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📰 Market Headlines
US stocks fell across the board, with the Dow logging its biggest losing streak in 46 years.
The Dow dropped 0.6% for a ninth straight day of losses, while the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Nasdaq lost 0.3%.
Retail sales surged 0.7% driven by a jump in auto sales and a rise in online shopping.
Mastercard announced a new $12 billion share buyback program and raised its quarterly dividend.
Luigi Mangione was charged with murder as an act of terrorism in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
Congress neared over $100 billion in disaster aid to help communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
📈 Investment of the Week
🧠 Make yourself heard
Am I the only one who thinks the Fed should hike rates, actually?
📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis
The Fed rate is quite low already, actually.
The Fed's expected rate cut this week marks its third reduction since September, with treasury bonds and CDs still offering yields above 4%.
“The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce another 25bps cut to the federal funds rate at its December 2024 meeting, marking the third consecutive reduction this year and bringing borrowing costs to the 4.25%-4.5% range. Policymakers are also set to unveil fresh economic projections, with many investors anticipating a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025.”
😱 Fear and Greed Index
📊 Winners and losers
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Market movers
Honda and Nissan entered merger talks to compete with Tesla and Chinese EV makers.
Starbucks workers authorized a potential nationwide strike.
Paramount's $8.4 billion Skydance merger faced an FCC challenge over foreign influence concerns.
Albertson's CEO testified that prices were high and that layoffs could come after the Kroger merger failed.
Australia's Insignia rejected Bain Capital's $1.7 billion takeover bid.
Uber and its CEO each donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund.
🌍 Global Perspectives
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🇰🇵 Hundreds of North Korean troops were killed fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine.
🇬🇪 Twelve people died from carbon monoxide poisoning at Georgia's Gudauri ski resort.
🇷🇺 A hidden explosive device killed a Russian general in charge of chemical weapons.
🇩🇰 Denmark freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and rejected Japan's extradition request over decade-old criminal charges.
🇻🇺 A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off Vanuatu's coast, causing widespread damage.
📊 Crypto
ESMA published final guidance on MiCA implementation days before the December 30 deadline as some EU nations trail behind.
Bitcoin ETFs have surpassed gold ETFs in total assets less than a year after launch, reaching $129.3 billion.
Over 52,000 ‘Stand with Crypto’ advocates flooded the Senate with 107,000 emails opposing SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw's renomination.
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🎤 What you said last time
What you had to say:
“NJ is not the kind of place that is shoot and ask question later... If it was rural Alabama, might be a different story.”
🧠 Errata
A 53-year-old Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant.
Santa Claus swapped his sleigh for a Jet Ski in Rio.
Earth took a direct hit from a solar coronal mass ejection, triggering a G1 geomagnetic storm and northern lights display.
📺 What to Watch Today
That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know.
Cheers,
Wyatt
