📈 DeSantis out

DeSantis drops out of 2024 race- endorses Trump, consumer sentiment surges to highest since 2021, AI regulation dominates the conversation at Davos, JetBlue/Spirit to appeal blocked merger, and Buffett tells Citigroup CEO to keep going with overhaul…

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The Fast Five → DeSantis drops out of 2024 race- endorses Trump, consumer sentiment surges to highest since 2021, AI regulation dominates the conversation at Davos, JetBlue/Spirit to appeal blocked merger, and Buffett tells Citigroup CEO to keep going with overhaul…

Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, January 22:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 1/19/2024. Bitcoin as of: 1/21/2024

PRE-MARKET

MARKETS

  • US stocks rallied on Friday as the S&P closed at an all-time high

  • The Nasdaq led indices with a 1.70% gain

  • Asian stocks rose, excluding Chinese stocks, as Japan reported slowing inflation

EARNINGS

  • What we're watching this week:

    • Tuesday: Netflix, Verizon, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, RTX, P&G, Lockheed Martin, United Airlines

    • Wednesday: Tesla, AT&T, IBM, ASML, Progressive

    • Thursday: Intel, Visa, Blackstone, American Airlines, Comcast, Next Era Energy

    • Friday: American Express

  • Full calendar here

NEWS BRIEFING

The announcement comes two days before the New Hampshire primary, where the Florida governor lagged far behind Trump and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley.

In a consumer survey released Friday, Democrats and Republicans alike expressed their most favorable readings since the summer of 2021.

  • A hot debt market is slashing borrowing costs for riskier companies (link)

  • Meta snaps out of historic slump with first record high in years (link)

  • Musk’s AI startup secures $500M towards $1B funding goal (link)

  • Europe moves into a new world after crippling energy crisis (link)

  • US authorities say more Boeing 737 planes should get checks after MAX 9 incident (link)

  • Microsoft says Russia-linked group hacked employee emails (link)

  • Euro Zone’s job market puzzle shows risk of early ECB rate cuts (link)

  • Netflix has its own tough act to follow (link)

  • Australia halts ‘Golden Visa’ under broad migration overhaul (link)

  • Why there is a new global race to the moon (link)

  • Ocean shipping rates surge as Red Sea attacks continue (link)

  • AMD’s record high shows AI-fueled chip rally has another gear (link)

  • Petrobras board member resigns from Brazilian oil giant (link)

  • Generative AI regulation dominates the conversation at Davos (link)

  • JetBlue, Spirit to appeal blocked merger (link)

  • Warren Buffett tells Citigroup CEO Fraser to keep going with overhaul (link)

CRYPTO

  • Binance is set to face the SEC in a Washington courtroom this week (link)

  • Crypto supporters say #BoycottVanguard due to its Bitcoin ETF snub (link)

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BULLISH BITES

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☠️ End of an era: RIP Sports Illustrated, and RIP Magazines.

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