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Today:
Core CPE Price Index, 8:30A Unemployment Change, 8:30A
Tomorrow:
Flash Manufacturing PMI, 9:45A Flash Services PMI, 9:45A
Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, Jan 22:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 1/21/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 49.50% for Week of JAN 15 2026
Previous week: 42.49%
Market Wrap:
Futures up Dow +64, S&P +0.2%, Nasdaq 100 +0.3%
Trump pulled back Europe tariffs and pitched a Greenland deal framework
Wed. ripped S&P +1.2%, Dow +589, Nasdaq +1.2% to a record close
Thursday brings PCE inflation and weekly jobless claims
Earnings Thursday include P&G, Intel, GE Aerospace
Week still down Dow -0.6%, S&P -0.9%, Nasdaq -1.2%
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching today:
Today: Capital One $COF ( ▲ 1.27% ), *McCormick $MKC ( ▼ 6.79% )
*GE Aerospace $GE ( ▼ 6.6% ) - $1.44 eps (+9% YoY) on $11.2B revenue (+13.4% YoY)
Intel $INTC ( ▼ 0.46% ) - $.08 eps (-38.5% YoY) on $13.4B revenue (-6.2% YoY)
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HEADLINES
President Trump said he reached the “framework of a future deal” with NATO over Greenland, and dropped his tariff threat against European allies.
Relief has lifted Wall St, Asia stocks and Euro futures as President Trump did a TACO at Davos, saying he wouldn't take Greenland by force of arms and later posted on social media that tariffs wouldn't be needed either and a deal was in sight.
Dow, S&P, Nasdaq futures climb after Trump's Greenland whiplash (more)
EU freezes US trade deal approval over Greenland threats (more)
Trump says inflation was ‘defeated.’ Some economists disagree (more)
Trump touts progress on crypto regulation at Davos (more)
House seeks say over AI chip sales after Nvidia's China win (more)
Pending home sales drop sharply in Dec, dampening 2026 outlook (more)
Goldman Sachs raises 2026-end gold price forecast to $5,400/oz (more)
Quants in worst losses since October as crowded bets buckle (more)
Japan records a 5th straight yearly trade deficit (more)
Intel’s stock jumps 11% to highest since early 2022 ahead of earnings (more)
Schwab’s profit jumps on surge in brokerage activity (more)
Apple to revamp Siri as a built-in chatbot to fend off OpenAI (more)
Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
EQT to acquire Coller Capital in $3.2B deal
Smithfield Foods acquires iconic Nathan's Famous
Next buys British footwear brand Russell & Bromley
Valor Fleet Services receives investment from Tailwind Capital
NetBrain Technologies receives majority investment from Blackstone Growth
NCC Group to sell Escode for $369.4M
Balena receives strategic growth investment from LoneTree Capital
VC
OpenEvidence, an AI platform for doctors, raised $250M in Series D funding
Duetti, a music-tech and financial services company for independent music creators, raised $200M in funding
Upscale AI, Inc., a developer of AI networking infrastructure, raised $200M in Series A funding
Preply, a language learning marketplace, raised $150M in Series D funding
Zanskar, an AI geothermal energy company, raised $115M in Series C funding
Zarminali Pediatrics, an outpatient pediatric destination for integrated primary care, raised $110M in Series A funding
Sage Geosystems, a pressure geothermal company, raised over $97M in Series B funding
Datarails, an AI-native financial platform, raised $70M in Series C funding
Jetson, a provider of home electrification solutions, raised $50M in Series A funding
Benepass, a benefits capital management platform, raised $40M in Series B funding
AnswersNow, a company specializing in virtual ABA therapy, raised $40M in Series B funding
Nasdaq Private Market, liquidity and investment solutions for the private markets, raised $37.6M in Series C financing
L-Nutra, a nutri-tech company advancing science-driven nutrition, raised additional $36.5M in its Series D funding
AheadComputing, a microarchitecture compute performance company, raised additional $30M in Seed2 funding
Atlas Invest, a company specializing in commercial real estate lending, raised a $25M facility
XBuild, an AI platform built for construction, raised $19M in Series A funding
Ultra, a developer of nicotine-free pouches, raised $11M in Series A funding
Furl, a security remediation startup, raised $10M in Seed funding
Renterra, a software platform for equipment rental businesses, raised $9M in Series A funding
AiStrike, a cybersecurity company developing AI-native, cyber defense, raised $7M in Seed funding
PraxisPro, an AI training platform for life sciences, raised $6M in Seed funding
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