The Finimize Daily Brief

Credit rating agency Moody’s warned against Wall Street letting individual investors invest in (formerly unavailable) private markets, while Blackstone’s planning to invest $500 billion in Europe ove…

Two of China’s biggest coffee chains – known for their cheap offerings – are moving into Starbucks’s home turf, while the UK’s betting big on small nuclear reactors, aiming to fuel its homes and powe…

Meta’s considering a $10 billion investment in Scale AI, a startup that already counts Microsoft and OpenAI as customers, while the UK is gearing up to allow retail investors to buy coin-tracking cry…

Tesla’s stock suffered a record one-day loss as its CEO engaged in a very public spat with the US president, while India’s central bank announced a jumbo interest rate cut – aiming to rev up the coun…

Deliveroo’s new drone service took off in Dublin, offering food delivery via air in as little as three minutes, while the European Central Bank made its eighth interest rate cut in a year, as trade t…

Chinese AI startup Manus launched a text-to-video tool to rival OpenAI’s one, betting that speed, access, and strategy will outplay spendier rivals – while US carmakers are considering moving some au…

A major European defense company bagged a spot in the Euro Stoxx 50 index, kicking out one of the world’s most famous luxury firms in the process, while private equity firm Thoma Bravo closed a $34 b…

China denied breaking its trade deal with the US and picked a bone instead, leaving investors bracing for more trouble between the two, while America’s manufacturing sector slowed down for the third …

A single section of the US president’s tax bill could threaten $31 trillion of foreign investment in American assets – while US inflation cooled in April, with the country’s raft of new tariffs havin…

An American court blocked the US president’s sweeping tariffs – and the government now has just ten days to halt them – while your 401(k) just became much more crypto-friendly, thanks to new investme…

Nvidia smashed earnings, shrugged off its China troubles, and kept its AI growth engine roaring, while US consumer confidence increased by the most in four years this month.

Today’s stories:

• Nvidia Gav…

Tesla’s European sales and market share both fell dramatically – but investors decided against pushing the stock down too – while China reportedly drafted new plans for a long-term push toward self-s…

Wall Street’s big banks might create a stablecoin, desperate to maintain control over the way we spend money, while Apple scrapped plans for a camera-equipped Apple Watch – but with any luck, some so…

Alphabet released “AI Mode” for Google Search, hoping a Gemini-powered chatbot can talk users and advertisers into sticking around, while Chinese tech company Baidu broke its losing streak (and then …

JPMorgan’s CEO warned investors against underestimating the risks in today’s markets, while Polish stocks pulled off a performance worth a place on the global podium.

Today’s stories:

• Jamie Dimon – JPM…

The US received a credit downgrade, so investors ditched American government bonds, while fresh data showed that China’s industrial sector stayed stronger than expected – even when US tariffs were at…

Berkshire Hathaway made an exit from Wall Street last quarter, hitting the beers and swimming pools instead, while Japan could be headed for a recession, reporting a worse-than-expected economic upda…

Foot Locker’s stock more than made up for its woeful year, after news broke that one of the biggest US sportswear chains looks set to make a purchase, while the UK, Norway, and Switzerland all turned…

The US president signed an investment deal with Saudi Arabia, and investors rewarded Nvidia, AMD, and Amazon as a result, while Tencent – China’s most valuable company – reported a solid set of resul…

US inflation landed lighter than feared – a welcome relief, but one that may not stick around – while Perplexity planned a funding round to further disrupt the search industry… news that Google could…