BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 36.78% for Week of JUL 24 2025

Market Wrap:

• Futures flat: S&P & Nasdaq steady; Dow -41pts (-0.1%)
• S&P breaks 6-day record streak; all 3 majors down
• Trade talks with China stall; tariff pause in limbo
• Fed decision today; no rate change expected. Powell presser eyed for policy clues
• Starbucks jumps >3%, Visa slips >2% post-earnings
• Today: Meta, Microsoft, Ford, Robinhood report

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week. (*) indicates before the bell

• Today: *Etsy $ETSY ( ▲ 2.79% ), *Kraft Heinnz $KHC ( ▼ 0.25% ), Arm $ARM ( ▼ 0.09% ), eBay $EBAY ( ▼ 1.2% ), Ford $F ( ▼ 1.9% ), Meta Platforms $META ( ▼ 0.68% ), Microsoft $MSFT ( ▲ 0.13% ), Robinhood $HOOD ( ▲ 2.69% )

• THU: *Roblox $RBLX ( ▲ 5.59% ), Strategy $MSTR ( ▲ 0.1% ), Roku $ROKU ( ▲ 1.79% )

  • Amazon.com $AMZN - $1.32 eps (+4.8% YoY) on $162B revenue (+9.5% YoY)

  • Apple $AAPL ( ▼ 1.05% ) - $1.41 eps (+ 0.7% YoY) on $90.7B revenue (+5.7% YoY)

• FRI: *Chevron $CVX ( ▼ 2.21% ), Exxon Mobil $XOM ( ▼ 0.87% )

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HEADLINES

The Fed Expected to Stand Firm as Trump Pushes for a Cut

No Tariff Pause Announced After US-China Talks

• Equities close lower as earnings weigh; Fed statement on tap (more)

• Bessent to US businesses: ‘Not the end of the world’ if Apr. 2 tariffs kick in (more)

• Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes (more)

• US goods trade deficit shrinks in likely boost to second-quarter GDP (more)

• Oil pauses rally as markets weigh Trump's ultimatum to Russia (more)

• China investors swap gold for stocks as ETFs see record outflow (more)

• Apple loses 4th AI researcher in a month to Meta’s Superintelligence Team (more)

• Spotify drops 11% for worst day in two years on weak guidance (more)

• United Airlines flight attendants reject contract with immediate raises of at least 26% (more)

• CyberArk pops on report of $20B+ acquisition talks with Palo Alto Networks (more)

• Anthropic in talks to raise fresh capital at $170 billion valuation (more)

• Figma’s $1.2 billion IPO approaching 40 times oversubscribed (more)

• Starbucks says turnaround plan is proceeding ahead of schedule (more)

• JPMorgan is in advanced talks to replace Goldman Sachs on Apple credit card (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merge creating first US transcontinental railroad

• Baker Hughes to buy Chart Industries in $13.6B deal

• ICE (NYSE Owner) in talks to acquire Enverus for ~$6B

• Hightouch receives strategic investment from Snowflake and Capital One

VC

• ARTBIO, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company, raised $132M in Series B funding

• Sparrow, an employee leave management technology company, raised $35M in Series B funding

• Arbital Health, a healthtech company that helps providers manage risk‑based contracts, raised $31M in Series B funding

• Multibeam Corp., a company providing Multicolumn E‑Beam Lithography system, raised $31M in Series B funding

• Reveal Technology, a defense technology company, raised $30M in Series B funding

• iCOUNTER, a cyber risk intelligence company, raised $30M in Series A funding led by SYN Ventures

• Wingspan, a contractor payroll platform, raised $24M in Series B funding, bringing its total raised to $54M

• lakeFS, a provider of a “git‑for‑data” version control system for enterprise data and AI initiatives, raised $20M in growth funding

• FluidCloud, a portable cloud infrastructure company, raised $8.1M in Seed funding

• Caspian, an AI‑driven customs compliance startup, raised $5.4M in Seed funding

• Keye, an AI platform for private equity, raised $5M in Seed funding, backed by firms including Sorenson Capital and Y Combinator

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin and ether fall as investors await this week’s Fed rate decision (more)

• A quiet SEC rule shift brings crypto ETFs closer to mainstream (more)

• US Senate bill seeks to include crypto in mortgage approval process (more)

• EToro to tokenize US stocks on Ethereum network for 24/7 trading (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚀 Is this stock the biggest winner of Trump’s tariffs? * 

📈 Why markets shrug off Trump's vague trade deals.

🚘 Ford Motor’s family dynasty takes early steps toward succession.

📖 OpenAI announces new ‘study mode’ product for students.

💵 Four ways to prepare for when your adult kids need financial help.

DAILY SHARES

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