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Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, Mar 19:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/18/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 31.94% for Week of MAR 12 2026
Previous week: 33.06%
Market Wrap:
Futures lower Dow -71, S&P -0.11%, Nasdaq -0.15%
Wednesday losses S&P -1.4%, Nasdaq -1.5%
Dow hit fresh 2026 low, falling 768 and breaking 200-day
Oil surged Brent above $111, WTI back over $100
Hot PPI and Fed outlook fueling stagflation fears
Micron -4% after earnings despite strong revenue
Today: Jobless claims and Philly Fed data due
EARNINGS
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Today: *Alibaba $BABA ( ▼ 1.57% ), *Darden Restaurant $DRI ( ▼ 1.55% ), FedEx $FDX ( ▼ 1.39% )
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HEADLINES
The FOMC voted 11-1 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate anchored in a range between 3.5%-3.75%.
Oil prices ticked up further after Iran and Qatar accused Israel of attacking a vast natural gas field the Gulf countries share.
Stocks slump on worsening war in Middle East (more)
Key takeaways from Fed decision to hold rates steady (more)
Moody's: US recession is increasingly 'hard to avoid' (more)
Trump waives US shipping law for 60 days to steady oil market (more)
Iran, Israel trade strikes on energy facilities in worsening war (more)
Gas traders assess damage at world’s top LNG plant in Qatar (more)
US national debt surges past $39T just weeks into war in Iran (more)
Nasdaq gets SEC nod for trading in tokenized securities (more)
Prices paid to US producers increase by more than forecast (more)
Oil and gas prices surge as Iran lists Gulf energy targets (more)
Gold rises off one-month low on softer dollar (more)
Musk says SpaceX AI, Tesla will keep ordering Nvidia chips at scale (more)
Disney embarks on new chapter as Josh D’Amaro takes over as CEO (more)
Private credit’s investor exodus spreads to consumer loans (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
iCapital acquires Hexure
Constellation to sell PJM generation assets to LS Power for $5B
Recon Analytics acquires Atom Insights
RAAPID receive
s an investment from UPMC Enterprises
VC
Xbow, a company specializing in autonomous offensive security, raised $120M in Series C funding
Imperative Care, Inc., a medical technology company, raised $100M in convertible note funding
Beautiful.ai, a developer of AI-powered presentation software, raised $45M in funding
BusRight, a student transportation technology platform, raised $30M in funding
Condor Software, a financial intelligence platform for life sciences, raised $24M in Series A funding
Raven.io, a cybersecurity company protecting applications and prevents attacks in real time, raised $20M in funding
Multiply, a hybrid AI media agency for B2B enterprises, raised $9.5M in funding
Manifold, an AI Detection and Response platform securing autonomous AI on endpoints, raises $8M in Seed funding
Obin AI, an AI company building an agentic workforce for financial institutions, raised $7M in Seed funding
CometChat, an in-app communication platform, raised $6.5M in strategic funding
Respan, a proactive AI observability platform, raised $5M in funding
Laminar, an open-source observability platform for AI agents, raised $3M in Seed funding
Mave Health, a neurotechnology company, raised $2.1M in Seed funding
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BULLISH BITES
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