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Tariff hikes unnerve Wall Street, crypto crashes, Canada, Mexico pledge retaliatory tariffs, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Trump met Friday to discuss AI, and OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’...
Good morning.
The Fast Five → Tariff hikes unnerve Wall Street, crypto crashes, Canada and Mexico pledge retaliatory tariffs, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Trump met Friday to discuss AI, and OpenAI unveils new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’…
⚠️ Louis Navellier: “The Stock Market is Splitting in Two…”
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Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, February 3:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 40.96% for Week of January 30 2025

Previous week: 43.43%. Updates every Friday.
🚨 URGENT: ‘Bombshell’ Presentation Predicts Market Havoc…
- a message from Louis Navellier
Market Wrap:
Futures drop as Trump slaps tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China.
Dow -463 pts, S&P -1.6%, Nasdaq -2.1%. Canada, Mexico hit back with tariffs.
Oil and USD rise as markets brace for trade war fallout.
Big earnings week: Alphabet, Amazon, Palantir, Disney, Mondelez report.
January jobs report Friday: 175K jobs expected, unemployment at 4.1%.
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: Palantir (PLTR)
Tuesday: Chipotle (CMG), PayPal (PYPL), Spotify (SPOT)
Alphabet (GOOGL) - earnings of $2.12 per share (+29.3% YoY), on $96.7B revenue (+12% YoY)
Wednesday: MicroStrategy (MSTR), Uber (UBER)
Walt Disney (DIS) - earnings of $1.43 per share (+17.2% YoY)
Thursday: Eli Lilly (LLY), Peloton (PTON), Tapestry (TPR)
Amazon.com (AMZN) - earnings of $1.49 per share (+49% YoY) on $187.3B revenue (+10.2% YoY)
HEADLINES

Markets were dealt a blow last week as the emergence of China's DeepSeek AI model hit tech stocks, and uncertainty around Trump tariffs has weighed on broader markets.

President Trump has ordered 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, while Chinese imports face 10% tariffs.
Jobs report and Trump’s trade war hold keys to outlook for stocks (more)
Trump says Americans could feel 'pain' in trade war (more)
Fed made the right call last week to pause rate cuts, Trump says (more)
Dollar advances after White House reiterates Trump tariff threats (more)
Oil jumps as Trump slaps tariffs on biggest crude supplier to US (more)
Pump prices set to rise as Trump tariffs hit Canadian, Mexican oil (more)
China denounces Trump tariff: 'Fentanyl is America's problem' (more)
Canada to launch program to relieve businesses of tariff hit (more)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and President Trump met to discuss AI policy (more)
OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’ (more)
Costco, Teamsters reach tentative agreement, avoiding a strike (more)
A MESSAGE FROM LOUIS NAVELLIER
'Bombshell' Presentation Predicts Market Havoc…
Something huge is about to hit the stock market.
Wall St. legend Louis Navellier calls it: "The most significant market event of my 47-year career..."
He says that when this event comes crashing down on the stock market in the coming months… millions of investors will be taken by surprise.
Put aside all of your other concerns for the moment… because if you're on the wrong side of this monumental market shift, you risk getting wiped out.
DEALFLOW
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DAILY SHARES
How it feels watching your net worth plummet 30% in an evening. Also how it feels watching your net worth rise 30% in an evening.
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital)
4:00 AM • Feb 3, 2025
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