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MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, February 11th Dow is little changed as investor enthusiasm for better-than-expected jobs data wanes (CNBC) Fed’s Path to More Rate Cuts Challenged by Jobs Surprise (Bloomberg) Investors Aren’t Budging: Bullish Bets Defy Wild Market Swings (WSJ) Tech investor Orlando Bravo says most software companies don’t have enough profit (CNBC) Apple’s Latest Attempt to Launch the New...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, February 10th S&P 500 ticks lower after disappointing holiday sales; financial stocks drop (CNBC) Wealth Manager Stocks Sink as Investors Flee AI’s Next Casualty (Bloomberg) Alphabet Sells Almost $32 Billion Bonds as Tech Races to Fund AI (Bloomberg) Kalshi says Super Bowl trading volume surpassed $1 billion (CNBC) The delayed January jobs report will be released Wednesday....

MRKT Matrix - Monday, February 9th S&P 500 rises, led by tech; Dow climbs to fresh record (CNBC) Alphabet Embarks on Global Bond Spree to Fund Record Spending (Bloomberg) Alphabet Plans Tech’s First 100-Year Bond Since Dot-Com Era (Bloomberg) Databricks completes $5 billion funding round at $134 billion valuation (CNBC) Novo Nordisk sues Hims & Hers over copycat versions of Wegovy drugs; Hims stoc...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, February 6th Dow surges more than 1,000 points to hit 50,000 for the first time in massive snapback from tech rout (CNBC) The Week Anthropic Tanked the Market and Pulled Ahead of Its Rivals (WSJ) The Dark Side of A.I. Weighs on the Stock Market (NYTimes) Nvidia CEO Says AI Capital Spending Is Appropriate, Sustainable (Bloomberg) Nvidia Shares Surge on Big Tech’s $650 Billion...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, February 5th S&P 500 falls for a second day, Nasdaq sheds more than 1% as chip stocks decline, led by AMD ⁠(CNBC)⁠ Software Billionaires Drop $62 Billion in AI-Driven Stock Slump ⁠(Bloomberg)⁠ Software Short Sellers Mint $24 Billion Profit as Stocks Tumble ⁠(Bloomberg)⁠ Nvidia CEO: Software Selloff ‘Most Illogical Thing in the World’ ⁠(Bloomberg)⁠ AMD Shares Tumble. Here’s...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, February 4th S&P 500 falls for a second day, Nasdaq sheds more than 1% as chip stocks decline, led by AMD (CNBC) Software Billionaires Drop $62 Billion in AI-Driven Stock Slump (Bloomberg) Software Short Sellers Mint $24 Billion Profit as Stocks Tumble (Bloomberg) Nvidia CEO: Software Selloff ‘Most Illogical Thing in the World’ (Bloomberg) AMD Shares Tumble. Here’s Why Ear...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, February 3rd Dow drops 200 points, S&P 500 sheds 1% as investors rotate out of tech (CNBC) ‘Get Me Out’: Traders Dump Software Stocks as AI Fears Erupt (Bloomberg) AI Fears Sink Shares of Private-Credit Fund Managers (WSJ) Musk’s xAI, SpaceX combo is the biggest merger of all time, valued at $1.25 trillion (CNBC) Walmart hits $1 trillion market cap, fueled by growth of e-com...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, February 2nd Dow rallies 500 points as traders shake off gold, silver and bitcoin declines (CNBC) Federal Shutdown Delays Friday’s Jobs Report (WSJ) Barclays Says S&P 500 Plunged 16% On Average Upon New Fed Chair (Bloomberg) The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice (WSJ) Oracle rises after company announces $50 billion fundraising plans. Here's what's hap...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 30th S&P 500 falls for third straight day as speculative silver trade unwinds, but ends month positive (CNBC) Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles as Warsh pick eases Fed independence fear (CNBC) Everything you need to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve (CNBC) Memory Shortage Haunts Apple’s Blowout iPhone Sales (WSJ) E...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 29th S&P 500 falls as Microsoft dives 10%, software stocks tumble (CNBC) Software stocks enter bear market on AI disruption fear with ServiceNow plunging 12% (CNBC) Microsoft Heads for Worst Market Loss Since DeepSeek Hit Nvidia (Bloomberg) Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $60 Billion in OpenAI (The Information) Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 28th S&P 500 touches record 7,000 level, but gain fades as Fed keeps rates on hold (CNBC) Fed meeting recap: Powell says economy on ‘firm footing’ and current rate level not restrictive (CNBC) Trump is not worried by a weak dollar. Why the president and investors should be (CNBC) Companies rush to refinance as credit looks good (Axios) Investors bet on ‘hot’ US eco...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 27th S&P 500 rises to record high, led by gains in tech (CNBC) Humana, UnitedHealth plunge 20% after Trump administration proposes keeping Medicare Advantage rates flat (CNBC) The gold rally is the new bet against Trump ⁠(Axios)⁠ UPS to Cut 30,000 Jobs This Year (WSJ) Big Tech’s borrowing spree raises fears of AI risks in US bond market (FT) AI Stocks Still Face a Ch...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, January 26th S&P 500 rises as Apple, Meta gain ahead of earnings (CNBC) Fed to Hold Rates as Political Storm Intensifies Around Powell (Bloomberg) Nvidia invests $2bn in CoreWeave in new data centre push (FT) Microsoft Unveils Latest AI Chip to Reduce Reliance on Nvidia (Bloomberg) Anthropic Sought Billions for Apple Deal, Report Says (The Information) Drugmakers turn to AI t...