BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 33.66% for Week of OCT 16 2025

Market Wrap:

• Dow +218 (+0.47%) to 46,924; S&P flat; Nasdaq -0.16%.

• Coke +4%, 3M +8%, GM +15% on strong earnings.

• GM offsets ~35% of Trump tariff hit.

• Zions +1% as regional bank fears ease.

• Alphabet, Broadcom -2%, Nvidia -1% slip after Trump cast doubt on Xi meeting.

• 75% of S&P firms beat; “Mag 7” earnings +15% vs +7% rest.

• CPI Friday to shape Fed rate-cut outlook amid data blackout.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

• Today: *AT&T $T ( ▼ 3.64% ), Tesla $TSLA ( ▲ 2.28% )

• THU: *American Airlines $AAL ( ▲ 5.62% ), *Blackstone $BX ( ▼ 4.17% ), Ford $F ( ▼ 0.72% ), Intel $INTC ( ▲ 3.36% ) 

  • Newmont $NEM ( ▲ 2.18% ) - EPS of $1.42 (+75.3% YoY) on $5.23B revenue (+13.6% YoY)

• FRI: *Procter & Gamble $PG ( ▲ 0.01% ) 

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HEADLINES

Anthropic, Google in Talks on Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Deal

Gold Plunges from High With Biggest One-Day Decline in 12 Years

• S&P 500 flashes signs of fatigue as gold tumbles (more)

• ‘Widow-Maker’ trade becomes world beater as Japan bonds sink (more)

• This week's critical inflation report comes with doubts about the data (more)

• Early consumer earnings make the wealth effect clear (more)

• Gold and silver post steepest drops in years (more)

• Tesla's rebound faces test as earnings loom (more)

• Beyond Meat soars 146% after addition to meme ETF, Walmart deal (more)

• GM stock soars amid outlook boost (more)

• Coca-Cola pops as earnings beat amid 'challenging' environment (more)

• Netflix shares drop as Brazilian tax dispute hits earnings (more)

• Warner Bros. Discovery puts itself up for sale (more)

• OpenAI takes on Google with AI-powered ChatGPT web browser (more)

• BlackRock is pulling Bitcoin whales into Wall Street’s orbit (more)

• Jefferies’ fund boasted perfect record before First Brands crash (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Warner Bros Discovery rejects takeover offer from Paramount/Apollo

• Coinbase acquires crypto fundraising firm Echo for $375M

• US air services provider Air T to acquire Australia’s Rex

• Veeam to buy Securiti AI for about $1.73B

• Jump acquires Mobile Assistant

VC

• Anrok, a global sales tax compliance platform powering digital businesses, raised $55M in Series C funding

• Arbor Energy, a clean power company, raised a $55M Series A funding round

• Findem, an AI talent acquisition and management solution powered by 3D data, raised $51M in funding

• Hyro, an AI Agent Platform for healthcare, raised $45M in Growth funding

• PleoPharma, Inc., a company focused on treatments for cannabis-related health issues, closed a $36M Series B financing round

• Defakto, a non-human identity security company, raised $30.75M in Series B funding

• ChipAgents, an agentic AI platform for chip design and verification, closed a $21M Series A funding round

• Estuary, a right-time data platform to move and transform data across 200+ systems for enterprises, raised $17M in Series A funding

• Gravwell, a full-stack data analytics and security platform provider, closed a $15.4M Series A funding round

• Acelab, an AI-powered platform for researching, selecting, and documenting building materials, raised $13.5M in Series A funding

• Armstrong, a robotics company building general-purpose robots for restaurant kitchens, raised $12M in funding

• Moonshot AI, an AI-powered platform that turns websites into fully automated, self-optimizing living organisms, raised $10M in Seed funding

• Casium, an AI-powered immigration and mobility solution for enterprises that combines legal expertise with technology, raised $5M in Seed funding

• Knack, a student success tech platform that enables higher education institutions to power peer learning programs, raised a Series B funding round

CRYPTO

• Altcoins stuck below post-FTX low as crypto risk appetite sinks (more)

• Coinbase sees TradFi institutions driving crypto derivatives boom (more)

• Strategy gets buy rating from Citi on bullish Bitcoin outlook (more)

BULLISH BITES

📈 The “smart money” is piling into one AI power company. * 

🤖  Are we in an AI bubble? Here’s what analysts and experts are saying.

🗞 Independent newspapers disappear as private investment firms take over.

🍿 NYT to debut new TikTok-like "Watch" tab in its app.

📺 Get ready for AI on the TV.

🤑 Wealthy families are writing mission statements to avoid fights, lost fortunes.

DAILY SHARES

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