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MRKT Matrix - Monday, June 30th S&P 500 rises to another record to wrap up second-quarter comeback (CNBC) European Markets Are Becoming Increasingly Difficult to Ignore (Bloomberg) Musk Fumes as Trump Tax Bill Cuts Electric Vehicle Credits (Bloomberg) OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’ (Wired) Chanos Warns of AI Pullback, ‘Absurd Bitcoin Treasury Companie...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, June 27th S&P 500 closes at a record Friday, overcoming even more trade angst (CNBC) Core inflation rate rose to 2.7% in May, more than expected, Fed’s preferred gauge shows (CNBC) US Consumer Spending Drops in May, Price Pressures Remain Muted (Bloomberg) US Consumer Sentiment Climbs as Inflation Expectations Improve (Bloomberg) Fed’s Kashkari Sees Two Rate Cuts This Year Am...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, June 26th S&P 500 closes modestly higher, a hair’s breadth away from hitting a new record (CNBC) US GDP Revised Lower as Consumers Slash Recreation Spending (Bloomberg) Trump Pivots to Tax Cuts to Combat Voters’ Economic Anxiety (Bloomberg) Trump Says Three or Four People on List to Replace Fed’s Powell (Bloomberg) US Bank Stocks Revival Depends on Relaxed Rules and Deal Re...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, June 25th S&P 500 ends Wednesday little changed as record high remains in reach (CNBC) Nvidia Ruffles Tech Giants With Move Into Cloud Computing (WSJ) S&P 500 Needs Profit Boom or Fed Cuts to Justify Lofty Levels (Bloomberg) Wells Fargo hikes Microsoft price target, says AI business could reach $100 billion in revenue (CNBC) More Homeowners Find Themselves Underwater (WSJ)...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, June 24th Dow jumps 500 points, oil prices tank as investors bet Israel-Iran truce will hold (CNBC) Trump-Hailed Truce Falters With Israel Accusing Iran of a Breach (Bloomberg) Jay Powell pushes back on calls for Federal Reserve rate cuts as soon as July (Financial Times) Alphabet Lacks Tesla’s Stock Buzz in Race For Driverless Rides (Bloomberg) Wall Street Says Buy Tech as...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, June 23rd Dow jumps 300 points as oil drops following a restrained retaliation by Iran to U.S. attacks (CNBC) China Rips Trump’s Iran Attack in First Comment Since US Hit (Bloomberg) Firms Wary of Market Chaos Are Selling Debt Before Iran Reacts (Bloomberg) Global Airlines Halt Gulf Flights as War Disruptions Reach Dubai (Bloomberg) Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruitment Blitz Armed...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, June 20th S&P 500 slips a day after holiday as traders weigh next moves by the Fed and Trump (CNBC) Fed Governor Waller says central bank could cut rates as early as July (CNBC) Microsoft Plans to Cut Thousands More Employees (WSJ) The Real Message Andy Jassy Is Sending to Employees on AI (WSJ) Silicon Valley’s ‘Tiny Team’ Era is Here (Bloomberg) Masa Son Pithes $1 Trillion U...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, June 18th S&P 500 is flat as Fed signals it’s in no hurry to cut rates (CNBC) Iran’s Leader Shows Defiance With US Weighing War Intervention (Bloomberg) Morgan Stanley’s Wilson sees Israel-Iran causing only 5%-7% stock pullback, unless oil moves this high (CNBC) Trump Flexes Security Powers to Keep Global Tariff Goal Alive (Bloomberg) US Plans to Ease Capital Rule Limiting...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, June 17th Trump Plays Down Iran-Israel Truce as He Leaves G-7 Early (Bloomberg) Trump Officials Weighed Broader China Tech Restrictions Ahead of Trade Talks (WSJ) OpenAI and Microsoft Tensions Are Reaching a Boiling Point (WSJ) Trump’s Latest Attack on the Fed Zooms In on Surging Debt Costs (Bloomberg) Senate Bill Expands Business Tax Breaks, Delays Deal on SALT (Bloomberg)...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, June 16th Dow closes 300 points higher on cooling oil and hopes that Israel-Iran conflict will be contained (CNBC) A Battered Iran Signals It Wants to De-Escalate Hostilities With Israel and Negotiate (WSJ) Senate to Unveil Trump Tax Bill Draft With SALT Fight Unresolved (Bloomberg) Foreign Demand for Treasuries Is Showing ‘Cracks,’ BofA Says (Bloomberg) Many Exporters No Lon...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, June 13th Dow falls more than 700 points on Friday as attacks between Israel and Iran escalate (CNBC) Israel Attacks Iran’s Nuclear Sites and Kills Senior Commanders (Bloomberg) Iran launches ballistic missiles at Israel: ‘Hard Retaliation Operation has begun,’ Tehran says (CNBC) US Consumer Sentiment Jumps as Inflation Expectations Improve (Bloomberg) China Boosts Tesla Self...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, June 12th S&P 500 rebounds as Oracle leads tech stocks higher (CNBC) Muted US Producer Prices Add to String of Tame Inflation Report (Bloomberg) Trump Says Again He’ll Set Unilateral Tariffs in Two Weeks (Bloomberg) Tech Giants’ New AI Ad Tools Threaten Big Agencies (WSJ) Air India Boeing 787 Headed to London Crashes After Takeoff (Bloomberg) Fed Seeks to Preserve Labor Mar...