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 23rd Nasdaq rises, S&P 500 and Dow struggle as Street wraps up wild week (CNBC) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update (FactSet) A Stock Slump Could Slam the Economy (WSJ) Silver Tops $100 as Global Turmoil Fuels Run for Safe Havens (Bloomberg) Five Reasons Gold Is Surging Toward $5,000 an Ounce (WSJ) Rieder’s Market Support, Fed Plans Seen as Boon for Chair Job (Bloomberg) I...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 22nd Dow jumps 300 points, claws back Greenland turmoil losses in two-day rally (CNBC) ‘Nobody’s going to believe him’: Trump’s Greenland ‘deal’ sparks relief — and confusion (CNBC) Rieder odds rising for Fed chair after Trump calls BlackRock executive ‘very impressive’ (CNBC) Private-Credit Investors Are Cashing Out in Droves (WSJ) Donald Trump sues JPMorgan and CE...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 21st Dow rallies 600 points after Trump calls off Europe tariffs related to Greenland (CNBC) Trump says Greenland framework with NATO involves mineral rights for U.S. (CNBC) Trump signals he has a favorite for Fed chair: ‘Down to maybe one, in my mind’ (CNBC) Five Reasons Gold Is Surging Toward $5,000 an Ounce (WSJ) Netflix Earnings Shed Light on Why It Needs Warne...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 20th Dow drops 840 points, S&P 500 heads for worst drop in 3 months on Trump tariff threat over Greenland (CNBC) Ray Dalio warns that ‘capital wars’ could follow Trump’s actions, with countries dumping U.S. assets (CNBC) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Turns Up the Heat on Fed’s Jerome Powell (WSJ) Salesforce’s Benioff calls for AI regulation, says models have becom...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 16th Trump’s Comments On Hassett Push Treasury Yields to Four-Month High (WSJ) The Turbulent Forces Reshaping The Fed This Year (Bloomberg) Bowman Wants Fed R Fed Vice Chair Says Interest Rates Are Well Positioned (Bloomberg) Big earnings reports and worries around the interest rate outlook could sway markets next week (CNBC) S&P 500 Earnings Season Update (FactSet) J...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 15th Stocks close higher Thursday, as chip, bank stocks rally (CNBC) Chip stocks pop after TSMC’s earnings beat boosts confidence in industrywide demand (CNBC) Taiwan will invest $250 billion in U.S. chipmaking under new trade deal (CNBC) Apple sits out AI arms race to play kingmaker between Google and OpenAI (FT) Bank CEOs Say Record $134 Billion Trading Haul Is Ju...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 14th S&P 500 falls, under pressure by tech; Bank of America, Wells Fargo slip after earnings (CNBC) Oil falls nearly 2% after Trump signals he could hold off on attacking Iran (CNBC) Gold, silver and copper prices hit new highs as global tensions mount (FT) Trump attacks Powell again amid Fed independence fears: ‘That jerk will be gone soon’ (CNBC) Trump’s Credit C...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, January 13th S&P 500 retreats from record Tuesday as JPMorgan slides, traders evaluate multiple Trump edicts (CNBC) Inflation vs. affordability (Axios) 2026 Outlook: Converging Forces Shaping Earnings, Capital Markets, Technology, and Global Policy (FactSet) JPMorgan Says ‘Everything’ on Table to Fight 10% Card Cap (Bloomberg) Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to d...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, January 12th S&P 500 hits fresh all-time high as traders look past Fed independence risk, bank rate cap threat (CNBC) For Years, Powell Avoided Fighting Trump. That’s Over. (WSJ) Trump’s credit card rate cap plan has unclear path, ‘devastating’ risks, bank insiders say (CNBC) Trump ‘Inclined’ to Keep Exxon Out of Venezuela (WSJ) Alphabet Becomes Newest $4 Trillion Company, Jo...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 9th S&P 500 rises to another record Friday, heads for winning week (CNBC) Job Gains Cooled in December, Capping Year of Weak Hiring (WSJ) S&P 500 Earnings Season Preview (FactSet) Bank of America says extreme sentiment indicators ‘all scream sell’ (CNBC) Lutnick Met Homebuilders as Trump Dials Up Affordability Push (Bloomberg) Mortgage rates drop to lowest level in ne...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 8th Dow ticks higher, but Nasdaq struggles as traders rotate out of tech (CNBC) The December jobs report is due out Friday. Here’s what it is expected to show (CNBC) A US Trader’s Guide to the Supreme Court’s Looming Tariff Ruling (Bloomberg) Best Stock Trade of 2025 Keeps Running, Question Is for How Long (Bloomberg) AI ‘Fatigue’ Leaves Investors Focused on S&P’s O...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, January 7th S&P and Dow retreat from records as rally this week loses some momentum (CNBC) Global Bond Sales Hit Record $230 Billion to Kick Off 2026 (Bloomberg) China Tells Tech Companies to Halt Nvidia H200 Chip Orders (The Information) Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value (WSJ) OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to connect user medical records, wellness apps...