MARKETS

AP Photo/Abbie Parr

Bessent Unleashes His Most Savage Takedown Yet on Fake News

Markets Roundup

🏦 ECONOMY

  • Editor’s Pick: Trump’s Signature to Be Added to U.S. Dollars, a First for a Sitting President (FOX)

  • Senate advances DHS funding bill, tees up House vote to end shutdown as TSA lines stretch. (CNBC)

  • Pentagon weighs sending another 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East. (WSJ)

  • Oil prices climb to $110 despite Trump pausing attacks on Iranian energy sites. (CNBC)

  • China hit back at U.S. with new trade probes ahead of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. (WSJ)

  • The Trump administration issued a new criminal referral for New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). (FOX)

  • Asian oil prices crash after mystery trader who bid Dubai oil to $170 is identified. (ZH)

🏢 INDUSTRY

  • Editor’s Pick: The SpaceX IPO Will Be Just as Unconventional as Musk Himself (WSJ)

  • Using a VPN may subject you to NSA spying. (WIR)

  • Walmart launches genius new way for customers to shop. (TS)

  • Netflix hiking prices on all subscriptions again — here’s how much. (NYP)

  • Chipotle has a brand new rival that quietly opened 16 locations and is much cheaper. (DM)

  • McDonald’s unveils 2 new adult Happy Meals, 5 menu items. (TS)

  • Elon Musk’s Boring Company moves forward with tunnel proposals in 2 cities. (FBN)

💰 PERSONAL FINANCE

  • Editor’s Pick: The Hidden Reason Driving Higher Electric Bills and Shorter Appliance Lifespans (KIP)

  • 13 super affordable Easter basket finds from Trader Joe’s. (CHE)

  • This is the No. 1 retirement concern for America’s wealthiest — and how financial experts say you can avoid it. (MW)

  • Costco’s first standalone gas station is opening soon. Here’s how to get cheap gas at wholesale clubs. (CNBC)

📈 HOT STOCK TIPS

  • Editor’s Pick: Goldman Sachs Picks These 3 Stocks to Navigate Iran War Energy Disruptions (BI)

  • Barron's roundtable pros shared 15 stock picks to fix your portfolio. (BAR)

  • Insider Money listed 7 heavily battered consumer stocks that could triple by 2027. (IM)

  • Marketbeat highlighted 2 lesser-known photonics firms that could play an outsized role in the AI revolution. (MB)

🌕 CRYPTO

  • Editor’s Pick: David Sacks’ Term as Trump’s Crypto and AI Czar Ends (TB)

  • Fannie Mae will accept crypto-backed mortgages for the first time. (WSJ)

  • Tether selected KPMG to conduct a full audit of its $185 billion USDT stablecoin reserves and hired PwC to help prepare its internal systems. (CD)

TECH

AP Photo/Abbie Parr

Shock Report: U.S. Forces Battled Mysterious Drones Over Louisiana Base

Tech Roundup

🧠 AI

  • Editor’s Pick: Google Created New "Agent Smith" AI Tool for Staff. Then It Suddenly Blocked Access. (BI)

  • Anthropic secured a preliminary injunction against the Trump Pentagon's blacklisting of its Claude AI models. (CNBC)

  • An AI upheaval is coming for media. This journalist is already all in. (WSJ)

  • Anthropic is in discussions for an IPO as soon as the fourth quarter, with bankers eyeing a valuation exceeding $60 billion. (TI)

  • Meta boosted its planned investment in an AI data center in El Paso, Texas, to more than $10 billion from $1.5 billion. (RTS)

  • Google introduced a new import tool for Gemini that lets users upload chat histories from rivals such as ChatGPT. (TC)

🤖 ROBOTS

  • Editor’s Pick: Rise of the "Wolf Pack": China’s Robot Dogs Evolve for Urban Warfare (SCMP)

  • These robots are born to run — and never die. (TB)

  • These autonomous robots drive to your electric car and charge it. (SFC)

  • Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced legislation to bar the federal government from operating Chinese-made robots. (HILL)

🚀 SPACE & DEFENSE

  • Editor’s Pick: "Changes Everything": This U.S. Attack Aircraft Proves Its Worth Again Over the Strait Of Hormuz (EPT)

  • The world's smallest missiles, jammers and laser weapons are being used to blunt Iran's terrifying drone warfare. (DM)

  • Northrop explores diamonds to power future military systems. (NGD)

  • Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar talked Iran, deadly new U.S. weapons and how to avoid World War 3. (FOX)

FREEDOM

iStock/happyphoton

A Secretive Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War

Freedom Roundup

🏛️ POLICY & CULTURE

  • Editor’s Pick: Free Speech of Fools: How the Post-Russiagate Movement Collapsed Into an Antisemitism-Shielding Clique (TAB)

  • Canadian Liberals passed an "anti-hate" bill that could target Christian free speech. (HC)

  • Trump signed an executive order directing federal contractors to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion practices. (RTS)

  • The family of murdered Chicago college student Sheridan Gorman sharply rebuked Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) for deflecting blame. (BN)

  • Why Trump should cut off the woke National Academies. (WEX)

That's a wrap! You're officially caught up on all things tech, markets and freedom.

Subscribe to CAPITAL below.

Feel free to reply to this email with any questions and/or comments.

DISCLAIMER: The CAPITAL newsletter is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or professional advice. Readers should conduct their own research and consult a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The CAPITAL newsletter and its owner and operator, Josh Caplan, are not liable for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on this information. The CAPITAL newsletter is solely owned and independently operated by Josh Caplan, separate from any employer affiliations.

Reply

Avatar

or to participate

Keep Reading