OVERVIEW
The Weekend Rip: March 23, 2025

Source: Tenor

U.S. stocks ended their recent losing streak. With the Fed’s decision and most earnings out of the way, all eyes turn to the April 2nd reciprocal tariff deadline. 😵‍💫 

Let’s recap and prep you for the week ahead. 📝

What Happened?

🍀 On Monday, the bulls kept the market green for St. Patrick’s Day. Pepsi bet on a post-merger pop by acquiring Poppi, the fintech BNPL battle escalated with Klarna snagging Walmart as an exclusive partner, and we rolled out our new “Why It’s Trending” feature on Stocktwits.

🐻 On Tuesday, stocks sold off as the market began to focus on Powell and the Fed. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor and Strategy issued a new version of preferred stock to keep buying Bitcoin, and several low-float Chinese stocks surged.

🐂 On Wednesday, the Fed’s neutral stance and Jerome Powell’s support powered the bulls back to fight back on hopes that a rate cut could happen this summer. Plus, a landmark crypto battle ended as the U.S. SEC dropped an appeal on its case against Ripple.

😬 On Thursday, stocks slipped ahead of Friday’s quadruple witching. FedEx, Nike, Micron, and more added to the mixed bag of earnings, with consumer-linked stocks struggling in the current environment. Also, Amazon reached a key level that made it critical for the broader market.

🔺 On Friday, the market started off weak but recovered throughout the day to close green on the week. Self-driving vehicle stocks jumped, Trump shared Paul Atkins as his pick for SEC Chair, and Ben & Emil recapped a wild week in another “Weekend Rip.”

🤩 This week’s Stocktwits Top 25 showed mixed performance vs. the major indexes.

Here are the closing prices: 

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THE BRIEF

Need a concise summary of what’s going on this week? Look no further. Here’s a rundown of this week’s earnings and economic data.

Economic Calendar

Source: TradingEconomics

It’s a busy week of economic data, with investors focused on Fed speeches and Friday’s inflation data. In addition to the above, check out this week’s complete list of economic releases.

Earnings This Week

Earnings season is slowing down, with roughly 150 companies reporting this week.

Source: Stocktwits

Above is a quick summary. Check out the full Stocktwits earnings calendar for the other names reporting this week.

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