Rollbacks to 'roll-ups'

Walmart warns price hikes are coming, hard data suggests tariff-driven fears may be overblown, Powell cautions about higher long-term rates, Trump doesn’t want Apple building products in India, and CRISPR is used in landmark first-patient genetic treatment...

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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    Import price index, 8:30A
    Consumer sentiment, 10:00A

  • Monday:
    Leading economic indicators, 10:00A

Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, May 16:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 5/15/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 35.93% for Week of MAY 15 2025

Previous week: 29.45%. Updates Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Dow futures +41 pts; S&P +0.03%; Nasdaq +0.04%

  • Thursday: S&P +0.41% (4-day rally); Dow +0.65%; Nasdaq -0.18%

  • US-China 90-day tariff truce boosts market sentiment

  • PPI -0.5% in April; CPI at 2.3% YoY — lowest since Feb 2021

  • Nvidia & Tesla +15% WTD; Meta +8%, Amazon +6%

EARNINGS

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Gold hitting record highs

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Here are 3 Key Reasons:

  1. Looming economic & political uncertainty

  2. Increasing central bank demand

  3. Rising National Debt - over $36 Trillion

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According to a recent statement from Jeffrey Gundlach, famed American business man and investor… “Gold continues its bull market that we’ve been talking about for a couple of years, ever since it was down to $1,800.” He expects gold to reach $4,000/oz.

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HEADLINES

With major indicators from April — the month of peak tariff uncertainty — now in, none show the kinds of recessionary or inflationary conditions implied by business and consumer surveys.

Walmart announced yesterday that it plans to raise prices is expected to open the floodgates for wider retail price hikes.

  • S&P closes higher for a fourth day, Dow jumps more than 250 pts (more)

  • US producer prices fall as some companies absorb tariffs hit (more)

  • Powell: higher long-term rates as ‘supply shocks’ provide policy challenges (more)

  • WH announces AI data center campus partnership with the UAE (more)

  • Dollar tracks Treasury yields lower on benign US data (more)

  • Oil prices heading for 1% weekly gain on China trade detente (more)

  • Asian stocks fall as trade-truce rally loses steam (more)

  • US tariffs take centre stage at APEC trade gathering (more)

  • Trump says he doesn’t want Apple building products in India (more)

  • CRISPR is used in landmark treatment to correct baby's genetic disorder (more)

  • Buffett’s Berkshire sat out market drop, trimmed bank stocks (more)

  • Boomerang CEOs are corporate security blankets (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Dick's Sporting Goods to acquire Foot Locker for $2.4 billion

  • Phillips 66 sells 65% stake in German and Austrian fuel retail business for $2.8B

  • MTX Group, a global technology consulting firm, acquired Stralto, a government-focused technology solutions company

  • Entrata, an operating system for multifamily communities, received a $200M minority investment from funds managed by Blackstone at a $4.3B valuation

  • Granata Bio, a biotech company focused on advancing fertility therapeutics, received an investment from Gedeon Richter

VC

  • Zeno Power, a developer of nuclear batteries for frontier environments, raised $50M in Series B funding

  • Samaya AI, an artificial intelligence platform for financial services, raised $43.5M in funding

  • Kincell Bio, a CDMO, raised $22M in funding

  • Imprint Labs, a nonprofit organization focused on developing open-source tools for genomic research, raised $15M in philanthropic funding

  • CND Life Sciences, a diagnostics company developing tools for the detection of neurodegenerative diseases, raised $13.5M in Series A3 funding

  • Metafoodx, an AI food operations company, raised $9.4M in funding

  • Adyton, a public benefit corporation, raised $11M in funding

  • DiffuseDrive, a physical AI company, raised $3.5M in funding

  • Algoma, an AI-native real estate development platform, raised $2.3M in Seed funding

CRYPTO

  • Coinbase hack rocks the company that led crypto into mainstream (more)

  • Sen. Lummis says Senate could approve GENIUS Act stablecoin bill by Memorial Day (more)

  • Bitcoin remains unmatched as a global inflation hedge (more)

  • Feds charge $265M crypto theft ring that blew $13M on cars, nightclubs (more)

BULLISH BITES

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