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A traders guide to markets in a shutdown, Amazon overhauls devices to take on Apple, Trump and Pfizer announce deal, Alphabet fuels biggest quarterly jump since 2005, and silver nears record in hockey stick rally...

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Market Briefing
October 01, 2025

 

Good morning.

The Fast Five → A traders guide to markets in a shutdown, Amazon overhauls devices to take on Apple, Trump and Pfizer announce deal, Alphabet fuels biggest quarterly jump since 2005, and silver nears record in hockey stick rally…

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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    ADP Employment, 8:15A
    ISM Manufacturing PMI, 10AM
    ISM Manufacturing Prices, 10AM

  • Tomorrow:
    Unemployment Claims, 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, Oct 1:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 9/30/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 41.73% for Week of SEP 25 2025

Previous week: 41.67%

Market Wrap:

  • Futures lower: Dow -52 (0.1%), S&P -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.2%.

  • Shutdown likely at midnight without a funding deal.

  • SEC preps staff; Trump calls stoppage “probably likely.”

  • Risks higher this time: weak labor, sticky inflation, rich valuations.

  • Stocks still closed higher Tuesday; S&P gained 7.8% in Q3.

  • Nike +4% after strong earnings surprise.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

A Strange Chasm is Coming to Wall Street...

It's already creating new wealth at the fastest pace in history.

CNBC calls it "the largest wealth creation spree in history." Yet 1 in 3 Americans now fear their financial situation is deteriorating.

There's only one way to survive, says the man who predicted 2008 and 2020, but sadly it's already too late for many.

- a message from Stansberry Research -

HEADLINES

Almost like clockwork, the US government is hurtling toward a shutdown as Congressional leaders bicker over funding priorities.

Under Microsoft veteran Panos Panay, the company looks to add polish to its gadgets at every price level.

  • Dow hits record as stocks cap high-flying quarter​ (more)

  • Trump threatens to fire 'a lot' of federal workers if shutdown proceeds (more)

  • Trump and Pfizer announce deal to lower drug prices (more)

    • Pfizer gets 3-year grace period from Trump pharma tariffs (more)

  • US consumer confidence weakens in Sept on labor market worries (more)

  • 'Frozen' job market shows little sign of thawing (more)

  • Silver nears record in hockey stick rally, gold approaches $4,000 (more)

  • Fed agrees to shrink Morgan Stanley's 'stress capital buffer' (more)

  • Nvidia’s market cap tops $4.5 trillion after string of AI deals (more)

  • Alphabet's AI strength fuels biggest quarterly jump since 2005 (more)

  • Meta said to acquire chips startup Rivos to push AI effort (more)

  • Berkshire nears $10 billion deal for OxyChem (more)

  • Nike earnings, sales top forecasts amid turnaround efforts (more)

  • CoreWeave surges as $14B Meta deal signals 'limitless' demand (more)

  • Disney sent cease and desist letter to CharacterAI (more)

  • Ford CEO expects EV sales to be cut in half after end of tax credits (more)

  • Oil companies slash jobs by the thousands as prices fall, tariffs rise (more)

  • Spirit Airlines on track for a $475M bankruptcy lifeline (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Meta to acquire chip startup Rivos

  • Berkshire in talks to buy Occidental’s OxyChem unit

  • Prada gets EU approval for Versace acquisition

  • Electronic Arts buyout progresses

VC

  • Crystalys Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharma company, raised $205M in a Series A financing

  • Eve, an AI platform for plaintiff law firms, raised $103M in Series B funding at over a $1B valuation

  • Assort Health, a patient experience platform empowered by specialty-specific agentic AI, raised $76M in Series B funding

  • Vibe.co, an ad platform focusing on CTV performance marketing, closed $50M in Series B financing

  • SureCo, an ICHRA administrator, raised $23M in Series A funding

  • Alex, an AI agent company conducting video and phone interviews, raised $20M in funding

  • Datawizz, a platform that delivers efficient AI by replacing generic large models with specialized language models, raised $12.5M in Seed funding

  • AdPipe, an AI-powered video platform, raised $12M in Series A funding

  • Anything, an AI agent platform turning prompts into production-ready apps, raised $11M in Series A funding at a $100M valuation

  • Tie, an AI-powered identity platform for e-commerce brands, raised $10M in Series A funding

  • Supernova, a platform uniting design, code and product, raised $9.2M in Series A funding

  • Notable, a company specializing in pay-at-close financing for home sale prep, raised $6M in Series A funding

CRYPTO

  • Bitcoin and Ether dip ahead of looming government shutdown (more)

  • SEC weighs plan to allow blockchain-based stock trading amid crypto push (more)

  • Coinbase’s Bitcoin-backed loans surpass $1B as exchange prepares to lift borrowing cap (more)

BULLISH BITES

💊  Get ready for TrumpRx.

🥡 DoorDash’s Dot delivery bots might be coming to a bike lane near you.

👽 Tourists are flocking to a Chinese megacity that’s straight out of Sci-Fi.

☕️ Instructions for your high-end Italian espresso machine.

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