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📰 Market Headlines

Markets closed mixed yesterday as President Trump's renewed tariff threats rattled investors.

The White House identified Amy Gleason as the acting administrator of President Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency.

Denny's became the latest restaurant to add egg surcharges during ongoing shortages.

Tesla’s stock sinks lower with European sales dropping a precipitous 45% in January.

President Trump announces 'gold card' green card alternative for $5m

🗺️ Alternative investing news

Ever ahead of the bal, we recently explored this topic of Golden Visas: i.e., residency and citizenship programs offered by countries in exchange for substantial investments.

Before this announcement, the US had two programs for “buying your way in” to the United States. Learn more 👇

📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis

TSLA stock is down a whopping 37% from its all-time highs in December.

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📊 Winners and losers

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Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions

  • Workday beat Q4 estimates with 15% revenue growth; shares jumped over 7%.

  • Home Depot's solid Q4 earnings bode well for Lowe's upcoming report as shares climbed 2.8%.

  • AMC Entertainment exceeded Q4 revenue estimates by 1.6%, however, shares dipped 0.58%.

  • Cava Group reported a surprise Q4 profit and beat revenue estimates, but shares slumped 7%.

  • Instacart stock is under pressure after missing Q4 sales estimates while shares dropped 1.2%.

Market movers

  • Lucid's CEO Peter Rawlinson stepped down as the company forecasts doubling production to 20,000 vehicles this year.

  • Dassault Systèmes partnered with Apple to bring industrial 3D software to Vision Pro, launching this summer.

  • OpenAI expanded deep research access to all paying ChatGPT users, offering 10 queries per month.

  • President Trump ordered a copper tariff investigation, targeting imports from Chile, Canada, and Mexico in the latest trade move.

Zillow's Co-Founder Wishes They Did This Before The IPO

Spencer Rascoff co-founded Zillow, scaling it into a $16b real estate giant.

But everyday investors couldn’t invest until after the IPO, missing early gains.

"I wish we had done a round accessible to retail investors prior to Zillow's IPO," Spencer said.

Now he’s doing just that. Spencer has teamed up with another Zillow exec to launch Pacaso. Pacaso’s co-ownership marketplace is disrupting the $1.3t vacation home market. And unlike Zillow, you can invest in Pacaso as a private company.

With $100m+ in gross profits and rapid international expansion, Pacaso is scaling fast. Investors like SoftBank, Maveron, and more are already on board. Join them as a Pacaso shareholder.

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🌍 Global Perspectives

  1. 🇸🇾🇮🇱 Israeli warplanes struck a town south of Damascus as well as the southern province of Daraa.

  2. 🇨🇱 Millions of people across Chile are without electricity after a large nationwide power outage.

  3. 🇨🇩 An unknown illness that began after three children ate a bat has rapidly killed over 50 people in Congo.

  4. 🇰🇷 In the final hearing of his impeachment trial, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was accused of seeking a "dictatorship".

📊 Crypto

  • Grayscale sought SEC approval for a Polkadot ETF on Nasdaq, aiming to expand its crypto ETF offerings.

  • EU sanctioned crypto exchange Garantex as part of its new Russian sanctions package.

🎤 What you said last time

What you had to say:

“Yes, when we allowed Google to index our sites (via robots.txt) there was an agreed-upon use model. We did not agree to train their LLM for the purpose of eventually eliminating our websites. we agreed to exchange our content for their advertisement traffic. Their LLM was the search engine that drove traffic, not the engine that eliminated traffic.”

🧠 Miscellanea

  • Mice perform first aid on unconscious mates, pulling tongues to clear airways just like humans.

  • Scientists created shape-shifting robots that flow like liquid and harden like steel, inspired by embryos.

  • A 74-year-old woman was awarded $7.25 million after injuring her spine exiting the Harry Potter ride at Universal Studios Hollywood.

📺 What to Watch Today

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Wyatt

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