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The Fast Five → US Navy ends blockade, gas prices fall below $4/gallon, SpaceX extends two-day drop a week after largest-ever IPO, Intel's turnaround pays off, and the 2020 playbook is back on Wall Street…
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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, June 19:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 6/18/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
S&P +1.08%, Nasdaq +1.91%, Dow +72 (+0.14%)
Stocks rebounded after Wednesday's Fed-driven selloff
Intel jumped 10.6% on a reported Apple chip partnership
Nvidia +3% and Micron +9% lifted semiconductor stocks
Investors focused on AI infrastructure and corporate partnerships
Fed officials signaled possible rate hikes in 2026
S&P posted its 11th winning week in the last 12
EARNINGS
Market closed today. Full earnings calendar »
SPSX: Buy Now or Wait?
It's the biggest IPO in history...
Should you buy in now – or wait for a dip?
According to my colleague Joel Litman, who called AMD before it rose as much as 7,100%...
The best answer is: neither.
While pundits argue whether SpaceX's stock price is "fair" or not...
The biggest chance to profit is happening completely outside of SPCX itself.
It's tied to a hidden project at SpaceX – which has nothing to do with space... but could soon be worth 100 times more than SpaceX's regular launch business.
To learn more about the new SpaceX division already live right now across the American south...
Go here to see a much better way to potentially profit from the SPCX IPO – without touching the stock.
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HEADLINES
Intel shares surged 11% Thursday, continuing their meteoric rise after President Trump said that the company had secured a deal to supply chips to Apple.
Wall St indexes advance with boost from chips, Iran optimism (more)
US Navy ends blockade of Iran’s ports and coastal areas (more)
Warsh wants markets to guide the Fed, not the other way around (more)
Foreign holdings of US Treasuries rise in April, led by Japan, UK (more)
Energy regulators push for faster AI data center grid connections (more)
US weekly jobless claims stay elevated amid seasonal volatility (more)
Gas prices fall below $4 per gallon as oil loses steam (more)
Oil prices fall after Vance says 12 million barrels exit Strait of Hormuz (more)
SpaceX extends two-day drop a week after largest-ever IPO (more)
SpaceX bankers prepare for bond sale of at least $20B (more)
Amazon in talks to sell custom AI chips in bid to undercut Nvidia (more)
Meta signs new AI computing deals with data center firm Crusoe (more)
Private equity confronts a goose egg (more)
Florida pizza mogul played quiet role in Trump sons’ stock deals (more)
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