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Revealed: Todayโs #1 Stock (BEFORE It Pops)
Dear Reader,
What if you knew today's biggest stock winner BEFORE it exploded?
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โ๏ธ GM Munchers! The market hitting all-time highs while Iran is firing missiles is like throwing a pool party while your neighbour's house is on fire. Technically fine. Deeply weird.
On todayโs menu:
๐ Why Is The Market So Happy?
๐ Coinbase Just Cut 14% of Its Staff
๐ฌ Paypal, Palantir & Shopify All Struggle
๐ป Intel Is Up 400% & The Government Loves It
๐ฌ๐ง The UKโs Economy Might Be In Trouble
Yesterdayโs numbers:
S&P 500 | 7,259 | +0.81% |
Nasdaq | 25,326 | +1.03% |
Dow Jones | 49,298 | +0.73% |
Bitcoin | $81,500 | +2.05% |
BREAKING NEWS
๐ Why Is The Market So Happy?
One day after Iran fired missiles at the UAE and oil spiked above $114, the market shrugged, put its hat back on, and ripped to new all-time highs. The catalyst was simple: a ship made it through the Strait of Hormuz under US Navy escort. Oil pulled back. Stocks went green. That is how fast the mood shifts right now.
Let's put this rally in context. April was the 25th-best month for the S&P 500 in the last 1,167 months. A once-every-56-months kind of event. The index is now up 15% from its March 30 low and is sitting at a fresh record. This is not a bounce. This is a full-blown rip.
Here is what the market is locked in on right now:
๐ข๏ธ Iran and oil. Every headline out of the Strait moves markets instantly. One bad day and this rally gets tested hard.
๐ผ Jobs data is coming. Nonfarm payrolls drop Friday and with inflation still sticky and the labor market running hot, a strong number would effectively bury any remaining hope for a Fed rate cut this year. The bond market is already pricing it in. Watch Friday morning closely.
The Munch Take: The market is back at all-time highs while Iran is still launching missiles and oil is still above $100. That is either a sign of extraordinary resilience or extraordinary denial. Probably some of both. Enjoy the green. Just keep one eye on the Strait.

๐ Coinbase Just Cut 14% of Its Staff. We Like The Stock Even More.
$COIN CEO Brian Armstrong announced Tuesday that Coinbase is cutting roughly 14% of its workforce, citing crypto market volatility and AI rapidly changing how the company operates. The restructuring is expected to cost up to $60 million and will be completed by the end of Q2. Armstrong called it a pivot to an "AI-native" operating model with fewer management layers and smaller, leaner teams.
Shares fell about 2.5% on the news. We bought $COIN in April 2025 at around $160. It is sitting around $200 today. We are not panicking.

๐ The Bull Case:
Leaner cost structure means better margins when crypto volumes recover. This is a business getting fit, not falling apart.
Coinbase joined the S&P 500 in 2025 and completed its $2.9 billion acquisition of Deribit, the world's largest crypto options exchange. The foundation is stronger than it might look.
Stablecoin legislation is moving through Congress. Regulatory clarity might become the single biggest unlock for this stock.
๐ The Bear Case:
Armstrong himself admitted the business remains volatile quarter to quarter. Crypto volumes are down and layoffs wonโt fix that.
Earnings drop on Thursday. If the numbers disappoint, yesterdayโs 2.5% dip will look like a slow warm-up.
AI replacing headcount is a fine strategy until customers notice the service getting worse.
The Munch Take: Armstrong is doing what good CEOs do in a down market. He is cutting costs before he has to, not after. The 2.5% drop is the market being dramatic. We bought this stock at $160 because we believed in the long-term crypto thesis. Nothing about today changes that thesis. Thursday's earnings will matter a lot more than today's memo.
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MARKET OVERVIEW
๐ฟ Tasty Movers & Shakers
๐ $PINS Pinterest climbed 6.86% on an earnings beat and a revenue forecast that actually made people optimistic. Guess my wife isnโt the only one still making vision boards.
๐ง $MU Micron Technology ripped 11.1% as AI-driven memory demand continues to surge. Every data center in the world needs more memory. Micron has the memory. The math is simple.
๐ $CYTK Cytokinetics surged 16.71% after posting positive Phase 3 trial results for a heart condition that currently has zero approved treatments on the market. That is not a niche opportunity. That is an open field.
๐ณ $PYPL PayPal fell 7.76% despite beating earnings. The guidance was soft and the market punished it immediately. Wall Street does not grade on a curve.
๐ค $PLTR Palantir slipped 6.93% after Jefferies flagged slowing growth in its US commercial segment. Strong earnings were not enough. When analysts still donโt even know what the company does, the stock pays the price.
๐ $SHOP Shopify cratered 15.63% after earnings missed expectations. Revenue was solid. The bottom line was not. Shopify is a great product that promises to help its customers make money while they themselves are clearly struggling to do that. The irony is real.
๐ฆ $DUOL Duolingo fell 5.62% despite revenue growth, because user numbers came in light. In the app economy, users are the product. I guess they know I havenโt been practicing my German lately. Entschuldigung.
STOCK OF THE DAY
๐ป Intel Is Up 400% and the US Government Is the Biggest Winner in the Room

Here is something you do not read every day. The United States government is sitting on one of the best stock trades in American history, and it happened mostly by accident.
Last August, the Trump administration converted $8.9 billion in CHIPS Act grants into a 9.9% equity stake in $INTC, buying 433 million shares at $20.47 each. The idea was fiscal discipline, not a stock pick. Nobody in Washington was thinking about returns.
Yesterday, $INTC ripped another 12%. Trump posted on Truth Social claiming the US has made $45 billion on the investment. The math is roughly right. The stock has gone from $20 to nearly $100 in eight months.
What drove yesterdayโs move? A Bloomberg report suggests Intel is close to landing a major chip manufacturing deal with Apple. Neither company has confirmed it. This rally is built entirely on a rumour. A very believable rumour, but a rumour.
Intel's newest chip fabrication facility in Arizona began high-volume production earlier this year. Microsoft is already using Intel to build custom AI chips. Amazon has commissioned custom processors. So while the Apple deal isnโt yet confirmed, the business is booming regardless.
The Munch Take: The US government accidentally made $45 billion on a chip stock in eight months. New CEO, new chips, new customers, new deals. The Apple rumour is the spark, but the wood was already dry. My wife told me I should have bought when Trump did. I did not, but Iโm starting to think she should be running the Commerce Department.
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