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Nvidia’s best wasn’t enough to prop up market, traders search for clues behind S&P reversal, tariffs will cut deficits by $1 trillion less than expected, Fed fractures deepen amidst inflation concern, and Michael Saylor’s Strategy risks losing billions...
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The Fast Five → Nvidia’s best wasn’t enough to prop up market, traders search for clues behind S&P reversal, tariffs will cut deficits by $1 trillion less than expected, Fed fractures deepen amidst inflation concern, and Michael Saylor’s Strategy risks losing billions…
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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, Nov 21:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓31.62% for Week of NOV 13 2025

Previous week: 37.97%
Market Wrap:
Futures edge up: Dow +136 (0.3%), S&P +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.2%.
AI stocks reversed hard Thu.; Nvidia -3.2% after an early surge.
Dow swung +718 intraday before closing -386; Nasdaq -2.2%.
Sept. jobs data strong but uneven; Dec. cut odds ~40%.
Fed tone cautious as markets look oversold.
S&P -2.9% WTD, Dow -3%, Nasdaq -3.6%.
Strategists see a normal pullback, not a trend break.
EARNINGS
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Elon Musk just made a bold claim: Robots, not cars, have the potential to be Tesla's biggest business.
That's because we're entering the E.I. Era - Embodied Intelligence - where A.I. jumps out of the screen and into the real world.
Machines that move. Robots that think. Systems that act on their own.
It's already happening in factories, warehouses, and defense labs around the world.
The infrastructure to power it - advanced chips, data centers, and clean energy - is being built right now.
And we've identified the three companies that could capture the lion's share of that spending.
-Simmy Adelman, Publisher
Behind the Markets
- a message from Behind The Markets -
HEADLINES
Traders Search for Clues Behind Biggest S&P Reversal Since April

The slide wiped out an early feeling of optimism that US equities would continue a rebound from an earlier selloff.
Stocks tumble as early rally gives way to tech anxiety (more)
CBO: Tariffs will cut deficits by $1 trillion less than expected (more)
Fed fractures deepen as Barr signals inflation concern (more)
Hassett: Now would be a 'very bad time' for Fed to pause cuts (more)
White House crafting executive order to thwart state AI laws (more)
Trump reveals plan to drill oil off Florida, California (more)
Dollar set for weekly gain as Fed cut bets recede (more)
Asian stocks sink as US jobs fail to clear rate outlook, tech hammered (more)
One area where Nvidia 'disappointed' in earnings (more)
Walmart CFO warns the affordability crisis is getting worse (more)
Verizon cutting more than 13,000 jobs as it restructures (more)
A hedge against AI crash emerges as Oracle CDS market explodes (more)
Michael Saylor’s Strategy risks losing billions in index flows (more)
Netflix, Comcast and Paramount make bids for Warner Bros. (more)
Kalshi’s valuation jumps to $11B after raising massive $1B round (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
CoreTrust, a group purchasing organization, acquired BuyQ
VC
Luma AI, an AI company building multimodal AGI, raised $900M in Series C funding
Peek, an operating system provider for experiences, raised $70M in funding and acquired ACME Ticketing and Connect&GO
Norm Ai, a legal and compliance AI company, raised $50M in funding
Lumafield, a company specializing in advanced manufacturing technology, raised $50M in funding
Okami Medical, a medical technology company advancing novel vascular embolization solutions, closed a $45M financing
Automat, an enterprise workflow automation platform, raised $15.5M in Series A funding
Revenium, a financial intelligence platform for managing and optimizing AI spend, raised $13.5M in Seed funding
Poly, an intelligent cloud file browser company, raised $8M in Seed funding
Lakefusion, an AI-native master data management platform built for the Databricks Lakehouse, raised Seed funding
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CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
📊 Nvidia’s strong results show AI fears are premature.
💰 Auction for last pennies could draw big money.
✌️ The ‘Golden Handcuffs’ are off: PE employees leave for smaller firms.
🧖🏻♂️ The private wellness clubs that charge members up to thousands a month.
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