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Many times in my career, I've heard people claim that a week was pivotal,

as if it can change the direction of the entire market.

Next week, no hyperbole, is pivotal.

It's significant.

I'm going to make it a free-fire zone of superlatives.

And here's why. We have not only a FedMeet, not only the non-farm employment report, but we also have earnings from Apple, Amazon,

meta-platforms, and Microsoft. In short, next week determines the market's direction for the

duration, or at least the rest of the summer.

But before we get to the specifics, let's deal with something my morning colleague David Faber broke a few weeks ago,

the planned merger of Union Pacific and Northwick Southern, a seminal deal that's allowed to happen,

something that would have been unspeakable under the previous administration.

And honestly, most other administrations,

it would be a tacit admission that anything could be approved, as these companies were always

expected to compete against each other. If you hear talk of a compromise that the combined

rail has pledged to not raise rates for, say, I don't know, the next five years, then you

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