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Trump will consider Jamie Dimon for Treasury, major tech VCs are backing Trump, Bill Ackman thinks his ‘notoriety’ will boost his new fund, Microsoft laid off its DEI team, and small cap stocks are on fire.

Goldman is raising its first Asia-focused PE fund, investors are skeptical of BlackRock’s private market ETF ambitions, hedge funds are dumping software stocks at record pace, and Trump’s VP pick has an impressive VC background.

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Wall Street banks reported a jump in dealmaking, Indian equity issuances hit a record high, investors are looking to UK markets as a safe haven, and markets are betting on a Trump re-election after he survived a shocking assassination attempt.

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US markets had a historic day as CPI showed deflation for the first time since Covid. Tech, mega caps, yields and the dollar all tumbled as investors re-positioned for an end to high rates…

a16z is hoarding Nvidia chips to win AI VC deals, Costco will raise membership fees for the first time since 2017, Bill Hwang was convicted of fraud, and NYC paid $4M to McKinsey for a study on trash cans.

S&P concentration is raising concerns, BlackRock is bullish on UK and Japan, Goldman execs expect the market rally to slow, China is leading in GenAI adoption, short sellers made $10B despite the Q2 rally, and fund managers are ripping off UK pensions.

Morgan Stanley’s CIO expects a 10% S&P drawdown, nuclear energy stocks are rallying on the back of AI, gasoline short bets are at a seven-year high, Germany was sitting on ~$2B of Bitcoin, and Wall Street is taking interest in prediction markets.

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What’s up Exec Sum fam! The editing team was out relaxing over the long weekend we hope ya’ll were too. Yet, markets continued to shape on European elections and robust M&A. We’ve got it all covered for you below as we get back to bringing the best in markets daily…here’s to a great H2🫡