Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Shares of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics rose 4.8% momentarily on April 7 after the company <a href="https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-announces-earnings-guidance-for-first-quarter-2026">forecast</a> record quarterly profit amid strong demand for chips for artificial intelligence, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/samsung-shares-rise-nearly-5percent-on-record-breaking-earnings-forecast-buoyed-by-ai-chip-demand.html">wrote</a>. Growth later slowed, with the papers adding 1.7% at the close of trading in South Korea. Since the beginning of the year, they have risen almost 64%.

Samsung shares jump on forecast of eightfold profit growth

SpaceX will meet with 1,500 retail investors on June 11, Reuters sources say

SpaceX has revealed details of its record-breaking IPO. Why is the analyst talking about "squeezed orange"?

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.

"Sentiment Victim": investment bank Jefferies upgraded its rating on shares of retailer Boot Barn

NVIDIA Corporation

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Rheinmetall AG

ASML Holding N.V.

Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Celestica Inc.

Nu Holdings Ltd.

Five days before the war with Iran, I <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/a-dala-trem-cat-botam-ii-eur500-dla-investicij-vot-cto-oni-sdelali-s-moimi-den-gami">tasked</a> three AI chatbots to invest €500 for a month at my maximum return. All three bots warned me that investing for that long was highly speculative. Besides, neither they nor I were prepared for the war in the Middle East. As a result, all portfolios went into negative territory.

ChatGPT, Claude and DeepSeek invested my €500. No one made any money, but they all explained their failures in different ways

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd.

Universal Music Group N.V.

The deal could be worth more than $64 billion, Reuters estimated. Universal Music shares will appear on the New York Stock Exchange after its completion

Billionaire Ackman's investment company will buy Universal Music's largest music label

Apple Inc.

Broadcom Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Apple has difficulty testing the first foldable iPhone. Anthropic surged to $30 billion in revenue and is strengthening partnerships with Broadcom and Google to expand computing capacity amid strong demand. Anthropic has also agreed with OpenAI and Google to fight "hostile distillation" by Chinese companies including DeepSeek. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of April 7.

Highlights for this morning: SpaceX bets on retail at IPO, Apple has problems with foldable iPhone

The U.S. president threatened that Iran could be "destroyed" if it does not agree to Washington's proposed truce terms on April 7

Oil nears four-year peaks before Trump's Iran deadline expires

Before Elon Musk's space company SpaceX floats on the U.S. stock exchange, which could happen as early as June, it will have several rocket test launches on its schedule, sources <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-06/spacex-s-ipo-pitch-centers-on-elon-musk-s-ability-to-sell-the-dream">told</a> Bloomberg. Failures in the tests could jeopardize the IPO, said PitchBook senior analyst Franco Granda.

Analyst warns of risks of SpaceX IPO disruption

Ford Motor Company

General Motors Company

Ford Motor Company and General Motors, the two largest U.S. automakers, recorded a decline in U.S. sales in the first quarter of 2026. They attributed the weak results to last year's strong demand and weather factors, Yahoo Finance writes.

Two U.S. auto giants reported a drop in sales. What's going on?

Tesla, Inc.

Investment Bank advises investors to be cautious about the expectations of analysts predicting growth figures in Elon Musk's company's financial statements

JPMorgan expects Tesla's stock to fall 60%. Why is it going against Wall Street's opinion?

Major U.S. stock indexes, despite volatility during the day amid U.S. and Iranian statements, managed to stay in the green zone, continuing the growth that began last week. The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite ended up posting their longest series of gains since January, according to Dow Jones Market Data <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-500-and-nasdaq-set-for-mixed-start-as-iran-war-stretches-into-sixth-week?mod=home_lead">cited</a> by MarketWatch.

"Light at the end of the tunnel": S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq posted their longest streak of gains since January

BlackRock, Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Just three prominent financiers, including iconic short-seller Michael Burry and the head of JPMorgan, have sounded the alarm in recent days about the growing risks in the private credit market. Here's what they said:

'It's 2007': three Wall Street veterans on the risks of the credit crisis

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

All competitors had a withdrawal request share above 5%

Goldman Sachs fund avoids investor exodus that swept the private credit market

Iran has rejected a proposal by the United States and regional mediators for a 45-day cessation of hostilities in exchange for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and insists on a "complete end to the war," the Financial Times <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/43f8ea8a-d8a9-444c-82c5-8a0358c948ed">quoted the</a> Islamic republic's state news agency IRNA as saying. It was circulated a day before the deadline US President Donald Trump announced to Tehran, saying Iran would have "no power plants or bridges left" if no agreement was reached by Tuesday evening.

