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Trump grants automakers some tariff relief, Wall Street banks: markets flashing rising recessions risk, Trump to meet with tech leaders early next week, Alibaba reveals DeepSeek contender, and Palantir has a new venture...
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Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, March 6:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 19.38% for Week of February 27 2025

Previous week: 29.19%. Updates every Friday.
📈 The DOGE Agenda (Nine Stocks to Buy)
- from Behind The Markets
Market Wrap:
Futures flat: S&P -0.06%, Dow steady, Nasdaq -0.2%.
Stocks jumped as Trump delayed some auto tariffs.
Dow +486 pts (+1.14%), S&P +1.12%, Nasdaq +1.46%, still down 1%+ this week.
Tariff tensions linger as Canada, Mexico, China plan retaliation.
Key data: Jobless claims (today), payrolls (Fri).
Earnings: Macy’s, Broadcom, Costco, HPE.
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Broadcom (AVGO) - earnings of $1.51 per share (+37.3% YoY) on $14.6B revenue (+21.7% YoY)
Costco (COST) - earnings of $4.10 per share (+4.6% YoY) on $68.3B revenue (+7.8% YoY)
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HEADLINES

Trump is exempting automakers from newly imposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada for one month, the White House said Wednesday, as a temporary reprieve following pleas from industry leaders.

Financial markets are signaling that the risk of a recession is growing as tariff-related uncertainty and indicators of economic weakness spread fear across Wall Street.
Dow rebounds by 500 points after Trump tariff auto delay (more)
Trump weighs agriculture carveouts to Canada, Mexico tariffs (more)
Trump set to meet with technology leaders early next week (more)
US service sector expands in February; price growth accelerates (more)
US factory orders rebound in January on commercial aircraft (more)
US activity rises slightly and uncertainty also up, Fed survey shows (more)
Oil holds near six-month low as tariffs dent demand outlook (more)
Investors rush to buy near-junk college bonds even as risks grow (more)
New Palantir venture targets finance industry’s AI spending (more)
Alibaba shares jump 7% after unveiling latest DeepSeek contender (more)
Apple unveils new MacBook Air models with $100 price cut despite tariffs (more)
Meta product chief says Llama 4 will power AI agents (more)
MAGA offers corporations cover to flee Delaware (more)
Dealmakers are losing ground as hopes of Trump rally fade fast (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Seven & i likely to sell non-core business shares to Bain for $4.7B (more)
Business & Pleasure Co., a lifestyle brand developing luxury outdoor products, received a growth equity investment from Silas Capital (more)
Accenture Ventures has invested in Aaru, creators of AI-powered prediction engine that simulates consumer behavior (more)
Care Solace, a provider of mental health care coordination services for K-12 schools, received a growth investment from Lemnis (more)
Supergut, a gut health and GLP-1 nutrition brand, closed a minority growth investment (more)
VC
Epirus, a tech company developing a microwave defense platform, raised $250M in Series D funding (more)
Peregrine Technologies, a company developing software and engineering talent into the public safety domain, raised $190M in Series C funding (more)
SpecterOps, cybersecurity solutions with targeted insights of advanced threat actor tradecraft, raised $75M in Series B funding (more)
Bluebird Kids Health, a healthcare services company, raised $31.5M in funding (more)
Trimtech Therapeutics, a biotech company harnessing treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, raised $31M in Seed funding (more)
Graid Technology, a company specializing in GPU-based RAID for NVMe storage performance, raised $30M in Series B funding (more)
Auxia, an agentic customer journey orchestration platform provider, raised $23.5M in funding (more)
VIE Technologies, an energy monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions provider, raised $15M in Series A funding (more)
CoverForce, an infrastructure platform for commercial insurance, raised $13M in Series A funding (more)
Ceramic, an AI model training company, raised $12M in Seed funding (more)
Decibel Bio, an epigenetic reprogramming platform provider, raised $12M in funding (more)
Knostic, a provider of need-to-know access controls for Generative AI, raised $11M in funding (more)
GoodSam Foods, a food brand dedicated to regenerative agriculture, transparency, raised $9M in Series A funding (more)
Mote, a techn company specializing in carbon-negative energy production, raised $7M in Series A funding (more)
Mode, AI-driven data management solutions for building management, manufacturing, and construction, raised $5.3M in funding (more)
Watter, a company empowering compute efficiency through energy repurposing, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)
Tiga.ai, an AI agent to discover custom buying signals and personalized outreach to the buyer, raised $2M in funding (more)
MedaSystems, a SaaS platform for expanded access and investigator-initiated studies, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding (more)
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2:47 AM • Mar 5, 2025
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3:10 AM • Mar 6, 2025
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