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Market Snapshot

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• The UK economy contracts as the impact of the Iran conflict begins to weigh on growth.

• China urges banks to reduce interbank lending as excess liquidity builds up in the financial system.

• Dreame Tech explores a Hong Kong IPO amid growing demand for robotic home appliances.

• Oil prices remain under pressure as progress in U.S.-Iran talks boosts hopes for peace.

• ECB officials signal that another interest-rate hike could come as soon as July.

• Wholesale inflation accelerates, adding complexity to the Fed’s policy outlook.

Market News

Markets Price In World Peace

Global markets extended their rally as investors cheered signs of progress toward a U.S.-Iran peace agreement that could end more than 100 days of conflict and ease the largest oil-supply shock in history.

Major benchmarks posted solid gains:

• The S&P 500 rose 1.2%.

• Nasdaq Composite advancing 1.6%.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.9%.

In Europe, the STOXX 600 climbed 0.8%, while Asia's Nikkei 225 gained 1.4% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 1.1%.

Bond yields fell as investors moved back into fixed income. Oil prices continued their sharp decline, with Brent crude dropping below $87 a barrel as traders bet that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen within 30 days under a draft agreement reportedly containing 14 provisions, including the release of frozen Iranian assets and renewed nuclear negotiations.

While optimism remains high, investors are waiting for a signed agreement before declaring victory, as previous ceasefire hopes have repeatedly fallen apart. Meanwhile, SpaceX continued to dominate headlines after pulling off the largest IPO in history, with shadow markets implying a potential first-day surge of more than 35%.

Elsewhere, Flutter Entertainment announced plans to leave the London Stock Exchange for New York, while major banks reportedly moved to curb hedge-fund leverage tied to Asia's hottest chipmakers. For now, markets are embracing the "peace trade," though traders know that in geopolitics, optimism can be one headline away from becoming caution.

Peel Take: Markets are treating peace like a stimulus package. Lower oil prices, falling bond yields, and a fully functioning Strait of Hormuz would remove a major headwind for the global economy. The catch? Investors may be pricing in the best-case scenario a little too quickly. For now, though, easing geopolitical tensions and the AI boom are giving Wall Street plenty of reasons to stay bullish. If a deal does stick, consumers, airlines, and other energy-sensitive businesses could be among the biggest beneficiaries.

What's Ripe

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) 11.7%

• MU jumped 11.7% as investors brushed aside concerns over rival SK Hynix's plan to triple wafer capacity. The rally spread across the storage sector, with flash-memory supplier Sandisk surging 10.6% and hard disk drive maker Western Digital gaining 8%.

• Peel Take: Investors appeared more focused on the strength of AI-driven demand for memory and data storage than on the prospect of future supply increases.

EchoStar Corp. (SATS) 11.2%

• SATS surged 11% after investors recalculated the value of its stake in SpaceX ahead of the rocket maker's blockbuster IPO. Under a deal reached last year, the company received roughly 262 million SpaceX shares, about a 2% stake, in exchange for spectrum rights.

• Based on SpaceX's planned IPO price of $135 per share, that holding is now worth approximately $35 billion, giving investors a powerful indirect way to gain exposure to one of the world's most valuable private companies.

• Peel Take: Why buy a ticket to the SpaceX IPO when you can own the company that already has one? Investors are increasingly treating the stock as a "SpaceX tracker," with its satellite business becoming almost secondary to the value of its SpaceX stake.

What's Rotten

Dana Inc. (DAN) 15.1%

• DAN plunged 15% after the auto-parts supplier announced plans to combine with Eaton's mobility business, creating a commercial vehicle components giant with roughly $11 billion in annual sales and $1.7 billion in EBITDA.

• While the deal promises greater scale and a stronger position in heavy-duty vehicle drivetrains and powertrain systems, investors appeared concerned about integration risks, execution challenges, and the timing of benefit realization.

• Peel Take: Bigger isn't always better, at least not on announcement day. While management sees a future industry powerhouse, investors are doing what they always do with large mergers: reaching for the calculator and looking for hidden costs.

Oracle Corp. (ORCL) 8.5%

• ORLC fell 8.5%, making it one of the S&P 500's biggest losers after the software giant issued weaker-than-expected sales guidance for the current quarter and left its full-year outlook unchanged.

• Investors were also concerned by larger-than-expected capital expenditures as Oracle ramps up spending on AI data centers, raising questions about how quickly those investments will translate into revenue growth.

• Peel Take: Oracle is discovering one of the biggest challenges of the AI boom: investors love AI growth, but they're less enthusiastic about the AI bill. While the company is spending aggressively to build the infrastructure needed to compete in the AI race, Wall Street wants proof that those billions will generate returns sooner rather than later.

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🦈 Deal Dispatch

M&A, IPOs, And Other Notable Transactions

• Barclays expands its youth banking footprint with the acquisition of GoHenry.

• SpaceX makes history with a record-breaking $75 billion IPO.

• Jeff Bezos-backed AI startup reaches a $41 billion valuation in a new funding round.

• OpenAI acquires Ona to strengthen its AI agent capabilities.

📊The Daily Poll

Previous Poll:

With demand pouring into the SpaceX IPO, did you get in?

Yes, I invested: 8.4% // Tried but missed out: 10.4% // Waiting to buy later: 33.3% // Not investing: 47.9%

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Banana Brain Teaser

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Of the 300 subjects who participated in an experiment using virtual-reality therapy to reduce their fear of heights, 40% experienced sweaty palms, 30% experienced vomiting, and 75% experienced dizziness. If all of the subjects experienced at least one of these effects and 35% of the subjects experienced exactly two of these effects, how many of the subjects experienced only one of these effects?

Answer: 180

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