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The Fast Five → Trump has TACO’d again sparking $1.7T rally, bonds lose $2.5T in war wipeout, Super Micro co-founder charged with smuggling chips to China, McDonald’s test humanoid robots, and Fink warns: invest in AI or risk getting left behind…
📌 $600 Billion is flooding into ONE Sector. Wall Street doesn't want you to see it →
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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Mar 24:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/23/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 30.40% for Week of MAR 19 2026
Previous week: 31.94%
Market Wrap:
Futures higher Dow +63, S&P +0.1%, Nasdaq +0.2%
Monday rally Dow +631, S&P +1.15%, Nasdaq +1.38%
Stocks surged on hopes of U.S.-Iran resolution
Dow was up more than 1,100 at session highs
Oil cooled sharply WTI -10% Brent -11%
Risks remain as oil outlook still uncertain
Today: PMI data due
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
WED:
Chewy $CHWY ( ▲ 0.95% ) - earnings of $.28 per share, unchanged from the year-ago period, on $3.26B revenue (+0.5% YoY)
FRI:
Carnival $CCL ( ▲ 5.51% ) - earnings of $.18 per share (+38.5% YoY) on $6.14B revenue (+5.7% YoY)
WARNING: $7 TRILLION Event Imminent.
Most Americans Unprepared
This isn't a boom where everyone wins.
It's a transfer from one group to another—like railroads (1800s) and internet (1990s).
Louis Navellier, who spent 46 yrs on Wall St., built the grading system institutions paid $24,000/yr for him to evaluate stocks with.
Now, his system shows exactly where the $7 trillion is flowing.
And it's not AI.
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HEADLINES
In the time it takes to walk from your car to your desk, Trump added $1.7T to stocks and pushed the price of oil down approximately 15%. By the time you got your coffee, Iran had reportedly called him a liar, and half those gains vanished.
BlackRock Inc. CEO Larry Fink warned that the AI boom threatens to make wealthy companies and investors even richer while exacerbating inequality, unless more individuals can share in the market gains.
Stocks surge as Trump calls off Iran strikes for now (more)
Insider trading moments before Trump Iran 'announcement' (more)
Fears grow over Iran war’s long-term impact (more)
Bonds lose $2.5 trillion in Iran war wipeout that mirrors 2022 (more)
Carlyle’s Stavridis says investors are already mapping out post-war Iran (more)
Kushner’s Mideast-backed fund assets jump to $6.2B (more)
Oil dives as Trump eases Iran threats (more)
Dollar declines as Trump says talks with Iran underway (more)
Apple is set to put ads in Apple maps in services push (more)
Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase US production (more)
McDonald’s test humanoid robots on the front line (more)
Super Micro Co-Founder Charged With Smuggling Chips to China (more)
Kalshi, Polymarket founders back new prediction market VC fund (more)
Estée Lauder in talks to buy Spain’s Puig to create beauty giant (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
IBM acquires Confluent
Gilead to buy biotech firm Ouro Medicines in over $2B deal
Syndigo acquires Taggstar
Boston Green receives investment from Fort Point Capital
VC
Arc, a developer of electric boats and propulsion systems, raised $50M in Series C funding
Posh, a digital ticketing and event management platform, raised $37M in a Series B funding
Oryon Cell Therapies raises $21M in new series A tranche
Hosted.ai, a software platform increasing the efficiency of GPU infrastructure, raised $19M in Seed funding
BlueFlag Security, an identity-centric SDLC security and governance platform, raised $16.5M in Series A funding
GlobalComix, a digital comics platform provider, raised $13M in funding
Bioliberty, a medtech company providing a soft robotic glove, raised $10.2M in funding
Hamilton AI, a workflow and execution platform for private aviation, raised $7.5M in Seed funding
Flourish Care, a maternal healthcare platform, raised $5.7M in Seed funding
CisLunar Industries, a power hardware and software for the space industrial economy, raised $2.6M in Seed funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
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