🆕 Newsmakers — 12:30p ET, 2026-06-16 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • Bank of Japan Hikes Rates as Fed Weighs Future Inflation Expectations Global movers take the attention of today's Big Picture panel. @CharlesSchwab's Michael Townsend turns his focus to the Strait of Hormuz and ways Washington is managing a tentative reopening if the U.S. and Iran sign a memorandum of understanding. — youtube.com · 06/16 12:00p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Lxl4kk96k • Major Indices Are Taking A Breather After Monday's Rally It's a ho-hum start to trading as indices lay low. Fed meeting starts, with FOMC direction and rate decision on tap. — seekingalpha.com · 06/16 11:46a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4915371-major-indices-taking-breather-after-monday-rally • Nuvei's Payoneer Deal Shows Businesses Want More From Cross-Border Payments Global commerce has shrunk the world. Now, the world is shrinking global commerce as the cross-border payments market is entering a new phase of consolidation. — pymnts.com · 06/16 11:45a https://www.pymnts.com/news/cross-border-commerce/cross-border-payments/2026/nuvei-payoneer-deal-shows-businesses-want-more-from-cross-border-payments/ • The Bond Market Not Celebrating The Iran Deal, Inflation Is Still A Worry Despite the Iran MOU deal, Fed Funds futures are still pricing in two potential hikes by May 2027. The rising real rates suggest that the bond market is now primarily concerned with inflation due to an overheated economy in addition to the US fiscal issues. — seekingalpha.com · 06/16 11:39a https://seekingalpha.com/article/4915365-bond-market-not-celebrating-iran-deal-inflation-is-still-worry • Opinion: Trump's Newest Trade War Threat Could Force the Fed to Act Tomorrow The story out of Iran over the past week seemed straightforward: With all sides agreeing to a truce to negotiate details of a long-lasting peace, oil prices tumbled, inflation pressures looked set to cool, and the pressure under the Federal Reserve raising interest rates tomorro… — 247wallst.com · 06/16 11:26a https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/16/opinion-trumps-newest-trade-war-threat-could-force-the-fed-to-act-tomorrow/

🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:

1. SPCX +12% $215.99 (2824B cap) Who Is The World's Second Richest Person? After SpaceX's (NASDAQ: SPCX) IPO, Elon Musk's net worth rose to $1.27 billion, making him the first trillionaire in world history (at least as far as most people know, based on inflation-adjusted dollars). — 247wallst.com · 06/16 12:13p https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/06/16/who-is-the-worlds-second-richest-person/

2. CRWV +11% $118.20 (64B cap) CoreWeave stock jumps 10% as analysts see major backlog upside CoreWeave (CRWV) shares surged about 10% on Tuesday as investors reacted to fresh analyst commentary suggesting the cloud-computing company could deliver a significant backlog beat in the second quarter. The rally came after Cantor Fitzgerald highlighted information contained in… — invezz.com · 06/16 12:19p https://invezz.com/news/2026/06/16/coreweave-stock-jumps-10-as-analysts-see-major-backlog-upside/

📈 NEW GAINERS:

1. CNXU +24% $12.16 (254M cap) Conexeu Expands Board, Executive, and Advisory Leadership With Five Appointments Post Nasdaq Listing Board expansion from six to nine directors and the appointment of a Chief Commercial Officer and an advisory board member to help accelerate growth and strengthen execution Board expansion from six to nine directors and the appointment of a Chief Commercial Officer and an adviso… — globenewswire.com · 06/15 8:30a https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/15/3311785/0/en/Conexeu-Expands-Board-Executive-and-Advisory-Leadership-With-Five-Appointments-Post-Nasdaq-Listing.html

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