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📊 Market Recap 04.13.25

🚨 What Happened in the Market

1. 📝 Markets popped on tariff delays across global regions, sparking institutional and retail buying across tech and industrials.

2. 📈 Historic Rally: Markets Roar After Trump’s Tariff Pause

   • In a jaw-dropping reversal, President Trump announced a 90-day pause on select (all countries besides China) reciprocal tariffs, sparking a surge across U.S. markets.

     • Calming fears of an all-out trade war.

   • S&P 500: +9.52% — third biggest one-day gain since WWII

   • Nasdaq: +12.16% — second-largest daily spike in history

   • Dow Jones: +7.87% — biggest gain since March 2020

3. Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs

4. Earnings Kickoff: Big banks like JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley posted strong reports, beating estimates but warning of trade risks.

⚠️ What Didn’t Happen

1. 📈 Despite the bounce, overhead supply (resistance) remains a concern.

2. ❌ No resolution was made. Only a delay. Anything is possible. As deal has not been made.

3. Investor Sentiment: Despite the rebound, cautious sentiment did not change.

   • Only 5% of stocks are above their 40-week moving average — this is typically a bottoming signal.

• Sentiment Tracker + 📈 Market Snapshot

• S&P 500 (SPY): +5.7% 🟢 

• Dow Jones (DIA): +4.95% 🟢 

• Nasdaq (QQQ): +7.3% 🟢 

🤫 Private Market News

1. 📉 Fundraising & Liquidity Challenges

   • Providence Equity Partners closed its ninth fund at $3.7B, falling short of the $6B target, amid a global downturn in M&A activity and rising interest rates. ​

   • AlpInvest Partners raised over $4B for its latest portfolio-finance fund, surpassing its $2B target, reflecting a growing demand for flexible financing solutions. ​

2. 📊 Strategic Expansions & Innovations

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3. 🌐 Regulatory Developments

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4. 📉 Market Volatility & Deal Delays

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⚠️ Watchlist

Primary Sectors:

• Tech Hardware

  • Smartphones: Apple $AAPL ( ▲ 2.21% ) ,

  • Samsung $SSNLF ( ▼ 28.79% )  

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• Chip supply chain

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