics company, raised $3M in Seed funding
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