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Markets rocked by Trump show economic fear, White House pushes back against recession talk, Tesla shares plunge 15%, Apple readies dramatic software overhaul, and Microsoft, OpenAI is pouring $12 billion into CoreWeave...

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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    Job openings, 10:00A

  • Tomorrow:
    Consumer price index (CPI), 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, March 11:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 3/10/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 19.33% for Week of March 06 2025

Previous week: 19.38%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures down: S&P -0.4%, Nasdaq -0.9%, Dow -20 pts.

  • Delta -11% on weak travel demand.

  • Dow -900 pts, closed below 200-day avg for first time since Nov ‘23.

  • Recession fears grow; Trump calls it a “transition,” Treasury warns of “detox.”

  • Goldman cuts growth outlook on Trump’s tariffs.

  • Key data: Job openings today, CPI (Wed), PPI (Thu).

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

A MESSAGE FROM ALTIMETRY

DOGE Fires the Starting Gun on "Digital Retirement"

It's official: Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") just announced the first-ever "fully digital retirement" process.

By doing so, a new technology – rolled out by the entire federal government – could soon rewire life in America, changing how you claim Social Security... pay your taxes... even how you access healthcare.

HEADLINES

What had been a steady pullback from the US stock market accelerated sharply Monday as investors retreated from virtually every type of risk and economic fear raced across Wall Street.

US stock markets plunge to 6-month lows and households grew more pessimistic about their prospects, New York Fed survey shows.

  • US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs (more)

  • Stocks fall most this year with recession warnings blaring (more)

  • Dollar dithers as safety bid flows to the yen (more)

  • Oil prices edge lower as concerns over tariff impact grow (more)

  • EU worries US embrace of crypto assets could impact EU’s financial stability (more)

  • Tesla shares plunge 15%, suffering steepest drop in five years (more)

  • Delta slashes its profit forecast on weakening travel demand (more)

  • Oracle misses on earnings and issues weak revenue guidance (more)

  • Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz announces retirement, stock plummets 25% (more)

  • Apple readies dramatic software overhaul for iPhone, iPad and Mac (more)

  • Trump seeks minerals refining on Pentagon bases to boost US output (more)

  • Bank of America eliminates some investment banking roles (more)

  • Eric Schmidt joins Relativity Space as CEO (more)

📊 New research reveals what Elon Musk could be planning in Washington D.C. and how it may impact your money. Click here for more. *

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Cloud provider CoreWeave inks $11.9B contract with OpenAI (more)

  • Beacon Roofing in talks with QXO for potential $11B deal (more)

  • Rocket Companies to buy real estate firm Redfin in $1.75B deal (more)

  • BVI Medical, a global ophthalmic device company, completed a $1 bln strategic capital raise in partnership with TPG (more)

VC

  • Lila Sciences, a scientific platform and autonomous labs for life, chemical, and materials sciences, raised $200M in Seed funding (more)

  • Reflection, an AI company building superintelligent, autonomous systems, raised $130M in funding (more)

  • Nirvana Insurance, an AI-driven commercial trucking insurer, raised $80M in Series C funding (more)

  • ReSource Chemical, an advanced manufacturing startup, raised $15M in funding (more)

  • Peer Global, a social game engine company, raised $10.5M in funding (more)

  • August, an on-chain prime brokerage and execution platform, raised $10M in Series A funding (more)

  • Uthana, a generative AI company, raised $4.3M in funding (more)

  • DirectH2, a hydrogen technology company, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding (more)

  • Lunchbox, a provider of enterprise restaurant catering and off-premise technology, raised an undisclosed amount in funding (more)

CRYPTO

  • Bitcoin crumbles below $80K as crypto sell-off goes from bad to worse (more)

  • Ether's freefall below $1.9K roils DeFi, jeopardizes crypto loan backed by $130M in ETH (more)

  • Singapore Exchange plans to list Bitcoin perpetual futures in the second half of 2025 (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚫 The US is considering banning DeepSeek on government devices.

📚 Harvard freezes hiring as Trump threatens to pull funding.

🛥 The world's largest sailing yacht is open for business.

🍣 Sushi at Saint Laurent's Rive Droite boutique in Paris. Mais bien sûr!

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