Netflix, Inc.

Netflix beat second-quarter revenue expectations and raised its outlook for the year. The White House is preparing to unveil a major artificial intelligence initiative. Jerome Powell was forced to publicly defend the $2.5 billion Fed headquarters overhaul project amid criticism from Trump. OpenAI unveiled the ChatGPT Agent, a tool that the company claims can handle errands on its own using a "virtual computer." About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 18.

Highlights for this morning: a Netflix report, a new White House AI initiative and an assistant from OpenAI

Shares of online weapons retailer GrabAGun sank almost 24% yesterday, July 16, their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Among the company's shareholders is Donald Trump Jr. He has been increasingly invested in what’s been called the “parallel economy," companies that position themselves as an alternative to corporate America,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/donald-trump-jr-s-grabagun-stake-worth-4-million-even-after-25-drop?srnd=phx-wealth&amp;embedded-checkout=true">notes</a> Bloomberg.&nbsp;

GrabAGun, online gun retailer backed by Trump Jr., sinks in NYSE debut

Bank of America Corporation

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Internal contradictions in the Republican Party make it difficult to advance key legislative crypto initiatives, despite the active support of the industry and the personal intervention of Donald Trump. The American president also once again returned to one of his favorite topics: the possible firing of Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell. US banks, meanwhile, are facing a trading boom. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 17.

Main by morning: 'crypto week' tugs, trading boom at US banks


US President Donald Trump is likely to fire Fed chief Jerome Powell in the near future, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/trump-likely-to-fire-powell-soon-white-house-official-says">a White House source told Bloomberg. According to him, the American leader discussed such a possibility at a meeting with Republicans in Congress on the evening&nbsp;Tuesday, July 15.&nbsp;

Trump may fire Powell, Bloomberg reported. The president called it unlikely

In the current situation, there are two ways to achieve super profitability, Blackrock believes

Fund managers have started spending cache. Bank of America sees this as an alarming signal

Eli Lilly and Company

Merck & Co., Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Donald Trump has said he will likely impose duties on pharma by the end of the month, and semiconductors shortly thereafter. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser said they intend to participate in the development of stablecoins. Meanwhile, oil prices resumed growth thanks to demand from the U.S. and China. Against this background, central banks of countries with developed mining are increasingly buying gold from local mines. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 16.

Highlights for this morning: JPMorgan and Citi are thinking about stablecoin, central bankers are looking for gold mines

Strategy Inc

Circle Internet Group

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Bitcoin fell in price by nearly 3% after the House vote


Congress rejected the start of a debate on Trump's crypto projects. Stocks and bitcoin fell


Unexpectedly rapid growth in the Chinese economy in the second quarter was a rare positive story in a pessimistic year for the luxury industry. However, China's strong GDP data does not cancel out the structural risks holding back consumption in a country that accounts for a quarter of global luxury sales.

China's economy outperformed forecasts in Q2. Why is this good for the luxury market?

Tesla, Inc.

The Boeing Company

Wells Fargo & Company

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: focus on the start of the reporting season and the consumer price index


NVIDIA Corporation

This is also good news for Chinese equities

Nvidia to resume sales of powerful AI chips to China after Trump's softening of stance

Alphabet Inc.

The Trade Desk, Inc.

The EU has approved a second list of potential retaliatory measures against the United States - duties on U.S. goods worth €72 billion, including Boeing airplanes, cars, bourbon, agricultural products and medical equipment. This is in response to Donald Trump's announced duties against the EU. At the same time, startup Cognition acquired Windsurf, whose team had previously partially moved to Google amid a growing "war for AI talent". In addition, Trade Desk entered the S&amp;P 500 index, taking the place of Ansys and causing its shares to rise 14%. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of July 15.