Iran rejected the ceasefire a day before the deadline. Brent back above $110 per barrel

SK hynix Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc.

The lowered plans are due to delays in getting enough high-bandwidth memory from SK Hynix and Micron Technology

Nvidia could drastically cut back on new chip production due to memory shortages. What about the stock?

XWELL, Inc.

Investment group American Ventures, linked to the children of U.S. President Trump, has <a href="https://www.xwell.com/static-files/0b6259f4-58aa-46bc-927c-37d35dae1efd">acquired</a>&nbsp;shares of small-cap spa operator XWell. By the World Cup of&nbsp;soccer  in June, the company plans to roll out AI-powered infectious disease screening at U.S. airports, the FT <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d075f22c-1794-42e3-83d6-020ff2b4ef4f">reports</a>.

Trump family-linked investment group backs small-cap spa company XWell

Primo Brands Corporation

Dauch Corporation

Nextdoor Holdings, Inc.

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.

Sweetgreen, Inc.

Cable One, Inc.

Sabre Corporation

Stitch Fix, Inc.

Cars.com Inc.

First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc.

American Public Education, Inc.

MediaAlpha, Inc.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.

Portillo's Inc.

Freedom looks at the 15 small-cap stocks in consumer cyclicals that were most held by hedge funds as of 4Q25

Soleno Therapeutics, Inc.

Shares of Soleno Therapeutics, the developer of the first therapy for insatiable hunger, surged nearly 30% in early trading on Monday to $51.30 per share after Neurocrine Biosciences was reported to be nearing a more than $2.5 billion acquisition of the company, the FT <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6642c09c-12df-4724-8ed4-a28c32b9b2b7?syn-25a6b1a6=1">wrote</a>, citing people familiar with the matter.

Extreme hunger drugmaker Soleno jumps on potential acquisition by Neurocrine

Globalstar, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Viasat, Inc.

Iridium Communications Inc.

Shares of Iridium Communications and Viasat, two small-cap satellite communications providers, surged more than 15% on Thursday. The rally was triggered by a Financial Times report that Amazon is in talks to acquire their peer, satellite company Globalstar.

Small space stocks soar on report of Amazon interest in Starlink peer

Chord Energy Corporation

Matador Resources Company

Kinetik Holdings Inc.

USA Compression Partners, LP

The Iran crisis has reminded investors just how unpredictable the oil market can be. After the Strait of Hormuz was closed in March, Brent crude <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/strait-of-hormuz-closure-threatens-brent-crude-100-surge-w3sxph3pl#:~:text=The%20Middle%20East%20conflict%20pushed%20Brent%20crude%20to%20%24119.50%20a%20barrel%20for%20the%20first%20time%20since%202022%20but%20prices%20fell%20back%20on%20reports%20that%20the%20G7%20will%20intervene">surged</a>&nbsp;to $120 per barrel, while Dubai crude briefly <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/166-a-barrel-middle-east-oil-gives-clue-to-where-all-prices-could-be-headed-if-iran-war-drags-on.html#:~:text=Dubai%2520crude%2520oil%2520prices%2520surpassed%2520%2524166%2520a%2520barrel%2520to%2520a%2520new%2520record%2520high%2520on%2520Thursday%252C%2520according%2520to%2520market%2520data%2520provider%2520Platts">hit</a>&nbsp;a record above $166 per barrel. The International Energy Agency <a href="https://www.iea.org/news/new-iea-report-highlights-options-to-ease-oil-price-pressures-on-consumers-in-response-to-middle-east-supply-disruptions#:~:text=The%2520war%2520in%2520the%2520Middle%2520East%2520is,said%2520IEA%2520Executive%2520Director%2520Fatih%2520Birol.">called</a>&nbsp;it the largest oil supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.

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