| Good morning. | The Fast Five → Trump insists Powell cut rates now, US asks judge to break up Google, dollar hits three-year low, Musk caught in 'code red' moment at Tesla, and Trump hosts Walmart and Target CEOs for tariff meeting… | 📌 "Nine Stocks To Buy Before The DOGE Collapse" → * | | Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar | | Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, April 22: | BEFORE THE OPEN |  | As of market close 4/21/2025. |
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|  | Previous week: 28.52%. Updates every Friday. |
| | Market Wrap: | Futures: Dow +122 pts (+0.3%), S&P +0.4%, Nasdaq +0.4%. Monday: Dow -970 pts, S&P/Nasdaq -2%+; indexes -9%+ since April 2. Trump slams Powell as "major loser," hints at firing; adds to market volatility. Earnings Tues: LMT (AM), TSLA (PM). Richmond Fed survey + key Fed speakers ahead.
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| | | |  | Trump says rates need to drop immediately. Fed is waiting on rate decisions to be sure tariffs don't drive inflation higher. |
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| | |  | The Justice Department said the best way to address the company's monopoly in internet search was to force it to sell Chrome, among other measures. |
| Dow slides more than 950 points as Trump rips Fed Chair Powell (more) Traders unfazed in 'quietest' market selloff as big days pile up (more) The Federal Reserve's dual mandate dilemma (more) Trump hosts Walmart and Target CEOs, Home Depot and Lowe's execs for tariff meeting (more) Dollar hits 3-yr low as Trump attacks threaten Fed's independence (more) Gold extends record run, breaks above $3,400/oz on safe-haven rush (more) Google: DOJ's breakup proposal would harm US in 'global race with China' (more) FTC sues Uber over 'deceptive' subscription service (more) China's trade war playbook is coming into focus (more) Musk caught in 'code red' moment at Tesla (more) Harvard sues Trump admin as funding fight escalates (more)
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| | | M+A | Investments | Toyota, Daimler near merger of truck units Advisory firms Baker Tilly and Moss Adams set to merge in $7 billion deal UBS to sell its India wealth business to asset manager 360 ONE WAM for $36M Lexington Medical, a leader in minimally-invasive surgical stapling solutions, received a growth investment from Ampersand Capital Partners GSR, a crypto trading and investment firm, anchored a $100M PIPE into Upexi, Inc., a brand owner specializing in consumer products
| VC | Exaforce, an Agentic SOC platform, raised $75M in Series A funding Crux, a capital markets tech company, raised $50M in Series B funding Goodfire, an AI research company, raised $50M in Series A funding GoldState Music, a music rights investment platform, raised $500M in strategic capital Electra.aero, Inc., an aerospace company, secured $115M in Series B funding Yarbo, a multipurpose intelligent yard robot, closed its Series B funding round, raising approximately $27M Brellium, an AI-powered clinical compliance platform, raised $13.7M in Series A funding Capsule, a video editor made for enterprise, raised $12M in Series A funding Roh, a hospitality industry's payments management platform, closed a $9.2M financing round Kenzo Security, an agentic AI security operations platform provider, emerged from stealth with $4.5M in funding Cosmic Robotics, a robotics startup, raised $4m in funding Risa Labs, an oncology AI company, raised $3.5M in funding
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| | | Bitcoin rises as stocks slide and US dollar weakens (more) US derivatives watchdog weighs 24/7 action with crypto oversight on horizon (more) ARK adds staked Solana to two tech ETFs (more)
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| | | | | |  | Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth |  |
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The bad news is the market is down more than 1% today. The good news is the market is not down more than 5% today. It's the little things that matter. | | | 1:50 PM • Apr 21, 2025 | | | | | | 997 Likes 37 Retweets | 93 Replies |
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|  | Autism Capital 🧩 @AutismCapital | |
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Behind every President there's actually a shadow bunny calling the shots. They don't want you to know this secret. | |  | | | 11:46 PM • Apr 21, 2025 | | | | | | 937 Likes 51 Retweets | 63 Replies |
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|  | sophie @netcapgirl | |
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the 4pm meeting on friday got cancelled | |  | | | 5:38 PM • Apr 18, 2025 | | | | | | 6.06K Likes 313 Retweets | 22 Replies |
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