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Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, July 30:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 7/29/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
Futures: Dow +158 (+0.3%), S&P +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.7%
Wed: Dow -1,153 (-2.19%), S&P -1.52%, Nasdaq -1.74%
Microsoft surged while Meta disappointed on guidance
The Fed held rates steady as expected
Treasury yields jumped after the Fed decision
Markets await key inflation and GDP data
Focus shifts to Microsoft, Meta, Qualcomm, and the Fed
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching today:
Today: Amazon $AMZN ( ▼ 1.82% ), Roblox $RBLX ( ▲ 1.27% ), Strategy $MSTR ( ▼ 2.94% )
Apple $AAPL ( ▼ 0.56% ) - $1.89 EPS (+20.4% YoY) on $108.89B revenue (+15.8% YoY)
FRI: *Dominion Energy $D ( ▼ 0.1% ), *Exxon $XOM ( ▲ 2.42% )
*Chevron $CVX ( ▲ 2.28% ) - $5.52 EPS (+211.9% YoY) on $61.46B revenue (+37.1% YoY)
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HEADLINES
Warsh’s performance came shortly after Fed officials decided in a 9-3 vote to leave rates unchanged.
The tech giant missed on earnings but beat on revenue as it raised the floor of its 2026 capex forecast to $135 billion.
Wall Street closes down sharply after Fed holds rates unchanged (more)
Dow drops 1,100 points for worst day since April 2025 (more)
Divided Fed holds interest rates steady, but three members voted to hike (more)
Five big takeaways from this week’s Fed meeting (more)
Iran war could drag on for months (more)
US awards Lockheed Martin $58.6B in largest-ever Patriot missile deal (more)
Brent oil jumps above $90 after Trump threatens to hit Iran hard (more)
Dollar steadies as Fed holds rates, US strikes Iran (more)
Nvidia, Micron, AMD sink as AI trade unwinds (more)
Microsoft jumps 7% as it boosts capital spending plans, citing demand (more)
SpaceX stock sags again to new low as earnings approach (more)
Brookfield, NextEra to develop $100B data center campus in Kentucky (more)
Qualcomm earnings top revenue expectations (more)
Starbucks stock jumps as coffee giant raises full-year outlook (more)
Chipotle rises after earnings beat expectations (more)
Carvana stock falls 15% on 2026 earnings guidance misses (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Spur Intelligence receives $200M investment from Insight Partners
LearnVector receives $100M investment from Coursera
Trace Biosciences receives investment from Axogen
VC
ThreatLocker, a Zero Trust cybersecurity platform, raised $190M in Series F funding
PEX, a corporate card and spend management platform, raised $160M in debt and equity financing
Eliyan Corporation, a developer of connectivity technologies enabling next-gen systems, raised $145M in Series C funding
ChipAgents, an agentic AI platform for semiconductor design, raised $60M in Series A2 funding
Fish Audio, an AI voice platform, raised $52M in Seed funding
InvestiFi, an embedded digital investing platform for credit unions and community banks, raised $20M in funding
Centralize, a relationship intelligence platform for enterprise revenue teams, raised $19M in total funding
Vivid Dx, a precision diagnostics platform improving AMR testing, raised $15M in Seed funding
Precise Behavioral, a behavioral health services and tech platform, raised $14.2M in funding
Healia, a healthcare benefits platform for dual-income families and employers, raised $14M in Series A funding
Weave, an engineering-intelligence layer service solution, raised $13.5M in Series A funding
Throne Science, a toilet sensor platform, raised $10M in Series A funding
Procode, an AI-powered medical billing and RCM platform for private practice surgeons, raised $10M in Series A funding
Pangram, an AI research lab, raised $9M in funding
Adjuvia Therapeutics, a biotech company developing therapeutics to treat mitochondrial disease, raised $8M in Seed funding
Birdai Labs, a provider of neutral market infrastructure for digital assets, raised $4M in Seed funding
Curant.ai, an AI-powered claims management platform for the insurance industry, raised $3.1M in Seed funding
Biota, a provider of environmental diagnostics technologies for PFAS testing, raised $3M in Seed funding
Olomon, a financial platform supporting households and their advisors, raised $2.6M in Pre-Seed funding
Provable Markets, a securities finance platform, raised Series B funding in undisclosed amount
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