🔔 The Opening Bell
🐂 This week’s bull run continued in this morning’s trading…
The S&P 500 ( $SPX ( ▲ 0.66% )) opens up green again today, up 0.66% in the last 24 hours.
Cryptocurrencies $ETH ( ▼ 1.44% ) $BTC ( ▼ 0.27% ) $XRP.X ( ▼ 1.25% ) & $SOL.X ( ▲ 0.38% ) are mostly flat-slightly down to start today.
We will go deeper into these areas in today’s newsletter and make sure you are as informed as possible going into today’s trading.
First, we have a quick message from Traders Agency, which helps investors trade like Insiders. Then we’ll get into today’s key numbers and major market headlines…
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When people hear “insider trading,” they think of Congress.
And sure, Pelosi’s Tempus AI trade and Susie Lee’s arms stock gains are sketchy.
But here’s what most don’t realize: Congress isn’t the worst offender.
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They know exactly when market-moving news is coming:
A pharma CEO before FDA approval
A tech CTO before a product drop
A CFO before a blowout quarter
When they buy shares? It’s not a hunch. It’s a sure thing.
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📰 Market Headlines
Markets continued slightly up through Wednesday's session, with Nvidia’s rally powering the Nasdaq.
The Nasdaq gained 0.3% while the S&P 500 finished flat, just shy of record territory, and the Dow slipped 0.3%, dragged down by industrial stocks.
Nvidia surged 4.3% to a record close, reclaiming the title of ‘world’s most valuable company’.
President Trump announced the Israel-Iran conflict is “effectively over”, and oil prices edged higher as tensions cooled.
Bank regulators proposed the largest rollback of capital requirements since 2008, potentially freeing up $13 billion for JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
President Trump said he’s narrowed his Fed chair replacement list to “3 or 4” names, calling Jerome Powell “terrible” and hinting at a shakeup before Powell’s term ends in 2026.
😱 Fear and Greed Index
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🤖 AI/Future/Tech News
Meta announced it's adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp via privacy-preserving AI.
Trump Mobile quietly scrubbed all references to its T1 Phone being "MADE IN THE USA" from its website.
Prediction market platform Kalshi locked in $185 million in funding led by Paradigm, reaching a $2 billion valuation.
🪙 Crypto
Bitcoin vaulted on Wednesday, touching an intraday high.
The Federal Reserve axed "reputational risk" from bank exams, paving the way for banks to enter crypto.
The NYSE pushed for a rule change to launch a Truth Social ETF tied to bitcoin and Ethereum.
Enlightify overhauled its Anteaus unit to focus on blockchain infrastructure for institutions, including staking and node operations.
⚔️ Trade wars
China vowed retaliation after Taiwan updated its export blacklist on June 25 to include 601 mainland firms, including Huawei and SMIC.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh predicted a deal with the US before the July 9 tariff deadline, offering to buy more Boeing jets.
The US and Mexico neared a steel tariff deal that capped imports at 2.8 million metric tons with a 10% duty.
📈 AltIndex’s AI Algorithm’s Top Picks
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AltIndex’s AI algorithm sees a lot of strong signs in the 100+ alternative data points it tracks including financials, insider buying activity, employee satisfaction, audience growth, job postings and sentiment on social media.
Do your own research and consider whether you think the alternative data signals are compelling, and if these stocks may be a value opportunity. Sign up with AltIndex to help find opportunities and entry points for your own research, this is not investment advice.
🌍 International Markets
🇮🇳 India's economy withstood global shocks as retail inflation dropped to a six-year low of 2.82% in May.
🇦🇺 Australian consumer price inflation slid past forecasts in May, with the trimmed mean core measure hitting a 3.5-year low.
🇯🇵 The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at 0.5% as inflation ran above target for over three years.
🎤 What you said last time
“Well now that I see that almost 70% of people think that it's going to be 150k this year I might switch mine down to number three”
🚚 Market movers
Boeing named former Northrop exec Steve Sullivan to lead its long-delayed Air Force One program.
Lithium giant SQM slashed 5% of its Chilean workforce as lithium prices remain depressed.
Walmart laid off 381 employees across four Sunnyvale offices and 106 more in San Bruno.
Amazon trimmed at least 125 Fresh grocery workers after closing a Seattle-area store.
📊 Earnings this week
Jefferies missed Q2 expectations, and shares tumbled 2.63% after hours.
Micron beat Q3 estimates, but fell 0.52%.
Paychex reported Q4 revenue below expectations, while adjusted EPS matched forecasts; shares plunged 9.4%.
Winnebago fell short of estimates as Q3 adjusted EPS and revenue slipped 1.4%, so shares slid nearly 3%.
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Cheers,
Brandon with Stefan & Wyatt
