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⚡ 5 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW — BEFORE THE BELL

1. 🤖 INTC +7% Pre-Market | Trump Confirms Apple-INTC Chip Deal — President Trump posted on Truth Social pre-dawn confirming $AAPL agreed to work with $INTC to design and build chips in America. Trump also confirmed $NVDA agreed to build chips with Intel AND Elon Musk's TerraFab — billed as "the largest chip factory in the world" — will be built with Intel's technology team. This is the most consequential domestic manufacturing announcement of 2026.

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🌍 MACRO BACKDROP — THE BIG PICTURE

Thursday June 18 opens at the intersection of three massive macro forces colliding simultaneously — and DCG traders need to stay sharp because the market's next directional move hinges on how they resolve.

Force #1 — The Iran Peace Dividend. The US-Iran MOU has been signed. The United States and Iran reached an agreement on June 14 to settle their conflict that has closed the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for nearly one-fifth of the world's oil and natural gas supply, and the deal will be formally signed Friday in Switzerland. Oil is collapsing — WTI now trading near $74–$75 — and Goldman Sachs sees Persian Gulf crude exports back to pre-war levels by end of July. This is structurally deflationary, which complicates the Fed's hawkish pivot, and is the biggest geopolitical tailwind markets have seen in 2026. Council on Foreign Relations

Force #2 — Warsh Shocks. The FOMC voted unanimously to keep rates at 3.5%–3.75% but the dot plot erased an earlier indication for one cut this year, with 9 of 18 participants penciling in at least one hike, and the median 2026 rate projection jumped to 3.8% from 3.4% in March. Core PCE inflation expectations were also revised up dramatically to 3.3% from 2.7% one quarter ago. Warsh refused to submit his own dot, dropped all forward guidance, and delivered the shortest FOMC statement in modern history. The message: inflation is the only mandate that matters right now. Markets sold off hard into the Fed, then recovered as the Iran deal soothed nerves overnight. CNBCSherwood News

Force #3 — The INTC Mega-Catalyst. Trump's Truth Social post confirming Apple, NVIDIA, and TerraFab all building with Intel Foundry is the manufacturing deal of the decade. This is a chip-sector rocket fuel event. The Nikkei hit 71,000 overnight. Semiconductors are the clear leadership sector going into Thursday's open. This is a HEADLINE-DEPENDENT session — watch the Iran deal formal signing details at 8:30 AM ET econ data carefully.

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🔥 HOT SECTOR #1: SEMICONDUCTORS / AI CHIPS 🤖

The Intel Foundry Revolution — The Biggest Domestic Chip Catalyst of 2026

Trump confirmed in a Truth Social post that Apple agreed to work with Intel to design and build its chips in America, that NVIDIA agreed to build its first level chips with Intel, and that TerraFab — billed as the largest chip factory in the world — will be designed together with Intel's technology team. Intel's 18A-P process node entered risk production on Wednesday, further validating the foundry thesis. Intel's stock jumped 5.7–7% in overnight trading, with reports it could be even higher at the open. This is not just an INTC story — it's a US semiconductor sovereignty moment that lifts the entire supply chain. StocktwitsStocktwits

The overnight read from Wall St Jesus confirms: AMD sits at $512.48 +1.02%, AVGO at $392.90 +4.30%, ARM Holdings at $418.88 +5.69%, MU at $1,043.19 +2.20%, and MRVL at $289.54 +3.90% — the entire chain is ripping. The DRAM ETF is up 6.1% overnight alone. Bernstein noted agentic AI is sparking a CPU revival, upgrading the category as more bullish. Yahoo Finance

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