'Secret sauce'

Alphabet’s AI chips are a potential $900B ‘secret sauce’, ‘China’s Nvidia’ Moore Threads surges 469% on trading debut, layoffs this year the most since pandemic, Warner Bros. begins exclusive deal talks with Netflix, and Amazon considering directly competing with USPS...

 

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  • Today:
    Consumer Sentiment, 10:00A
    Inflation Expectations, 10:00A

  • Monday:
    None watched

Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, Dec 5:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 12/4/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 32.03% for Week of NOV 27 2025

Previous week: 32.58%

Market Wrap:

  • Futures flat ahead of key inflation data.

  • Nasdaq logged its 8th gain in 9 sessions; Meta +3.4%, Nvidia +2.1%.

  • Job cuts topped 1M YTD; AI/tariffs cited.

  • Weekly jobless claims hit lowest since Sept. 2022.

  • Markets still price ~87% odds of a Dec. 10 Fed cut.

  • Today brings delayed PCE, spending/income data, and UMich sentiment.

  • Stocks up modestly this week (S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.6%, Dow +0.3%).

EARNINGS

Nothing watched today. See full calendar here »

The window for preparation isn't just closing —
It's slamming shut.

What I've uncovered about the true impact of President Trump's tariffs and DOGE initiative has left me deeply troubled.

As someone who worked inside the Federal Reserve system and managed billions for America's wealthiest families, I recognize the warning signs others miss. I urge you to see my urgent message immediately. The window for preparation isn't just closing — it's slamming shut.

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HEADLINES

Alphabet Inc. investors are growing increasingly confident that the company’s semiconductors could represent a significant driver of future revenue for Google’s parent.

Moore Thread’s successful IPO comes despite it being placed under U.S. sanctions in 2023, which limited its access to advanced chip manufacturing processes and foundries.

  • Indexes end near flat, supported by Fed hopes but dragged by Amazon (more)

  • Global shares and dollar higher as markets eye Fed rate cuts (more)

  • Senators unveil bill to keep Trump from easing curbs on chip sales to China (more)

  • Layoff announcements hit the highest level since the pandemic (more)

  • US import prices unexpectedly flat in September (more)

  • US jobless claims fell to three-year low over Thanksgiving (more)

  • Layoff announcements top 1.1M this year, the most since the pandemic (more)

  • CEOs see younger consumers driving growth amid tariffs, AI changes (more)

  • Jane Street’s trading haul juiced by surging bet on Anthropic (more)

  • Amazon considering directly competing with USPS (more)

  • Tesla gains in 2026 Consumer Reports’ auto brand rankings (more)

  • Google partners with Replit, in vibe-coding push (more)

  • Meta stock gains on plans for deep cuts for Metaverse efforts (more)

  • Warner Bros. begins exclusive deal talks with Netflix (more)

  • Pimco rejected ‘sell America’ talk and won big with US bond bet (more)

Trump's Neighbor Reveals Truth Behind America's New Transformation

A mysterious financial figure — called "one of the most important money managers of our time" by national media — has issued a scathing economic warning. His controversial video exposes how an invisible force is rewriting the rules of wealth creation.

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

- check back Monday

VC

  • 7AI, a company building dynamic AI agents for security work, raised $130M in Series A funding

  • Paradigm Health, a company supporting the clinical research ecosystem, raised $78M in Series B funding

  • Lemurian Labs, a hardware-agnostic AI development platform, raised $28M in Series A funding

  • Unlimited Industries, an AI-native construction company, raised $12M in Seed funding

  • Guide Labs, a developer of interpretable and auditable AI systems, raised $9M in Seed funding

  • SPhotonix, a company working in optical storage and photonics, raised $4.5M in Pre-Seed funding

  • Govstream.ai, a startup building AI-powered permitting tools for local governments, raised $3.6M in Seed funding

CRYPTO

  • CFTC paves way for spot crypto trading on registered exchanges (more)

  • Sovereign wealth funds were buyers as Bitcoin plunged: Larry Fink (more)

  • Bitcoin could continue chopping below $95 into year-end (more)

  • Crypto reels from a $200B crash as casino crowd moves on (more)

BULLISH BITES

💰 Nvidia has a cash problem — too much of it.

👶🏻 ‘Trump account’ or 529? How to pick investment accounts for kids.

👌 The 'OK'-shaped economy?

🎬 Quentin Tarantino’s of the 21st century.

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