'Rough quarters ahead'

Musk warns: ‘rough quarters’ ahead for Tesla, Trump to visit the Fed, Trump considered breaking up Nvidia, silver's hot streak gathers pace, Krispy Kreme, GoPro and Beyond Meat surge as the latest in meme stock revival...

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July 24, 2025

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The Fast Five → Musk warns: ‘rough quarters’ ahead for Tesla, Trump to visit the Fed, Trump considered breaking up Nvidia, silver's hot streak gathers pace, Krispy Kreme, GoPro and Beyond Meat surge as the latest in meme stock revival…

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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    Initial jobless claims, 8:30A New home sales, 10:00A

  • Tomorrow:
    Durable-goods orders, 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, July 24:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 7/23/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 39.27% for Week of JUL 17 2025

Previous week: 41.38%

Market Wrap:

  • S&P 500 futures +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.3%, Dow -113pts (0.2%)

  • S&P notches 12th record close of 2025

  • Alphabet jumps 2% post-earnings; Tesla dips on weak auto rev

  • IBM falls 5% on soft software sales, weighing on Dow futures

  • Trade clarity boosts sentiment, Siegel says

  • Earnings ahead: Dow, AAL, HON, UNP; plus jobless claims & housing data

EARNINGS

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HEADLINES

Tesla reported a 16% decline in automotive revenue as sales fell for a second straight quarter and again trailed analysts’ estimates.

This is the first time in nearly two decades that an American president will be making an official trip to the central bank.

  • S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally to record highs on optimism about trade deals (more)

  • EU sees progress toward US trade deal with 15% tariffs (more)

  • US automakers find little to cheer in Japan trade deal (more)

  • Justice Dept prepares crackdown on Trump tariff violators (more)

  • June home sales drop as prices hit record high (more)

  • Oil prices climb on US trade optimism, drop in crude stockpiles (more)

  • Silver's hot streak gathers pace; market at highest since 2011 (more)

  • Trump weighed Nvidia breakup but was told it would be ‘hard’ (more)

  • Google shares fall as spending spree spooks investors (more)

  • Tesla stock sinks after earnings miss (more)

  • Chipotle plunges after company reports 2nd straight sales decline (more)

  • Krispy Kreme, GoPro and Beyond Meat surge as meme stock revival rolls on (more)

  • Trump admin ramps up its campaign against colleges (more)

  • Mubadala expands private credit push (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • SLB’s $8 billion acquisition of ChampionX cleared by UK CMA

  • Sony explores sale of cellular chipsets business

  • AES exploring sale amid takeover interest

VC

  • Vanta, an AI trust management platform, raised $150M in Series D funding

  • Swift Navigation, a company specializing in centimeter-accurate positioning for vehicle, robotics, and precision logistics, raised $50M in Series E funding

  • april, an AI tax platform, raised $38M in Series B funding

  • Scrunch AI, a company helping brands optimize AI search visibility, raised $15M in Series A funding

  • Dash Bio, a preclinical and clinical bioanalysis company, raised $11M in funding

  • Estes Energy, a materials and manufacturing company, raised $11M in Seed funding

  • Hypernatural, an AI video creator, raised $9.2M in funding, across 2 rounds

  • Volca, an AI-powered marketing platform built specifically for home services businesses, raised $5.5M in Seed funding

  • Olto, an AI demo engineer supporting how B2B teams demo and sell software, raised $5.1M in Pre-Seed funding

  • Starseer, an AI exposure management and compliance company, raised $2M in Seed funding

  • Capitalize.io, an AI-powered platform turning data into deals by connecting brokers and lenders with leads, closed its Seed funding round

CRYPTO

  • Stablecoin $2 Trillion forecast is ‘optimistic,’ JPMorgan says (more)

  • SEC halts approval of Bitwise ETF offering broad crypto exposure (more)

  • Block joins S&P 500, bringing more Bitcoin exposure to equity index (more)

BULLISH BITES

🤖 Trump unveils his plan to put AI in everything.

🐂 Dan Niles explains why he turned bullish on NVIDIA.

🚖 DC overtakes LA for worst traffic in America.

🧠 Why an active mindset matters.

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