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US, EU strike trade deal, stocks cheer the art of Trump's trade deals, US, China to resume tariff talks today, meme-stock roar fades, and this could be the most consequential week for the economy in years...

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July 28, 2025

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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    None scheduled

  • Tomorrow:
    Consumer confidence, 10:00A Job openings, 10:00A

Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, July 28:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 7/25/2025. Bitcoin as of 7/27/2025.

Pre-Market:

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

Previous week: 39.27%

Market Wrap:

• Futures rise: Dow +180 (0.4%), S&P +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.4%
• Trump announces EU tariff cut to 15%
• All 3 major indexes closed last week at record highs
• Big week ahead: earnings, Fed meeting, July jobs report
• Meta, Microsoft report Wednesday; Amazon, Apple Thursday
• Fed expected to hold, but clues on cuts watched closely

EARNINGS

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

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HEADLINES

President Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the US has reached a trade deal with the EU, days before the Aug. 1 tariff deadline.

A slew of crucial economic data is set for release this week, including the jobs report, inflation, consumer confidence and corporate earnings.

  • Trump's economy faces historic week on interest rates, trade, jobs and more (more)

  • Stocks cheer the art of Trump's trade deals after EU agreement (more)

  • US, China to resume tariff talks today in effort to extend truce (more)

  • Trump's tariffs start August 1, no extensions, Lutnick says (more)

  • Bond traders await Fed meeting, refunding and July jobs report (more)

  • Traders hedging stocks at record highs dabble in exotic options (more)

  • Gold holds decline as US-EU trade deal eases some haven demand (more)

  • Oil rises as US-EU deal lifts trade optimism (more)

  • US to release result of probe into chip imports in two weeks (more)

  • Meme-stock roar fades on Wall Street as retail finds new thrills (more)

  • Zuckerberg details Meta's superintelligence plans (more)

  • Boeing's contract offer rejected by union members (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Gamefound acquires Indiegogo

  • Trovata acquires ATOM

  • Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus Financial to merge in $8.6B all‑stock deal

  • US regulators approve Paramount–Skydance $8.4B merger

  • Xemelgo receives investment from Zebra Ventures

  • Transcend Imaging receives investment from Modular Devices

VC

  • Composio, a learning infrastructure using AI Agents, raised $25M in Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

  • Scopio Labs, a Cell Morphology imaging and analysis platform, raised $10M in a Series D extension round

  • Baxter Aerospace, an aerospace system integrator, raised $6M in Series A funding

  • Cascade Space, a platform for end‑to‑end communication system design, raised $5.9M in Seed funding

  • Maro, a cognitive security platform, raised $4.3M in Seed funding

  • Spear AI, a developer of maritime AI solutions, closed a Seed funding round of an undisclosed amount

CRYPTO

  • Bitcoin nears $120K as analysis predicts 'larger price swings' next (more)

  • Trump Media’s Bitcoin options trade opens quicker path to profit (more)

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