📰 Market Headlines

Markets fell Friday after Moody’s cut the US credit rating to Aa1, citing rising deficits and debt risks.

• The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq each dropped 0.7%.

Foreign holdings of US Treasuries hit a record $9.05 trillion in March, up $233 billion from February and nearly 12% year-over-year. Investors still seem positive about US debt quality—even though Moody just lowered the US’s credit rating to an Aa1 from its perfect AAA rating. However, we’re concerned about the US 10-Year Treasury yield hitting 4.497% at one point last month, and we’ll be watching April’s Treasuries report very closely.

President Trump told Walmart to “eat the tariffs” instead of raising prices; most of the time, whatever Walmart does, the rest of the retail industry follows. “Walmart made BILLIONS last year, far more than expected,” he posted after the retailer cited tariffs for price hikes.

Mike Pence urged President Trump to reject Qatar’s $400 million Boeing 747-8 gift, citing national security risks. “Qatar has a long history of playing both sides,” he said on NBC’s Meet the Press.

Former President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis shook political circles but had little market impact. The cancer has spread to the bone but remains hormone-sensitive, and he’s reviewing treatment options.

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⚔️ Trade Wars

• President Trump signaled potential new tariffs without finalized deals, with officials set to warn foreign governments of rising US business costs.

• China imposed a 75% tariff on US polyformaldehyde plastics and up to 35.5% on EU, Taiwan, and Japan imports.

• Canada and Mexico pledged closer ties and assigned officials to coordinate ahead of USMCA renegotiation and US tariffs.

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📊 Alternative Investing News

• NDRIO committed $50 million to a private debt fund, underscoring institutional demand for private credit yield.

• Blackstone and KKR launched intermittent liquidity funds to pull in more retail capital.

🤖 AI/Future/Tech News

• Meta's Moonvalley raised $53 million to expand its AI video tools, boosting total funding to $124 million.

• House Republicans passed a bill blocking state AI laws for 10 years, targeting over 50 California regulations.

• Hyundai pledged $21 billion in US investments, with $6 billion for innovation and a new Georgia robotics hub.

• Cohere acquired Ottogrid to power automated market analysis as it hit $100 million in annualized revenue.

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🚚 Market movers

• BT moved to sell its TNT Sports stake to Warner Bros Discovery, exiting sports TV after ten years.

• Rite Aid was hit with a class action from 300+ ex-employees alleging illegal layoffs during bankruptcy.

• Microsoft pushed AI agents to cooperate across companies using “structured retrieval augmentation.”

• FCC cleared Verizon's $20 billion Frontier deal after it dropped all DEI programs and pledged fiber expansion.

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