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Fed stays steady with no guidance on future cuts, Trump: Fed failed to beat inflation, Meta earnings top forecasts, Tesla robotaxi begins production this year, and Nvidia is in danger of losing its monopoly-like margins...

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The Real Reason Nvidia Shares Are Experiencing Worst Day in Months

CEO Jensen Huang does not want you knowing this dirty little secret about Nvidia…

In fact, any day now we’re expecting a cease and desist from Nvidia’s lawyers.

Go here now before it’s too late to find out why Nvidia shares are slumping so hard.
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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    GDP, 8:30A
    Initial jobless claims, 8:30A
    Pending home sales, 10:00A

  • Tomorrow:
    PCE index, 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, January 30:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 1/29/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 43.43% for Week of January 23 2025

Previous week: 25.43%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures flat after Fed holds rates steady, tech earnings mixed

  • Meta +2%, Tesla +4% post-earnings, Microsoft -5% despite beats

  • Nvidia down after DeepSeek concerns; stock -13% this week

  • Apple reports today, Amazon next week as tech earnings continue

  • GDP data, jobless claims, and PCE inflation report in focus ahead

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

  • Today: Blackstone (BX), Comcast (CMCSA), Intel (INTC), Southwest Air (LUV), UPS (UPS)

    • Apple (AAPL) - earnings of $2.43 per share (+11.5% YoY) on $124.8B revenue (+4.3% YoY)

HEADLINES

The central bank said it would continue its pause on cutting borrowing costs, having made three cuts last year.

President Trump on Wednesday slammed Fed Chair Powell for failing to beat inflation, arguing that he would succeed where the central bank chief had not.

  • S&P 500 closes lower as Fed pauses rate cuts, Nvidia resumes slide (more)

  • 10-yr Treasury yield unchanged after Fed says inflation ‘somewhat elevated’ (more)

  • Dollar stabilizes post Jerome Powell's presser (more)

  • Trump administration offering buyouts to nearly all federal workers (more)

  • Nvidia is in danger of losing its monopoly-like margins (more)

  • Anthropic CEO doesn’t see DeepSeek as ‘adversaries’ (more)

  • Tesla Q4 results miss estimates as automotive revenue drops 8% (more)

    • Tesla robotaxi business and Optimus "pilot" production to begin this year (more)

  • Meta earnings top forecasts, but stock falls after guidance disappoints (more)

  • Amazon cuts dozens of corporate jobs in latest round of layoffs (more)

  • Starbucks to cut 30% of its menu, change mobile ordering (more)

  • HSBC plans biggest investment banking retrenchment in decades (more)

  • Boeing tries to stem the bleeding after disastrous year (more)

  • Ex-Senator Menendez gets 11 years for gold bar bribe scheme (more)

TOGETHER WITH AI CAPITAL NEWS

The AI Stock Poised to Soar Under Trump’s $500B Plan

Nvidia was a standout opportunity back in February 2019, delivering a massive 490% return.

Now, there's another under-the-radar AI stock, 2,500x smaller than Nvidia, with significant potential. And with Trump’s recent $500 billion AI push, the timing couldn’t be better.

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI (more)

  • Frontier revives merger talks with Spirit Airlines (more)

  • Carlyle invests in Hollywood talent management firm Entertainment 360 (more)

  • JumpCloud, a unified identity management platform, acquired Stack Identity, an identity security platform (more)

  • QuSecure, a company specializing in post-quantum cybersecurity, received an investment from Accenture Ventures (more)

  • Clarametyx Biosciences, a clinical stage company developing biologic therapies, received an investment from Kinetics AMR Accelerator Fund (more)

  • Harmonya, an AI-powered platform for product data enrichment for CPG brands, received an investment from dunnhumby Ventures (more)

VC

  • UVeye, an AI-driven vehicle inspection technology company, raised $191M in funding (more)

  • Veir, a superconducting power delivery company, raised $75M in Series B funding (more)

  • Smart Wires, a grid-enhancing technologies provider, raised $65M in growth financing (more)

  • Conifers.ai, a native AI platform that helps organizations solve critical security operations challenges, raised $25M in funding (more)

  • D3, a DomainFi infrastructure company, raised $25M in Series A funding (more)

  • Delfina Care, a healthcare technology company, raised $17M in Series A funding (more)

  • Canvas, a provider of 3D measurement and modeling solutions for residential and light commercial spaces, raised $10M in Series A funding (more)

  • 1up, an AI knowledge automation platform, raised $5.25M in Seed funding (more)

  • Rynse, a fleet management software provider, raised $5M in Seed funding (more)

  • SafelyYou, a company specializing in empowering care across senior living through AI and remote expert clinicians, raised $43M in Series C funding (more)

  • Intryc, a customer support quality assurance platform, raised $3.1M in Seed funding (more)

  • Roofr, an end-to-end roofing platform provider, raised an undisclosed amount in Series B funding (more)

  • iotaMotion, a company developing advanced robotic-assisted systems for implant surgery, raised an undisclosed amount in Series B funding (more)

  • Soil Connect, a dirt marketplace and dirt service provider for the construction and soil industry, raised an undisclosed amount in funding (more)

CRYPTO

  • Coinbase deepens ties to Trump with advisory council pick (more)

  • Trump Media expands into financial services, including allocation to crypto (more)

  • AI can crush crime on blockchains, Lutnick says (more)

BULLISH BITES

🧐 The Wall Street Journal profiles Liang Wenfeng, the driving force behind the upstart AI company DeepSeek.

🤖 OpenAI seems concerned that DeepSeek copied their work.

☕️ See you latte: Starbucks plans to cut 30% of its menu.

🍫 Discreet, cool and different, chocolate-colored jewels are the flavor of the month.

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