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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, Jan 30:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 1/29/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 43.17% for Week of JAN 22 2026
Previous week: 49.50%
Market Wrap:
Futures fell S&P -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.3%, Dow -139
S&P logged a second straight loss and Nasdaq -0.7%
Trump to name Powell’s replacement Friday
Apple beat after hours on strong iPhone sales
Microsoft -10% weighed on tech
Week so far S&P/Nasdaq +0.8%, Dow near flat
Shutdown risk rose after a Senate funding vote failed
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: Chevron $CVX ( ▲ 2.3% ), Exxon Mobile $XOM ( ▲ 3.85% ), Verizon $VZ ( ▲ 3.68% )
A MESSAGE FROM BROWNSTONE RESEARCH
Every week Elon Musk is sending about 60 more satellites into orbit.
Tech legend Jeff Brown believes he’s building what will be the world’s first global communications carrier.
He predicts this will be Elon’s next trillion-dollar business.
And when it goes public, you could cash out with the biggest payout of your life.
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HEADLINES
There are four candidates on his shortlist: Kevin Hassett, Christopher Waller, Kevin Warsh and Rick Rieder.
Apple's iPhone revenue topped out at an all-time record of $85.3 billion in the quarter, well ahead of the $78.3 billion analysts were anticipating.
Trump, Democrats strike tentative deal to avert major shutdown (more)
Senate panel passes crypto CFTC regulation bill (more)
Prediction markets to get new federal rules, CFTC chair says (more)
US trade deficit widens by the most in nearly 34 years in Nov. (more)
Wall Street lines up behind ‘Trump Accounts’ (more)
Dollar falls again as debasement fears outweigh Bessent’s boost (more)
Gold tops $5,500 as record rally gains pace on debasement trade (more)
Gold, silver rally enters 'dangerous phase' (more)
Oil prices surge 4% to five-month high (more)
China’s metals mania sends copper soaring past $14,500 a ton (more)
Microsoft earnings prompt tech stock selloff (more)
Sandisk soars after blowing past earnings estimates (more)
Musk's SpaceX said to consider merger with Tesla or xAI (more)
Blackstone in talks to become New World’s top shareholder (more)
First Brands founder charged with defrauding Wall Street of billions (more)
Richest man in Indonesia loses $9 bln after MSCI’s warning (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Apple acquires Israeli audio AI startup Q.ai
Chinalco, Rio Tinto buy control of aluminium firm CBA for $904M
Perplexity signs $75M AI cloud deal with Microsoft
Palo Alto Networks completes acquisition Chronosphere
PAR Technology to acquire Bridg
Selkirk Sport receives strategic investment from Bluestone Equity Partners
AxisCare receives minority investment from Frontier Growth
VC
Genspark, agentic AI solutions, closed a $300M in Series B funding
Decagon, AI agents for concierge customer experiences, raised $250M in Series D funding
PaleBlueDot AI, an AI compute platform, raised $150M in Series B funding
Propy, a tech company using AI and blockchain to automate real estate closings, raised a $100M credit facility
Northwood Space, a provider of ground infrastructure for space missions, raised $100M in Series B funding
Breakthru Medicine, an oncology company developing therapies for solid cancers, raised $60M in Series A funding
Indigo, an AI-driven medical professional liability platform, raised $50M in Series B funding
Talos, a digital asset infrastructure company, raised $45M in Series B funding
Checkbox, an AI Agent solutions for in-house legal teams, raised $23M in Series A funding
Northslope, an AI company purpose-built for the Palantir operating system, raised $22M in Series A funding
Mesh Security, a CSMA platform, raised $12M in Series A funding
Arkero, a platform using AI for complex organizations in sport, raised $6M in Pre-Seed funding
Datalinx, an AI data refinery company, raised $4.2M in Seed funding
Milliways, a plastic-free chewing gum brand, raised $3M in funding
Xalter, XR workforce development for the energy industry, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding
Ressio Software, an AI-powered construction management platform for residential builders, raised undisclosed Series A funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
☠️ Pick your poison in the AI apocalypse.
🥊 Anthropic is at war with itself.
🤩 Why everybody is suddenly obsessed with 2016.
🛥 A $154M megayacht with pools in the bow and stern.
DAILY SHARES
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