World peace quietly erased our rate fears, semiconductors are hitting records in the desert, and we get a long weekend to sleep off the triple-witching chaos
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Morning brief: A historic peace deal with Iran just bailed us out of yesterday's hawkish Fed, Meta is sliding on talent exits, and Robinhood is firing a tenth of its staff just to catch a bid
Futures Rally on US-Iran Peace Deal: Futures are bouncing back this morning as a historic US-Iran peace deal completely overshadows yesterday's hawkish Fed shock. Robinhood Surges on Record June Volume: The brokerage jumped nearly 9% after announcing a 10% workforce cut and hitting record-breaking trading volumes in June. Meta Slides on AI Executive Exit: Meta dumped over 5% as a key AI executive's exit reignited Wall Street's fears over massive infrastructure spending. Broadcom Upsizes Debt Tender to $3B: Broadcom popped 4.3% after the chip heavyweight upsized its cash tender offer to $3 billion to optimize its debt. Watch Cloud and AI Cost Pressures: Watch for further tech weakness; Microsoft just scrapped a $3B Oracle cloud deal, while Amazon faces new FTC ad scrutiny.
Futures Rally on US-Iran Peace Deal
Futures are bouncing back this morning as a historic US-Iran peace deal completely overshadows yesterday's hawkish Fed shock.
Robinhood Surges on Record June Volume
The brokerage jumped nearly 9% after announcing a 10% workforce cut and hitting record-breaking trading volumes in June.
Meta Slides on AI Executive Exit
Meta dumped over 5% as a key AI executive's exit reignited Wall Street's fears over massive infrastructure spending.
Broadcom Upsizes Debt Tender to $3B
Broadcom popped 4.3% after the chip heavyweight upsized its cash tender offer to $3 billion to optimize its debt.
Watch Cloud and AI Cost Pressures
Watch for further tech weakness; Microsoft just scrapped a $3B Oracle cloud deal, while Amazon faces new FTC ad scrutiny.
Posture: Fear sentiment at 32 and tech cost pressures demand a neutral stance, balancing cash reserves while monitoring the geopolitical futures rally.
Tickers in focus: SPY, META, HOOD
Upcoming earnings
Evening brief: World peace quietly erased our rate fears, semiconductors are hitting records in the desert, and we get a long weekend to sleep off the triple-witching chaos
Iran Peace Deal Sparks Tech Rebound: A landmark U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz instantly erased rate fears across the board. Bloom Energy Rockets on FERC Ruling: Shares surged 15.4% today as new FERC policies eased grid connections for power-hungry AI data centers. TSM Hits Record on Packaging Deal: The stock jumped 6.9% today following a massive ten-year advanced packaging partnership with Amkor in Arizona. Qualcomm Jumps Ahead of Investor Day: Shares rallied 6.2% on event hype and rumors of a potential $8 billion acquisition of Tenstorrent. Markets Closed Friday for Juneteenth Holiday: U.S. markets close tomorrow, leaving traders to digest today's triple-witching options expiration over the weekend.
Iran Peace Deal Sparks Tech Rebound
A landmark U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz instantly erased rate fears across the board.
Bloom Energy Rockets on FERC Ruling
Shares surged 15.4% today as new FERC policies eased grid connections for power-hungry AI data centers.
TSM Hits Record on Packaging Deal
The stock jumped 6.9% today following a massive ten-year advanced packaging partnership with Amkor in Arizona.
Qualcomm Jumps Ahead of Investor Day
Shares rallied 6.2% on event hype and rumors of a potential $8 billion acquisition of Tenstorrent.
Markets Closed Friday for Juneteenth Holiday
U.S. markets close tomorrow, leaving traders to digest today's triple-witching options expiration over the weekend.
Posture: Opportunistically accumulating. Sentiment is at 38 (Fear) but rebounding rapidly due to the macro de-risking from the Iran deal and AI catalysts.
Tickers in focus: TSM, SPY
Upcoming earnings
The day's moves on the ledger
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