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📰 Market Headlines

Markets stumbled Monday as tech stocks led a broad decline.

  • The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, while the Dow managed to eke out a 0.08% gain.

  • Nvidia slid 3% ahead of Wednesday’s earnings report as AI valuations faced scrutiny.

President Trump confirmed tariffs on Canada and Mexico will take effect next week after the delay expires.

Chegg sued Google over AI search summaries hurting its traffic and revenue.

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🧠 Make yourself heard

As Stefan discussed in Sunday’s issue, publishers can no longer rely on traffic from Google.

Nowhere is this more evident than Chegg, the public company whose business model was one of the first to get completely disrupted by AI/Google.

This week, Chegg sued Google over AI search summaries hurting its traffic and revenue.

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 📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis

  • Airbus is increasing the gap between it and Boeing

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📊 Winners and losers

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Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions

  • Chegg reported Q4 revenue fell 24% as shares plunged 21.8%.

  • Cleveland-Cliffs missed Q4 estimates and shares slid 38.7% year-to-date.

  • Diamondback Energy beat Q4 estimates; shares dipped 1%.

  • Hims & Hers topped Q4 expectations however shares tumbled 18%.

  • Riot reported record 2024 revenue while shares remained steady.

  • Zoom forecast weak FY2026 revenue; shares retreated 2.5%.

Market movers

  • Starbucks cut 1,100 corporate jobs globally under CEO Brian Niccol’s restructuring.

  • DoorDash settled for $16.75 million over tipping deception, with 60,000 drivers receiving payouts.

  • Apple unveiled a $500 billion US investment plan, adding 20,000 jobs and a Houston server factory.

  • The IRS layoffs in Columbus are part of 6,700 nationwide job cuts.

🌍 Global Perspectives

  1. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦The US voted against a UN resolution calling for Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine on the war’s third anniversary.

  2. 🇮🇱 🇵🇸Hamas refused further Gaza ceasefire talks until Israel releases prisoners as previously agreed.

  3. 🇳🇿🇦🇺 New Zealand and Australia were rattled by Chinese warships' drills in the Tasman Sea.

  4. 🇸🇩 Sudan’s army broke a two-year RSF siege of el-Obeid after the militia signed a political charter.

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📊 Crypto

  • Citadel Securities moved into crypto market-making, seeking approval to trade on Coinbase, Binance, and Crypto.com.

  • BlackRock's IBIT took 50% of the US spot Bitcoin ETF market, hitting $56 billion AUM.

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🧠 Miscellanea

  • NASA’s lunar orbiter snapped a spacecraft racing past at 11,500 km/h.

  • Tourists are skiing on erupting Mount Etna, ignoring safety barriers.

  • Scientists suggest wolves may have domesticated themselves just for the snacks.

📺 What to Watch Today

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