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, June 11th S&P 500 declines as market comeback pauses while traders wait for more trade deals (CNBC) Inflation Rose to 2.4% in May, in Line With Expectations (WSJ) Trump Says China Will Supply Rare Earths in ‘Done’ Trade Deal (Bloomberg) Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs in Place for Now (WSJ) OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sou...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, June 10th S&P 500 rises for a third day as traders hope for progress on U.S.-China trade talks (CNBC) Apple’s WWDC underwhelms on AI, but software gets biggest facelift in over a decade (CNBC) OpenAI claims to have hit $10B in annual revenue (TechCrunch) News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools (WSJ) Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, June 9th Stocks rise as Wall Street awaits details from U.S.-China trade talks (CNBC) US, China to Resume Trade Talks With Focus on Rare Earths (Bloomberg) GOP Senators’ Competing Demands Risk Pulling Trump Megabill Apart (WSJ) Trump, CEOs promote savings plans for newborns (CNBC) Nvidia CEO says the UK is in a ‘Goldilocks’ moment: ‘I’m going to invest here’ (CNBC) Apple to o...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, June 6th Dow rallies 400 points on strong jobs report, S&P 500 touches 6,000 (CNBC) U.S. payrolls increased 139,000 in May, more than expected; unemployment at 4.2% (CNBC) Musk Blinks First in Bitter Trump Feud That Cost Him $34 Billion (Bloomberg) Xi Bets Trump Detente Will Lead to Future Wins on Chips, Tariffs (Bloomberg) Carmakers Use Stealth Price Hikes to Cope With Trump...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday June 5th S&P 500 turns lower as Tesla shares slide, traders weigh Trump-Xi talk (CNBC) Elon Musk Urges Americans Take Action to ‘Kill’ Trump Tax Cut Bill (Bloomberg) European Central Bank trims interest rates after inflation dips below target (CNBC) Global Bond Auctions Show Weaker Trend as Fiscal Angst Grows (Bloomberg) Financial stocks seem to be losing momentum and show s...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, June 4th Dow falls, snapping four-day win streak, as soft payrolls report drags down sentiment (CNBC) A New Era of Trade Warfare Has Begun for the U.S. and China (NYTimes) Trump Says China’s Xi Is ‘Extremely Hard to Make a Deal With’ (Bloomberg) Trump’s 50% steel tariffs hit the world but UK spared full blow (CNBC) India Challenges US on Auto Tariffs in Toughening Trade St...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, June 3rd S&P 500 rises, led by Nvidia and chip stocks (CNBC) Trump Tariffs Are Hurting US and Global Economy, OECD Warns (Bloomberg) Wall Street Games Out How to Profit From Trump Tariff Flip-Flops (Bloomberg) Trump Presses Reluctant GOP Senators to Embrace House Tax Bill (Bloomberg) Meta to Buy Nuclear Power From Constellation as AI Demand Soars (Bloomberg) Wall Street Is S...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, June 2nd S&P 500 ticks higher to start June trading as investors look past rising global trade tensions (CNBC) Buyers’ Strike Rocks US Long Bond as DoubleLine, Pimco Stay Away (Bloomberg) JPMorgan Strategists Warn US Stock Rally at Risk From Stagflation (Bloomberg) Wall Street Sees Deeper Dollar Rout as Currency Nears 2023 Low (Bloomberg) China Accuses US of Violating Trade D...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, May 30th S&P 500 is flat Friday, but heads for best month since 2023 as investors continue to look past trade policy confusion (CNBC) S&P 500’s Banner Month Faces Off With June’s Lackluster Record (Bloomberg) Bessent Says US-China Talks ‘Stalled,’ Pushes for Trump-Xi Call (Bloomberg) Trump accuses China of violating preliminary trade deal (CNBC) Trump’s Tariff Options Slower,...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, May 29th S&P 500 climbs on strong Nvidia earnings, but trade policy confusion caps gains (CNBC) Trump Trade Strategy Roiled by Court Blocking Global Tariffs (⁠Bloomberg⁠) Nvidia Eases Concerns About China With Upbeat Sales Forecast (Bloomberg) U.S. to Revoke Visas of Chinese Students (WSJ) OPEC+’s Real Oil Supply Hikes Could Be Less Than Advertised (Bloomberg) Foxconn Reass...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, May 28th Dow closes more than 200 points lower Wednesday ahead of Nvidia earnings (CNBC) Trump orders US chip designers to stop selling to China ⁠(FT)⁠ Fed worried it could face ‘difficult tradeoffs’ if tariffs reaggravate inflation, minutes show (CNBC) Asia’s $7.5 Trillion Bet on US Assets Is Suddenly Unravelling (Bloomberg) Japan Bonds Draw Weak Demand as Rise in Superlo...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, May 27th Dow climbs more than 700 points on EU tariff delay, consumer confidence surge (CNBC) Global Bonds Rally as Japan Looks to Stabilize Its Debt Market (Bloomberg) Investors Pile Into ETFs at Record Pace Despite Market Turmoil (WSJ) All eyes on China restrictions as Nvidia gets set to report results (CNBC) Xi Mulls New Made-in-China Plan Despite US Call to Rebalance (Bl...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, May 23rd Stocks fall Friday after Trump threatens new tariffs against the EU and Apple (CNBC) Bessent Sees ‘Several Large’ Trade Deals in Next Few Weeks (Bloomberg) Bitcoin Options Show Bulls Unbowed With Open Interest at Record (Bloomberg) The Bar for Near-Term Rate Cut Is ‘A Little Higher,’ Fed’s Goolsbee Says (Bloomberg) Big Banks Explore Venturing Into Crypto World Togeth...