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๐ซ The EU is gunning for Apple, Google, and Meta
๐ While Baltimore's Key bridge disintegrates
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๐ฐ Market Headlines
Equities slumped to start the final week of March, pausing after last week's record-setting rally.
The S&P 500 dipped by 0.3%, while the Dow Jones and Nasdaq also saw modest declines.
Big gains from last week put it โ14% above its 200-day moving average, , which might indicate a pullback soon.
Bitcoin reclaimedโ $70,000, jumping nearly 5%. Just a week ago, it was at $62,000.
Investors and air travelers rejoiced after โBoeing CEOโ Dave Calhoun announced his resignation. Stock cruised up 1.4%.
A ship collided with Baltimoreโs Key Bridge, collapsing it.
๐ถ๏ธ Market Vibes
๐ฐ Market Forecasts and Futures
Forecasts via Kalshi, the prediction market.
๐ฑ Fear and Greed Index
๐ง What do you think?
Ethiopiaโs buggy ATMs gave away $40 million in free cash over the weekend, and the government asked everyone to return the money. What would you do?
Would you return the cash? |
๐ค What you said last time
All your favorites survived the weekend, though Vegas gives two-seed Tennesse a slight edge over one-seed UNC. NC State has the โlongest oddsโ among teams still in the tournament at +12000 (0.8% chance).
๐ Trends you need to know
The Vietnam War has been slowly slipping from Americaโs collective consciousness over the last 20 years, but there are still 850,000 living American vets and over 1,600 MIAs who were never found. This Friday is National Vietnam War Veteransโ Day. If you know a vet from the war or a family who never got their child back, consider checking in on them. |
๐ Stocks
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Winners and losers
Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions
Slim earnings today at the start of this shortened last week of Q1.
Trading of Fisker's โstock was suspendedโ on the NYSE after its acquisition deal with a major automaker fell through. Prices were down to just $0.09/share.
The company behind Donald Trump's Truth Social platform completed its โmergerโ with a blank-check firm. Shares are set to trade under the "DJT" ticker today.
Market movers
The EU launched its first โDigital Markets Act probesโ targeting Apple, Google, and Meta.
Qualcomm, Google, Intel, and others have poured $4 billion into โ93 separate effortsโ to unseat Nvidia's AI dominance.
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX sold most of its stake in AI startup โAnthropicโ for $884 million.
โEricssonโ announced plans to lay off 1,200 employees as 5G equipment sales plummet. Shares fell 0.75%.
โDell Technologiesโ cut its workforce following an 11% decrease in revenue in Q4 earnings.
Ideas, trends, and analysis
US new home sales unexpectedly fell to their lowest โin over 2.5 years.โ
โHome price growthโ has returned to pre-pandemic levels. [Ed: these two items seem related]
โDutch Brosโ might be your cup of joe after rebounding 40% from its 2024 low.
Land near nuclear power plants has become โprime real estateโ for energy-hungry data centers fueling AI.
Morgan Stanley pointed out โsenior housing stocksโ as beneficiaries of the aging US population.
๐ Global Perspectives
๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ธ Israel โcanceledโ a diplomatic visit to the US after it abstained and allowed passage of a UN Security Council vote demanding an immediate cease-fire.
๐ท๐บ The four suspects in the Moscow concert hall attack โappeared in courtโ and looked to have been beaten and possibly tortured.
๐บ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ The US and UK โaccused Chinaโ of global cyber espionage against millions of individuals and hacking U.S. energy companies.
๐ซ๐ท France raised its terror alert to the highest levelโ after Islamic State claimed responsibility for Moscow attack.
๐ Income
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Six โsafe large-capโ dividend blue chips if you think a correction is coming.
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The best โREIT dividend stocksโ to buy for 2024.
๐ Crypto
BlackRock launched a โtokenized fundโ on Ethereum.
Senator Elizabeth Warren argued crypto is responsible for terrorism and "โpig butcheringโ" scams.
The London Stock Exchange launchedโ a Bitcoin and Ether ETN market.
๐ง Errata
Saudi Arabia is building the world's first โDragon Ball Z theme parkโ.
Chick-fil-A is โdropping its "No Antibiotics Ever" pledgeโ for chicken.
Chinese Government required even celebrity rappersโ to take drug tests before appearing on live TV. To be popular, you must be perfect.
๐บ What to Watch Today
Watch a ship collide with the Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing it.
Thatโs all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know.
Cheers,
Wyatt
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