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Today:
Producer Price Index (PPI), 8:30A
Tomorrow:
Empire State Manufacturing, 8:30A
Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Apr 14:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 4/13/2026.
Pre-Market:
US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 35.75% for Week of APR 09 2026
Previous week: 33.57%
Market Wrap:
Futures near flat Dow +17, S&P +0.08%, Nasdaq +0.2%
Monday gains erased S&P losses since Iran war began
Markets shrug off failed US-Iran talks
Trump says Iran eager to make a deal
Oil rose WTI ~$99, Brent ~$99 amid Hormuz blockade
Resilience persists despite geopolitical tension
Bank earnings ahead JPMorgan, Wells Fargo
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: *BlackRock $BLK ( ▲ 4.21% ), *Citigroup $C ( ▲ 1.25% ), *Johnson & Johnson $JNJ ( ▲ 0.56% ), *JPMorgan Chase $JPM ( ▼ 0.4% ), *Wells Fargo $WFC ( ▼ 4.55% )
WED: *Bank of America $BAC ( ▼ 0.21% )
THU:
*PepsiCo $PEP ( ▼ 0.1% ) - $1.54 EPS (+4.1% YoY) on $18.93B revenue (+5.6% YoY)
Netflix $NFLX ( ▲ 1.13% ) - $.76 EPS (+15.2% YoY) on $12.17B revenue (+15.5% YoY)
51% of Americans are bracing for a market meltdown — Jeff Clark calls it "Wonderful"
Former $200M money manager Jeff Clark says what we're seeing right now is just the beginning of a major economic shift for 2026...
Those who are not prepared could see their retirement savings shattered.
But if you know what's happening, you could also make $1,000's.
However, you must act by May 15th.
His last interview like this went viral with 2.7 million views…
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HEADLINES
Wall Street is often an optimistic bunch when it comes to estimating future sales and profits from corporate America.
The economy has been steadily growing for the last five years, and inflation is down from its peak nearly four years ago. Public opinion about the economy, by contrast, keeps plumbing new depths.
Stocks gain, oil and dollar retreat on hopes for US-Iran resolution (more)
Middle East oil production plunges, OPEC data shows (more)
Prices are beginning to rise faster than Americans' wages (more)
Tariff refunds unlikely to benefit consumers (more)
Oil declines as US, Iran weigh more talks with blockade in place (more)
Dollar steady as US blocks Iranian ships, diplomacy presses on (more)
Home sales fall to nine-month low (more)
Nearly half of Americans feel homeownership is impossible (more)
AI surge gives carbon capture a new push (more)
Amazon nears deal to buy Globalstar (more)
Meta poised to surpass Google in digital ad revenue for first time (more)
Nvidia denies acquisition rumor that sparked Dell, HP rise ( in)
Goldman Sachs tops estimates on record equities trading (more)
Venezuela set to award oil fields to Chevron to help grow output (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Surf Therapeutics receives investment from Jetstream Venture Fund
Palm receives investment from Amex Ventures
Hill Research receives investment from Jetstream Venture Fund
Elevate renewables secures $50M financing from Rabobank
VC
Slate Auto, an electric vehicles company, raised $650M in Series C funding
LiveOak Fiber, a regional broadband service provider, secured a $425M credit facility
Vivatides Therapeutics, a biotech company developing extrahepatic RNA-targeting therapeutics, raised $54M in Series A funding
Critical Loop, an industrial power solutions company, raised $26M in Series A funding
Citra Space Corp, a space tech company developing SOI capabilities, raised $15M in Series A funding
Packz, a gamified collectibles platform, raised $10.7M in funding
Flora Fertility, a fertility insurance platform provider, raised $5M in Seed funding
Flashpass, a digital skills platform for employees and students, raised $4.25M in Seed funding
DeepCyte, a techbio company building AI toxicology tools for drug development, raised $1.5M in Seed funding
Remission Medical, Inc., a virtual rheumatology company, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding
FutureFit AI, an AI-powered workforce development techcompany, raised funding in undisclosed amount
Decision Science Advisors, LLC, a company specializing in Applied AI and Data advisory, raised Series A funding
CRYPTO
Strategy funds entire $1 Billion Bitcoin buy with hybrid securities (more)
Bitmine ramps up Ether buys, pushes holdings toward 5% of total supply (more)
SEC proposes certain crypto interfaces don’t need to register as brokers (more)
Kraken won‘t negotiate after extortion attempt with client data (more)
BULLISH BITES
🚀 Anthropic's unprecedented growth.
🤖 Why private credit is facing a sudden investor exodus.
👀 It’s not doomscrolling—we’re just ‘monitoring the situation’.
⛳️ Anxious parents are spending more than $50k to land their kid a job.
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