Good morning — you’re reading The Closer, the 10-minute cheat-sheet that turns big-league deals and business into stories you can understand.
By the time your coffee cools you’ll know why Chevron's acquisition of Hess has geopolitical ramifications, and a 30% tariff timer could all rewrite markets before Friday.
What’s making waves:
- Trump’s blanket tariffs on EU & Mexico
- Fed decision + core PCE inflation check
- Apple’s “Apple Intelligence” earnings test
- Rumblings of GPT-5 and the GPU scramble
Your tactical edge: a science-backed move — “camera on + 3-bullet recap” — shown to cut cross-border deal misfires by 30%.
-- Bradley
Monday Smart-Start
21 July 2025
Numbers and talking points to look like the prepared one at 9 a.m.
GLOBAL INDICES
S&P 500
6,296.79
+0.6%
FTSE 100
8,992.12
+0.6%
Nikkei 225
39,819.11
+0.6%
COMMODITIES & CURRENCIES
Brent crude
$69.40/bbl
−1.6%
Gold
$3,365.00/oz
+0.3%
U.S. 10-yr Treasury
4.42%
+1 bp
€/$
1.1640
−0.4%
Bitcoin
$118,371
−0.6%
*Week-to-date moves as of Friday close. Source: Market data providers
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