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The Latest on the Markets

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Full Brief
  1. 1

    Economic Analysis Bureau: Foreign investors add $978.9B to US financial assets in Q2, including record $425.6B more in US stocks & investment funds bought than sold (+62% vs $262.6B in Q2 2025)

Every Summary on the Markets

September 20264 Summaries

  1. Tuesday, September 29, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      Economic Analysis Bureau: Foreign investors add $978.9B to US financial assets in Q2, including record $425.6B more in US stocks & investment funds bought than sold (+62% vs $262.6B in Q2 2025)

  2. Thursday, September 24, 2026Full Brief
    1. 3

      S&P Global: US business activity hits highest since Jul 2021; Private-sector employment grows fastest since Jun 2022 as business costs rise fastest in ~4yrs, partly driven by higher fuel & transport costs

  3. Tuesday, September 15, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery launches Africa's largest initial public offering ahead of stock market debut, seeking $1.6B by selling 4.1B shares to help double capacity to 1.4M oil barrels/day

  4. Wednesday, September 2, 2026Full Brief
    1. 5

      Fast fashion giant Shein debuts on Hong Kong stock market at $26.5B valuation (-74% vs $100B 2022 peak) after previous listing attempts in NY & London failed to secure Chinese regulatory approval

August 20261 Summary

  1. Thursday, August 6, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF, investment firms Silver Lake & Affinity Partners acquire video game giant Electronic Arts (EA) in $55B deal; EA stock ceases trading & will be delisted from Nasdaq stock exchange, ending its 36yrs as public company

July 20261 Summary

  1. Monday, July 27, 2026Full Brief
    1. 5

      China memory chipmaker CXMT raises $8.6B in Asia's largest 2026 stock market debut, becoming mainland China's most valuable listed company at ~$520B; CXMT held 7.7% of global phone & server memory chip market in 2025

June 20267 Summaries

  1. Friday, June 26, 2026Full Brief
    1. 6

      Bitcoin falls <$60K for 3rd time in 2026, hitting lowest level since Oct 2024 amid investor shift to AI stocks & continued withdrawals from Bitcoin funds

  2. Wednesday, June 24, 2026Full Brief
    1. 4

      S&P Global: US business activity expands at fastest pace in 5mo as manufacturing activity hits highest level since 2022 amid stronger demand; Factory job cuts reach highest level since 2009

  3. Wednesday, June 17, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      Rocket maker SpaceX overtakes retail giant Amazon as world's 5th most valuable company, reaching $2.66T market value after shares surge following record stock market debut

  4. Monday, June 15, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      SpaceX reaches $2.1T valuation in stock market debut after opening at $150/share (vs $135 offering price); Valuation boost makes CEO Elon Musk world's 1st trillionaire with ~$1.1T net worth

  5. Friday, June 12, 2026Full Brief
    1. 1

      SpaceX prices its upcoming record public listing at $135/share ahead of Nasdaq trading, aiming to raise $75B at $1.77T valuation, surpassing Saudi Aramco's $25.6B record in 2019

  6. Tuesday, June 9, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      ChatGPT maker OpenAI takes 1st step toward stock market debut, "submitting confidential SEC paperwork" after reaching $852B valuation in Mar; Joins Anthropic & SpaceX in preparing potential record AI public listings

  7. Tuesday, June 2, 2026Full Brief
    1. 3

      AI startup Anthropic takes 1st step toward stock market debut, "confidentially submitting SEC paperwork" days after reaching $965B valuation & overtaking OpenAI as world's most valuable private AI company

May 20261 Summary

  1. Thursday, May 21, 2026Full Brief
    1. 2

      Elon Musk's SpaceX files for $1.75T stock market debut seeking up to $80B funding amid expansion into AI & satellite internet; Listing would be largest stock market valuation in history if approved by regulators

July 20251 Summary

  1. Thursday, July 10, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      Hardware technology company Nvidia becomes world's 1st to hit $4T market cap in stock market trading yesterday morning

June 20251 Summary

  1. Monday, June 30, 2025Full Brief
    1. 3

      S&P 500 hits new record high on Fri (after -18% 1yr low in Apr) as investors assimilate to trade & wartime uncertainty

