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The Fast Five → Nvidia and Palantir partnership a trillion-dollar catalyst, tech giants hover on cusp of correction, Iran vows to keep Hormuz closed, Senate passes first major housing bill, and Larry Fink predicts AI ‘bankruptcies’…
📌 "Forget rare earths — Washington is about to buy a whole NEW group of stocks…"→
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Calendar: Full Calendar »
Today:
Core PCE price Index, 8:30A
Prelim GDP, 8:30A
JOLTS Job Openings, 10:00A
Monday:
Empire State Manuf Index, 8:30A
Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, Mar 13:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 3/12/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 33.06% for Week of MAR 05 2026
Previous week: 33.20%
Market Wrap:
Futures slightly higher: Dow +111, S&P +0.2%, Nasdaq +0.1%
Thursday marked 2026 lows with Dow below 47,000
Dow -740, S&P -1.5%, as oil surge pressured stocks
WTI +9.7% to $95; Brent +9.2% above $100
Iran says Strait of Hormuz should remain closed
Investors await PCE inflation data Friday
Week to date S&P -1%, Dow -1.7%, Nasdaq -0.3%
EARNINGS
None watched today. Full earnings calendar »
Which Stock Will the White House Buy Next?
Insiders in Washington have already bought massive stakes in three tiny resource firms, driving them up as much as 200% overnight.
Now, the man who recommended MP Materials before the White House bought (making 100% for his followers) is naming the next stocks he believes the government will target.
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HEADLINES
A swoon in US stocks has left technology giants on the brink of a correction as the war in Iran drives up oil prices and sparked inflation worries.
Wall St sharply lower as intensifying Iran war, soaring oil prompts selloff (more)
Investors hunt for hedges as war shatters decades-old strategies (more)
Iran's new leader vows to keep Hormuz closed (more)
Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz (more)
Oil prices surge anew as war prompts biggest-ever 'disruption' (more)
US to ease shipping rule in bid to tame spiraling fuel prices (more)
Senate passes first major housing bill since subprime mortgage crisis (more)
US trade deficit narrows in Jan. as exports jump to record high (more)
US deficit tops $1 trillion through February (more)
Fed's top cop previews relaxed bank capital rules (more)
Markets hopes for Fed interest rate cuts are rapidly fading away (more)
War cost sinks long-term government bonds on deficit worries (more)
Mortgage rates jump most in 11 months (more)
BlackRock CEO Fink predicts AI ‘bankruptcies’ (more)
Adobe stock sinks after CEO announces departure (more)
Blue Owl tells investors its loan sale had no hidden incentives (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Savills agrees to buy Eastdil Secured in $1.1B deal
Databricks acquires Quotient AI
Foresight to acquire NZ Clean Energy and invest $360M
Anyware Robotics receives strategic investment from NAVER D2SF
VC
Mind Robotics, an AI-enabled industrial robotics company, raised $500M in Series A funding
ORO Labs, a procurement orchestration platform for global enterprises, raised $100M in Series C funding
Axiamatic, an agentic platform to accelerate enterprise transformations programs, raised $54M in funding
Gumloop, a platform for employees to build agents and AI automations, raised $50M in Series B funding
Cryptio, financial data transformation and ERP applications for regulated digital assets, raised $45M in Series B funding
Bold Security, an AI-powered endpoint security platform, emerged from stealth with a $40M funding round
XCath, a device company developing neuro-endovascular surgical robotics, raised $30M in Series C funding
Monteris Medical, a neurosurgery company raised $28M in Series E funding
BackOps, an AI-native operating system for supply chain operations, raised $26M in Series A funding
Arycs Technologies, an optical connectivity company, raised $24M in additional funding
Qurrent, an autonomous digital workforces company, raised $15M in Series A funding
Carefam, a conversational AI platform for healthcare HR, raised $14.5M in total funding
Mantis Space, a space and advanced energy startup, raised $10M+ in Seed funding
reestyle, a diaper and wipes brand, raised $10M in Series A funding
Ezra, an institutional-grade AI infrastructure for private capital markets, raised $8M in seed funding
TYTL Corp, a residential real estate equity tokenization platform, raised Seed funding of undisclosed amount
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