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This week:

• 🧾 Key UK-US Deal Leads to Massive Aircraft Sale

• ₿ Bitcoin Skyrockets Amid Flurry of Crypto News

• 🐂 One Analyst Still Sees Massive S&P Climb

• 🍾 Instacart Goes After Gen Z With Fizzy Ambitions

• 🔋 Less Than Half of US Electricity Now Fossil Based

• 😨 Palantir’s Week Went from Storybook to Nightmare

• 🤔 3 stocks to consider

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🧾 US-UK Trade Deal Reached—Boeing Makes $10B

via CNBC​

The first sign of stability amid waffling tariff news arrived this Thursday in the form of a trade deal between the US and the UK, contributing to the stock market’s rapid rise.

Just after, it was announced that Boeing would be selling 32 new airplanes to British Airways, taking advantage of relaxed tariffs on jet engines and steel.

₿ Why Bitcoin Cracked $100,000 this Week

via Decrypt​

Bitcoin rocketed past $100,000 yesterday in response to several key events, including Coinbase’s $2.9B purchase of Deribit, Robinhood’s blockchain program allowing US securities trading in Europe, and the US-UK trade deal.

New Hampshire and Arizona also became the first US states to have a strategic Bitcoin reserve.

🐂 Wall Street’s Biggest Bull Still Sees S&P at 7,000

via Bloomberg​

While most strategists have trimmed their 2025 forecasts, Wells Fargo’s Christopher Harvey is holding firm on his S&P 500 target of 7,007—believing most of the uncertainty is past us already.

The index is currently at 5,672 after a nine-day rally, the longest in over 20 years. Harvey’s call implies a 24% gain from here, betting on continued momentum and what he views as a change in tone from the White House.

🍾 Instacart Bets Booze and Gen Z With New Fizz App

via PYMNTS​

Instacart launched Fizz, a new app focused on group alcohol and snack orders, aimed at Gen Z. Users can split payments and get everything delivered together for a flat $5 fee. 

The social commerce market is estimated to reach $850 billion by 2027, according to eMarketer—and Instacart seems to be angling for a significant portion of it.

🔋 Fossil Fuels Fall Below 50% of US Electricity Mix

via The Average Joe​

For the first time, fossil fuels accounted for less than half of US electricity generation in a single month—signaling strong momentum for clean energy investing.

March saw fossil fuels drop to 48.9% of the mix, driven by huge wind and solar output. It’s a glimpse at what a cleaner grid could look like, even if the transition is uneven.

😨 Palantir Shares Saw a Meteoric Rise (and Fall)

via CNBC​

Palantir rose by 60% YTD before tanking 15% despite strong results in Q1 of 2025—even still, the company is on track to be the S&P 500’s best performer two years in a row.

Shares shot up again by 8% on Thursday, and now ranks among the top 10 tech stocks.

Stock ideas

Here are three of my favorites from this past week.

Analysis provided by ​public.com​.

Remember to always DYOR.

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