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US stocks surge as White House signals softer touch on tariffs

US stocks surged as the White House signaled that tariffs planned to go into effect next week may not be as onerous as investors feared.

The S&P 500 rose 1.8%, the Nasdaq 100 gained 2.2%, and the Russell 2000 jumped 2.5%.

While most S&P 500 stocks advanced, momentum stocks were the big drivers of upside on Monday. Tesla posted a double-digit gain to lead all S&P 500 stocks, while AI infrastructure and energy plays like Monolithic Power Systems and Arista Networks were also near the top of the day’s leaderboard. Airline stocks, led by United Airlines, were also among the largest gainers amid this presumptive lighter touch on tariffs.

The consumer discretionary sector ETF had its best day since the session following the US election; tech, industrials, financials, and communication services also gained more than 1%. Utilities was the lone sector ETF to go negative on the day.

Shares of Robinhood made it four straight days in the green as Morgan Stanley highlighted a corporate event this week as a key catalyst for the company.

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IBM rose about 2% after being added to Wedbush’s Best Ideas list.

Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan jumped amid a flurry of bullish options bets targeting a significant near-term rally.

Pinterest was also the beneficiary of Wall Street’s enhanced confidence in the company as shares were upgraded by Guggenheim and named Bank of America’s top pick among mid-cap internet and e-commerce stocks.

GameStop also gained ahead of earnings tomorrow, with options positioning leaning very bullish due to a seeming dearth of bears.

Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin dipped as Bank of America took a hatchet to its price target and downgraded the shares after the defense firm was beat out by Boeing for an Air Force contract.

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Investors pour into Joby and Archer after White House announces air taxi pilot program participation

On Friday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the creation of a new FAA pilot program aimed at speeding up the development of “advanced air mobility” vehicles, including electric air taxis made by Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation.

Joby shares climbed more than 5% in premarket trading on Monday, after closing up 2% on Friday. Archer shares rose 7% in the premarket, following a 3% jump. Both companies announced their plans to participate in the eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), which the FAA says will include at least five projects and run for three years.

Both companies have been burning cash as they work toward FAA certification to kick off their commercial air taxi businesses in the US. Joby last month said it’s 70% complete with the fourth stage of its five-stage certification process.

The eIPP was first hinted at in President Trump’s June executive order, aimed at speeding up adoption of the electric vertical takeoff aircraft.

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IonQ rises on wave of Wall Street love following its Analyst Day event

IONQ’s Analyst Day event at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday was a major catalyst for the quantum computing space.

Its stock spiked 18% on the final session of last week, leading a charge that saw peers Rigetti Computing up 14%, D-Wave Quantum gain 7.5%, and Quantum Computing rise 7%.

Analysts obviously liked what they heard. Shares are up again in early trading on Monday, with IonQ’s price target hiked:

to $80 from $60 by Needham,
to $75 from $61 by B Riley Securities, and
to $60 from $45 by Cantor Fitzgerald.

“IonQ is the only company in the industry to have quantum computing, quantum networking and quantum security under one roof,” wrote Needham analyst N. Quinn Bolton, who has a “buy” rating on the shares. “Management highlighted the US Department of War recently stated ‘Cryptographically relevant quantum computers may be possible in as soon as three years.’ This fact is driving growing interest in the company’s QKD [quantum key distribution] systems.”

The company also announced on Friday that it received regulatory approval for its purchase of British startup Oxford Ionics and expects the deal to close shortly.

“We believe Oxford Ionic’s Electronic Qubit Control is a highly differentiated technology that not only enables significantly greater scalability but also enables higher fidelity and faster gate speeds,” Bolton added.

Eric Jackson on the “radical change” and “big swings” coming from Opendoor’s new management

We caught up with Eric Jackson at the Independent Investor Summit in New York City on Friday to discuss Opendoor Technologies.

Eric Jackson in conversation with Anthony Pompliano at the Independent Investor Summit in New York

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Tesla jumps after Elon Musk discloses buying 2.57 million shares, worth more than $1 billion

Tesla soared in early trading on Monday after CEO Elon Musk disclosed a purchase of 2.57 million shares in the company, according to a new SEC filing.

Per the filing, the “Elon Musk Revocable Trust,” for which the Tesla and SpaceX chief is the trustee, reported acquiring 2.57 million shares, taking its total ownership to 413.36 million shares as of September 12, 2025. The block of equity was bought at prices ranging from $371.38 to $396.54.

Investors are interpreting Musk’s latest purchase — his first significant one since February 2020 — as a vote of confidence in the company. Tesla shares are now trading above their December 31 closing price, making the stock positive for the year.

Earlier this month, the board of directors proposed an eye-watering pay package that could award the tech billionaire up to $1 trillion, assuming that very ambitious market cap and fundamental milestones are met.

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Hims & Hers falls after FDA commissioner says its Super Bowl ad breached regulations

Hims & Hers is falling in premarket trading after its Super Bowl ad from February was singled out as the “most overt” example of “brazen” marketing tactics among online pharmacies by FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

The claim, made in an opinion piece written by Makary and published in the JAMA Network on Friday, highlighted the agency’s stricter enforcement policies on pharmaceutical advertisements.

“Equally brazen, online pharmacies are advertising drugs with only upsides mentioned, contributing to America’s culture of overreliance on pharmaceuticals for health,” Makary wrote. “This breach of FDA regulation was most overt earlier this year when Hims & Hers ran a Super Bowl ad highlighting the benefits of glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs without any mention of side effects or disclaimers.”

Hims’ Super Bowl ad touted its direct-to-consumer weight-loss medications as “life-changing,” “affordable,” and “doctor-trusted,” billing its approach as “the future of healthcare.”

Google searches for the company spiked after the ad appeared during the big game.

Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to crack down on TV drug ads. It was initially unclear whether that order applied to telehealth companies.

Compounded drugs aren’t subject to the same regulatory burdens over their advertisements as branded, FDA-approved drugs made by pharmaceutical companies. For example, Hims can advertise generic Prozac for climax control (an off-label use) while the company that made the drug, Eli Lilly, cannot.

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