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The Fast Five → Stocks rebound amid fresh Iran hopes, judge orders US Customs to process refunds on illegal Trump tariffs, Trump officially nominates Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell, Nvidia CEO hints at end of investments in OpenAI and Anthropic, and Bessent says global 15% tariff starts this week…
📌 Elon did the impossible – far faster than anyone expected… And it's sent the tech industry into PANIC MODE. ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek could soon become obsolete. And three little-known firms could soar 10X or higher as a result. Get the details here »
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Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, Mar 5:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/4/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 33.20% for Week of FEB 26 2026
Previous week: 34.54%
Market Wrap:
Futures flat Dow +16 S&P +0.1% Nasdaq +0.1%
Stocks rebounded Dow +238 S&P +0.8% Nasdaq +1.3%
Chip rally Nvidia +1% Broadcom AMD Micron Intel higher
Oil steadied after earlier war-driven surge
US escorts planned for Hormuz tanker traffic
Earnings ahead Kroger Burlington BJ’s Costco Marvell
Jobless claims due Thursday
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: Costco $COST ( ▼ 0.1% ), *Kroger $KR ( ▼ 0.95% )
Is Elon About to Trigger Another
315X Opportunity?
Elon gave Tesla investors the chance to make more than 315 times their money when he revived the electric vehicle industry.
$1 billion fund manager Louis Navellier believes Elon's "Project Apex" will mint a new generation of millionaires.
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HEADLINES
A US trade court judge on Wednesday ordered the government to begin paying potentially billions of dollars in refunds to importers who paid tariffs that the Supreme Court said last month were collected illegally.
At an industry conference on Wednesday, Huang hinted that the investments were finalized.
Stocks rebound amid fresh Iran hopes, upbeat data (more)
Trump officially nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair to replace Powell (more)
Bessent says global 15% tariff starts this week (more)
Iran conflict spurs rebound in US borrowing costs (more)
Airlines, shippers panic shop for fuel hedges as prices surge (more)
China expected to lower economic growth targets (more)
Gold gains as dip-buyers enter market despite dollar strength (more)
Oil prices rise as Iran conflict widens (more)
Nvidia, Amazon temporarily close Dubai offices (more)
Anthropic investors push to deescalate Pentagon clash (more)
Apple announces MacBook Neo, its most affordable laptop ever (more)
Morgan Stanley to cut 3% of workforce across all business lines (more)
David Zaslav cashing in over $100M of Warner Bros Discovery Stock (more)
Bets against Blue Owl hit all-time high on private credit fears (more)
Billionaire Tesla whale says he bought 1 million Nvidia shares (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Ziff Davis to sell Ookla and Downdetector to Accenture as part of $1.2B deal
Eight Sleep receives strategic investment from Tether Investments
Traversal receives strategic investment from Amex Ventures
BluePath Finance receives investment from TWG Global
HRSoft receives investment from Gryphon Investors
Breezeway receives strategic growth investment from Resurgens
Autire receives investment from Serent Capital
Adrianna Papell receives investment from Tribe Capital
File & ServeXpress receives investment from Northlane Capital Partners
VC
Poplar Therapeutics, a clinical-stage immunology company, raised $45M in Series A extension funding
Crossover Markets, a digital asset trading technology firm, raised $31M in Series B funding
HawkEye 360, a company specializing in signals intelligence data and analytics, raised add’l $23M in Series E funding
Cyclops, a stablecoin and crypto infrastructure platform provider, raised $8M in funding
Artemis, a climate-tech company, raised $6M in funding
NextWork, a platform helping people learn practical AI skills, raised $4.45M in Seed funding
GenFlux, a platform helping brands track and optimize how they appear in AI-generated answers, raised $4.2M in Seed funding
IntelliGRC, a cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance platform, raised $3.5M in Seed funding
PartsPulse, an AI-powered platform for managing parts businesses, raised $3M in funding
Navigara, an engineering performance measurement layer, raised $2.5M in Seed funding
Gradient AI, a developer of AI solutions for the insurance industry, received a growth financing of undisclosed amount
Worldscape.ai, an AI-powered geospatial intelligence software for defense, government, and enterprise, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
💸 Individual investors keep buying despite market shocks.
🤖 ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal.
💼 Starting your own business is all the rage again.
🤔 Does your country need regime change? A Quiz.
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