Good News for Stocks
50-year Wall Street veteran, Marc Chaikin is stepping forward to share why history gives him 90% historical confidence that stocks will end 2025 up.

However, he also has bad news: the same data also tells him the REAL market crash will likely arrive in 2026. Go here to see the month and day he estimates it will begin » (from Chaikin Analytics)

BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 36.67% for Week of JUN 12 2025

Market Wrap:

• Dow -44 pts (-0.10%) to 42,171.66; S&P -0.03%; Nasdaq +0.13%
• Fed holds rates steady at 4.25%–4.5%, as expected
• Signals 2 cuts this year, but sees slower growth + hotter inflation
• Core inflation forecast raised to 3.1%; 2025 GDP cut to 1.4%
• Trump: Iran wants to negotiate, may send delegation to D.C.
• Iran warns US of “irreparable damage” if it enters the conflict

EARNINGS

Light earnings week. Here’s what we’re watching:

• Today: Kroger $KR ( ▲ 9.84% ) 

  • Darden Restaurants $DRI ( ▲ 1.36% ) - $2.94 eps (+10.9% YoY) on $3.3B revenue (+10% YoY)

See full calendar here »

TOGETHER WITH VIRTUIX

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✅ 400K+ registered players
✅ 4X revenue growth in the last fiscal year
✅ Backed by $40M+ from top investors, including Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary

With over $2.7M raised in this round, investor demand is accelerating — but the raise closes June 20.

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HEADLINES

Fed Holds Rates Steady, Still Sees Two More Cuts This Year

The US Added 1,000 New Millionaires a Day Last Year

• Stocks struggle, oil up for 3rd week as Trump weighs US action on Iran (more)

• Investors see quick stock market drop if US joins Israel-Iran conflict (more)

• Stagflation on the Fed’s mind (more)

  • Trump calls for the equivalent of 10 Fed rate cuts (more)

• Global IPO activity slumps in 2025 as tariffs, volatility weigh (more)

• Dollar set to finish week on upbeat note buoyed by safe-haven appeal (more)

  • Some warning signs for US dollar shorts (more)

• Oil set to rise for third week on escalating Israel-Iran conflict (more)

  • Shell CEO warns of 'huge impact' if Strait of Hormuz blocked (more)

  • Citi: $75-$78/bbl oil prices if war disrupts 1.1M bpd of Iran's oil exports (more)

• Zero interest rates are back in Europe (more)

• Trump extends deadline for US TikTok sale to September (more)

• Microsoft prepared to abandon high-stakes talks with OpenAI (more)

• Apple eyes using AI to design its chips, technology (more)

• Tesla asked to delay robotaxi launch by Texas lawmakers (more)

• Billionaire Dai to pocket $237M from Qualcomm deal (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Home Depot seeks to buy GMS in challenge to QXO

• Fox acquires sports broadcasting platform Caliente TV

• LA Lakers owners sell majority stake in the team at $10 billion valuation

• Redwire Corporation acquired Edge Autonomy Intermediate Holdings, LLC

• Pearson, a lifelong learning company, acquired eDynamic Holdings LP

• Abacus Group, an IT MSP/MSSP, acquired Entara

VC

• Teamworks, a sports operating system used by 6,500+ teams, raised $235M in Series F funding at a $1B+ valuation

• Tennr, an orchestration platform designed to automate workflows in referral-based care, raised $101M in Series C funding

• Actio Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotech company specializing in genetics and precision medicine, raised $66M in Series B funding

• Payabli, a payments infrastructure platform for software companies, closed a $28M Series B funding round

• Fleet, an open device management platform, raised $27M in Series B funding

• Profound, a platform helping marketers with AI-generated responses, raised $20M in Series A funding

• Sifflet, a data observability platform, raised $18M in funding

• Grifin, an app that links investment to daily spending, raised $11M in Series A funding

• PreciseDx, a breast cancer diagnostic provider powered by AI, raised $11M in additional funding

• RevelAi Health, a conversational AI platform for musculoskeletal care coordination, raised $3.1M in Seed funding

• Athena, a generative engine optimization platform provider, raised $2.2M in Seed funding from Y Combinator and others

CRYPTO

• Coinbase inks deal to allow USDC stablecoin’s use as collateral (more)

• ‘Stablecoin summer’ as Coinbase, Circle stocks surge on new legislation (more)

• Trump family’s company cuts stake in World Liberty Financial by 20% (more)

BULLISH BITES

⚠️ 50-year Wall Street quant issues critical warning. * 

🥱 Barbarians no more: Private equity is giant now, and a bit boring.

📉 Billionaire Arnault grapples with biggest slump in LVMH history.

📧 Stop saying ‘hope you’re well’ in emails--do this instead.

🏯 Forget the bullet train – the best way to see Japan is by classic car.

DAILY SHARES

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