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As baby boomers retire, over $10 trillion in small businesses will change hands in the coming decades.
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📰 Market Headlines
Markets swayed back and forth yesterday before settling in the green.
The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and the Dow jumped 0.9%. The Nasdaq finished up 0.2%.
Oil prices tumbled after President Trump announced plans to pressure Saudi Arabia and OPEC to lower prices. WTI crude fell 1.1% to under $75 per barrel.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote cryptocurrency development and establish a national digital asset stockpile.
A security breach at the US Capitol occurred when a man carrying a handgun completed a full tour of Congress before being arrested outside the Library of Congress.
Following Brian Thompson's death, UnitedHealth Group appointed Tim Noel, head of its Medicare business, as UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.
🧠 Make yourself heard
🇺🇸 Should Bitcoin replace the dollar?
📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis
Comparing BTC to the USD over the last five years is striking.
Six out of seven bubble conditions were met in the stock market, UBS reported.
Jobless claims rose to 223,000 last week, with continuing claims hitting a three-year high of 1.9 million.
Solar power surpassed coal in the EU for the first time, now generating 11% of electricity. Renewables hit 47% of total power generation.
😱 Fear and Greed Index
📊 Winners and losers
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Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions
American Airlines reported low Q4 earnings; shares dropped 7.4%.
Alaska Air posted impressive Q4 earnings; shares jumped 4%.
CSX beat Q4 estimates; shares climbed 1.1%.
Freeport-McMoRan beat Q4 estimates but revenue fell; shares tumbled 3%.
GE Aerospace saw Q4 earnings soar; shares rocketed 7.3%.
Texas Instruments exceeded Q4 expectations; shares advanced 1.1%.
Market movers
OpenAI and SoftBank each committed $19 billion to Stargate, their massive joint project data center.
The Supreme Court allowed an anti-money laundering law to take effect, requiring new disclosures to the Treasury.
OpenAI launched Operator, an AI agent that can book travel and make purchases.
Stripe laid off 300 employees, or about 3.5% of the staff, and sent some of them a termination notice with an image of a duck.
🌍 Global Perspectives
🇭🇹 UN Secretary-General warned Haiti's gangs could overrun Port-au-Prince without additional international support.
🇩🇪 A knife attack in Bavaria killed two people, including a toddler. The Afghan suspect had three previous violent incidents.
🇸🇦 🇨🇳 Saudi Arabia pitched itself as a new investment hub for Chinese companies at Davos.
🇳🇬 Boko Haram militants killed 20 fishermen in Nigeria's Borno state.
📊 Crypto
BlackRock CEO predicted Bitcoin will reach $700,000 after talks with sovereign wealth funds.
Bitwise filed for the first Dogecoin ETF. DOGE dropped 5% after the news.
After residents reported major scams, North Dakota introduced a bill to cap crypto ATM withdrawals at $1,000 daily.
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🎤 What you said last time
What You Had to Say:
“The Gulf of Mexico is the correct and historical name. However, if the name is up for sale, I can see the current administration taking bids ;-)”
🧠 Miscellanea
Long Island's last duck farm was forced to kill 100,000 birds after bird flu was detected among the flock.
NASA tested a nuclear propulsion system that could zip humans to Mars in 45 days. [Ed: can it bring them back??]
A rare collection of medical books from 1476 hit the auction block, including guides on treating gunshot wounds with boiling oil.
📺 What to Watch Today
That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know.
Cheers,
Wyatt
