OVERVIEW
The Weekend Rip: March 23, 2025

U.S. stocks ended their recent losing streak. With the Fed’s decision and most earnings out of the way, all eyes turn to the April 2nd reciprocal tariff deadline. 😵‍💫 

Let's recap and prep you for the week ahead. 📝

What Happened?

🍀 On Monday, the bulls kept the market green for St. Patrick’s Day. Pepsi bet on a post-merger pop by acquiring Poppi, the fintech BNPL battle escalated with Klarna snagging Walmart as an exclusive partner, and we rolled out our new “Why It’s Trending” feature on Stocktwits.

🐻 On Tuesday, stocks sold off as the market began to focus on Powell and the Fed. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor and Strategy issued a new version of preferred stock to keep buying Bitcoin, and several low-float Chinese stocks surged.

🐂 On Wednesday, the Fed's neutral stance and Jerome Powell's support powered the bulls back to fight back on hopes that a rate cut could happen this summer. Plus, a landmark crypto battle ended as the U.S. SEC dropped an appeal on its case against Ripple.

😬 On Thursday, stocks slipped ahead of Friday’s quadruple witching. FedEx, Nike, Micron, and more added to the mixed bag of earnings, with consumer-linked stocks struggling in the current environment. Also, Amazon reached a key level that made it critical for the broader market.

🔺 On Friday, the market started off weak but recovered throughout the day to close green on the week. Self-driving vehicle stocks jumped, Trump shared Paul Atkins as his pick for SEC Chair, and Ben & Emil recapped a wild week in another “Weekend Rip.”

🤩 This week's Stocktwits Top 25 showed mixed performance vs. the major indexes.

Here are the closing prices: 

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