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MARKET RECAP → The S&P 500 (VOO) edged higher Monday as investors geared up for a busy week of earnings reports, economic data, and potential updates on trade negotiations.

IBM BETS BIG ON U.S. TECH WITH $150 BILLION INVESTMENT → 🖥️ IBM pledged $150 billion to supercharge U.S. tech and manufacturing, flexing its mainframe and quantum muscle while riding the momentum of better-than-expected earnings.

U.S. FARMERS FACE FULL-BLOWN TRADE CRISIS → 🌾 U.S. farmers said the trade war hit full crisis mode, with China canceling orders, prices plunging, layoffs starting, and no easy replacement for lost demand, all while new container fees threaten to pile on even more pain.

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IBM Bets Big On U.S. Tech With $150 Billion Investment

🌎 IBM pledged $150 billion over five years to boost U.S. tech leadership, including $30 billion to ramp up American manufacturing of mainframe and quantum computers.

🖥️ The investment came as President Trump’s tariff policies pressured companies to "make it in America," and follows IBM's launch of its new z17 AI mainframe built entirely in the U.S.

📈 IBM beat first-quarter revenue expectations, with infrastructure sales (including mainframes) outperforming forecasts, as the company doubled down on staying the epicenter of advanced computing.

TODAY’S TOP NEWS

U.S. Farmers Face Full-Blown Trade Crisis

🌾 U.S. farmers reported massive losses as China slashed purchases of American agricultural goods like pork, hay, and lumber in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs, forcing layoffs and cancelled orders.

🚢 Ports like Oakland warned of broader economic fallout as retaliatory tariffs hit exports hard, with exporters struggling to find new markets and seeing steep drops in prices.

📦 Agricultural exporters raised alarms about new container fees under the SHIPS Act, fearing even deeper financial strain on high-value farm exports if exemptions aren't secured.

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