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The market climbed Friday, and every index ended the week positively, after the U.S. announced a glorious China tariff cut and news out of the deal tour in the Middle East painted a flush picture for international commerce. President Trump said his Admin would start handing out ‘deals’ in the next two weeks. Will the bond market hold him to it? 👀
Today’s issue covers Is Zuck F***d?, What To Do When You Get Ghosted In The Tariff Chat, and The Odds Of Recession According To Stocktwits Retail. 📰
CLOSING BELL
Here’s the final numbers for indexes and the ETFs that track them: 10 of 11 sectors closed green, with health care $XLV ( ▲ 2.02% ) leading and energy $XLE ( ▼ 0.15% ) lagging.
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STOCKS
Is Zuck F***d? 🤖
Meta, a leader in the Mag Seven-led AI semiconductor sweep of the stock market, faced a bad news drop Friday. According to the Wall Street Journal, the firm allegedly delayed the launch of its flagship ‘Behemoth’ large language model because it is too huge to work with.
Reportedly, $META ( ▼ 0.55% ) engineers have struggled to improve their Llama 4 AI model. The launch of the big one was slated for April, during Meta’s first AI conference, but that came and went with Meta showcasing its smaller models instead. Now, staff worry the larger model won’t come out even over the summer.
Worse yet, the team that made the initial Llama model is mostly gone- 11 of 14 researchers who published the original work have left the company. Recent models released in April did well, but The Information reported it was a bait and switch. Chief Mark Zuckerberg said the firm designed their models to do well on benchmark tests, while the firm released separate versions to the public.
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If true, the news upsets investor expectations. The firm has promised to spend $72B on CapEx this year, and investors thought that meant fuel for the AI fire. 🔥
On that idea, Meta received a bullish price target with a 40% upside from Loop Capital Friday. Analyst Rob Sanderson said Meta’s AI-driven performance gains and infrastructure investments are key factors, recommending long-term investors to toss Google and instead watch Meta. 🛍️
Stocktwits users are waiting to see what happens next, with a ‘neutral’ sentiment on Meta Platforms
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What To Do When You Get Ghosted In The Tariff Chat 👻
The plan was to field calls, telegrams, and carrier pigeons from every country in the world this spring, to broker 150 trade deals with everyone all at once. Well, it turned out deciding just two deals was a ton of work, and the clock is ticking.
Instead, President Trump made a new plan during his speaking tour in the Middle East. The U.S. will simply send out a newsletter blast to everyone and tell them what they will pay to ferry goods to the U.S. 📰
“We have at the same time 150 countries that want to make a deal, but you’re not able to see that many countries,” Trump said. “So at a certain point over the next two to three weeks, I think Scott and Howard will be sending letters out, essentially telling people— it will be very fair but we will be telling people what they will be paying to do business in the United States.”
May the Art of the Deal be damned. Get on it, Bessent and Lutnick, and God’s speed. The 90-day pause started April 9th, a month and a week ago. 37 days down, 53 to go, and the U.S. has only announced framework deals with the UK and China.
Speaking of the U.S., right after the closing bell on Friday, Moody’s Rating Agency gave the U.S. a rating downgrade, from AAA to AA1. That puts the expectation that the U.S. can pay its bills at second best. The revision came hours after the Congressional Budget Committee failed to agree on how to pay for the Big Beautiful Bill. 🤑
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
STOCKS
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Novo Nordisk $NVO ( ▼ 2.69% ) CEO Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen was booted out ‘mutually’ after the company’s share price plunged over 50% since mid-2024. The departure follows a recent downgrade in sales forecasts, intensified competition from Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, and regulatory scrutiny over replica weight-loss drugs.
Berkshire Hathaway $BRK.A ( ▲ 1.52% ) cut stakes in financial sector companies, fully exiting Citigroup and trimming Bank of America holdings by 7%. The firm also reduced its Capital One position and dropped Nubank, while filings revealed a confidential stock purchase in the commercial or industrials sector.
CoreWeave $CRWV ( ▲ 22.09% ) surged Friday after Nvidia disclosed a 7% stake in the AI cloud provider, boosting investor confidence. The stock rally was further fueled by CoreWeave’s 420% revenue growth and a new $4B cloud deal with OpenAI.
CVS Health $CVS ( ▲ 3.41% ) and Walgreens are acquiring pharmacy assets from bankrupt Rite Aid, including prescription files and store locations. The deal, subject to bankruptcy court approval, will see CVS take over 64 Rite Aid stores in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Charter Communications $CHTR ( ▲ 1.83% ) announced a $34.5B merger with Cox Communications, creating the largest cable and broadband provider in the U.S. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, will see Charter acquire Cox’s commercial fiber and cloud businesses and Cox’s residential cable operations.
Galaxy Digital debuted on Nasdaq at $23.50 per share after a 1,320-day regulatory process, with CEO Mike Novogratz calling the SEC scrutiny “infuriating.” The stock climbed 16% at the height of trade. Previously listed in Canada, the crypto investment firm aims to tokenize its shares for decentralized finance applications.
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The Michigan Consumer Sentiment numbers came out pessimistic this morning, showing a 1-year inflation expectation of 7.3%. Honestly, where do they find these people? /s
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