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The Fast Five → The Mag Seven is roaring back, Paramount wins Warner Bros takeover, global diesel prices hit record highs, Meta stock soars, and AMD joins $1 trillion club as chipmakers rally…
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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, September 22:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 9/21/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
Futures: S&P +0.02%, Nasdaq +0.2%
Mon: Dow +366 (+0.7%), S&P +1.5%, Nasdaq +2.3%
AI stocks powered the strongest rally since Aug. 4
Meta surged 11%, while Intel and AMD jumped double digits
Oil tumbled, with WTI falling 4.5% below $96
Treasury yields eased after last week’s Fed rate hike
Focus shifts to the US-China summit
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: KB Home $KBH ( ▲ 1.57% )
WED: *Cracker Barrel $CBRL ( ▼ 0.42% ), *General Mills $GIS ( ▼ 2.51% )
THU:
*Costco $COST ( ▲ 0.35% ) $6.53 EPS (+11.2% YoY) on $94.9B revenue (+10.1% YoY)
*Darden Restaurants $DRI ( ▲ 0.97% ) - $2.05 EPS (+4.1% YoY), on $3.2B revenue (+6.7% YoY)
Analyst Nicknamed "The Prophet" Issues New Warning for America
Whitney Tilson shocked the nation on 60 Minutes when he accused a major company of poisoning its customers.
The investigation won an Emmy and the stock fell nearly 80%. (He also called the housing crisis and the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers).
Now, he's releasing his next big story.
He says the day after our upcoming midterm elections, America will enter a period of economic change unlike anything we've seen in decades.
And most investors are unprepared for what's coming. For the full presentation, go here.
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HEADLINES
Surging tech shares lifted the Nasdaq composite to a record close, and left AI safety fears in the dust.
The settlement includes the creation of independent editorial boards for CNN and CBS, and a $30M penalty per film for any shortfall against Paramount's pledge to release 30 movies annually.
Nasdaq surges to record high, Dow and S&P 500 rise on oil and tech (more)
Markets risk underpricing the scale of rate hikes, analysts say (more)
China, US Discuss AI, Investment on second day of trade talks (more)
Rare earths force Trump to be less hostile before Xi summit (more)
Bessent: Trump admin won't give AI leaders a 'liability shield' (more)
Fed, BoE probe banks' exposure to trading firms after Jane Street loss (more)
US lawmakers urge Trump to maintain ban on Chinese automakers (more)
Global diesel prices hit record highs, further rises possible (more)
Gold edges higher as lower oil prices damp chance of rate hikes (more)
OpenAI calls for US to take lead in global efforts to develop standards (more)
AMD joins $1 trillion club as chipmakers rally on AI-driven demand (more)
Nvidia buying an additional $1.5B in SB Energy shares ahead of IPO (more)
Meta stock soars on price target increase, Muse AI downloads (more)
Tesla stock jumps ahead of highly anticipated Roadster event (more)
Coinbase stock surges on plans to offer retail investors early IPO access (more)
Michael Saylor teased 'a little more orange.' Strategy stock jumped 8% (more)
Google opens pre-orders for Googlebook laptops built around Gemini AI (more)
Oura publicly files for IPO, looks to raise $2.2B (more)
Silver Lake sues Carl Icahn and hedge funds over Endeavor buyout (more)
Conflict isn’t slowing deals for Gulf’s fastest-growing investment firm (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Nvidia buying an additional $1.5B in SB Energy shares ahead of IPO
Terragrit receives investment from National Grid Partners
PtEverywhere receives investment from Sheridan Capital Partners
VC
Angle Health, an AI healthcare benefits platform provider, raised $600M in equity financing
Arcee AI, an open-source AI and foundation model development startup, raised at least $150M in Series B funding
Split Pay, a consumer fintech and billing platform provider, raised $125M in Series A and Series B funding rounds
Rainmaker Technology, a cloud seeding technology platform, raised $100M in Series B funding
Footprint, a financial crime compliance and risk operations platform provider, raised $25M in Series B funding
Corridor, a health benefits brokerage and insurance technology startup, raised $16M in Seed funding
Feldera, an incremental view maintenance engine for enterprises, raised $15.4M in Series A funding
ImpriMed, a precision medicine company, raised $10M in Series A2 bridge funding
Fluxnium, a platform for domestic uranium supply adsorbed from seawater, raised $7M in Seed funding
Euka AI, an affiliate marketing platform on TikTok Shop, raised $5M in Seed funding
Eubrics, an AI-native revenue acceleration platform, raised new funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
🚨 A new kind of civil war is coming after election day? *
🤬 Investors must not forget their mission as AI hate grows.
🧪 Anthropic is operating a lab that conducts biology experiments.
🔌 Oregon’s data centers use almost 25% of the state’s power.
🚬 At restaurants, phones are becoming the new cigarettes.
DAILY SHARES
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