May 20255 Summaries

  1. Monday, May 19, 2025Full Brief
    1. 1

      Moody's downgrades US debt rating to Aa1 from AAA (perfect score in place since 1917), citing rising deficit (6.4% of 2024 GDP to 9% 2035) & debt (98% of 2024 GDP to 134% 2035); Moody's is last of 3 major credit raters to mark down US debt: Fitch downgraded in 2023 & S&P in 2011

    2. 5

      Hackers accessed personal data of <1% of crypto exchange Coinb*se users by bribing support agents & demanded $20M hush ransom (declined); Firm estimates $400M total breach cost; Separately, Coinb*se confirms ongoing SEC investigation over misrepresented user metrics as it joins S&P 500 index today

  2. Thursday, May 15, 2025Full Brief
    1. 1

      S&P 500 closed up year-to-date on Tue, driven by NVIDIA reclaiming $3T market capitalization, after dipping as low as 17%

  3. Wednesday, May 14, 2025Full Brief
    1. 7

      Crypto exchange Coinb*se replaces Discover (being acquired by Capital One) in S&P 500 on Mon; Stock surges +24%

  4. Monday, May 5, 2025Full Brief
    1. 1

      S&P 500 index is in longest winning streak since 2004, rising for 9 consecutive days & gaining +10%, fully recovering losses since Apr 2 initiation of Trump's global trade war & surpassing prior levels; Indicators of fast economic growth & robust consumer spend upheld investor optimism

April 20257 Summaries

  1. Wednesday, April 23, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      US stocks close higher on Tue (S&P +2.5%, Nasdaq +2.7%, Dow +2.7%) after Treasury Sec Bessent signaled trade talks with China will lead to deescalation; Talks have not yet started

    2. 5

      US stocks rise Wed morning (S&P +2.5%) as Trump claims "no intention" to fire Fed Reserve Chair Powell after days of calling for his removal

  2. Tuesday, April 22, 2025Full Brief
    1. 4

      US dollar weakens & markets fall on Mon (-2.5% across Dow, Nasdaq Comp, S&P 500) in response to Trump's calls for Fed Reserve Chair Powell's resignation over him not lowering interest rates; Fed is legally autonomous

  3. Thursday, April 10, 2025Full Brief
    1. 2

      US stock markets surged historically in response to tariff pause yesterday: Dow Jones Industrial Average (+8%), Nasdaq Composite (+12%) & S&P 500 (+9.5%, biggest day gain since 2008 with 98% of index's stocks up); Markets fall again early today, remaining down since tariffs initially announced

  4. Tuesday, April 8, 2025Full Brief
    1. 2

      US stock markets decline slightly on Mon, 3 trading days after Trump's "Liberation Day": S&P 500 (-0.2%), DJIA (-0.9%) & Nasdaq Comp (+0.1%)

  5. Monday, April 7, 2025Full Brief
    1. 2

      Global markets continued to fall after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs: Pan-European Stoxx 600 down 5.2%, Japan's Nikkei 225 down 8% & Chinese CSI 300 down 7% this morning; US stock markets see worst weekly declines in 5yrs: S&P 500 (-9.1%) & Nasdaq Comp (-10%, in "bear" market)

  6. Friday, April 4, 2025Full Brief
    1. 1

      Global stock markets drop after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement; S&P 500 (-4.8%), Dow Jones Ind Avg (-4%) & Nasdaq (-6%)

March 20251 Summary

  1. Tuesday, March 11, 2025Full Brief
    1. 2

      US stock markets fell sharply on Mon amid ongoing trade war uncertainty & Trump not ruling out recession; S&P 500 -2.7%, Dow -2.1%, Nasdaq Comp -4%

February 20251 Summary

  1. Thursday, February 20, 2025Full Brief
    1. 2

      S&P 500 climbs to record high 2nd consecutive day; Share of investors (89%) who think stock market is overvalued is at 24yr high

January 20253 Summaries

  1. Tuesday, January 28, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      Nasdaq 100 down ~$1T after DeepSeek’s compute-efficient R1 AI model release; Chip maker Nvidia loses ~$600B in market cap (-17%) in biggest single-day drop in US history

  2. Thursday, January 9, 2025Full Brief
    1. 3

      39th US President Carter (Dem 1977-1981) is honored with state funeral featuring eulogy by Biden & National Day of Mourning today; NYSE & Nasdaq are closed

  3. Thursday, January 2, 2025Full Brief
    1. 5

      The Dow rose 13% in 2024 vs. 14% in 2023; S&P 500 23% vs. 24%; Nasdaq Composite 29% vs. 43%

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