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📰 Market Headlines

The Nasdaq hit a record high while the Dow dropped for an eighth straight day, marking a historic split between tech and blue chips.

• The Nasdaq soared 1.2%, while the Dow fell 0.3%. The S&P 500 gained 0.4%.

Bitcoin surged to $107,000, with investors anticipating an interest rate cut this week.

TikTok asked the Supreme Court to block a looming US ban while Trump met its CEO at Mar-a-Lago.

SoftBank announced a $100 billion investment in US AI infrastructure over the next four years.

Former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson received a 10-year prison sentence for fraud.

A distraught 15-year-old girl committed America’s 83rd school shooting of 2024, setting a new record. At least three are dead. “A second-grade student was the one who called 911 to the school.”

🎰 Alts This Week

From this week’s Alts Cafe. Make sure to subscribe if this is your sort of thing.

Blackstone acquired a Tokyo office building for ​$2.6 billion, the largest real estate investment by a foreign investor in Japan.

Carlyle Group closed its largest credit fund at $5.7 billion, with $2.4 billion already invested across 25 deals.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a ​$500 million modern wing, expanding gallery space by 50%.

Rare whisky auction values plunged 40%​ in 2024, with sales volume dropping 34%.

Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz sold for ​$28 million at auction, becoming the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold.

Florida announced plans to make gold and silver legal tender for transactions, joining 11 other states that allow precious metals as currency.

The comic book market is projected to reach $26.9 billion by 2032.

🎉 Introducing the Alts community

We're launching a brand-new ​Alts community, and you're getting a sneak peek.

You'll be hearing a lot more about the Alts community in 2025. It features public + private spaces, chats, special offers, and perks.

Some community spaces are free, while others are restricted to All-Access Pass holders. (Psst—the price is going up on January 1st. Grab your pass now .)

How to join:

We'll be rolling out invites starting this week and continuing throughout December.

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🧠 Make yourself heard

Two facts that don’t line up to me:

1. There are nearly 400 million guns in America.

2. People can’t stop talking about mysterious drone sightings.

 📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis

• US economic output surged to a 3-year high in December.

• New Jersey's online gambling revenue hit $214 million in November, setting another record.

😱 Fear and Greed Index

📊 Winners and losers

Market movers

• Walmart defended its DEI pullback and $100 million Center for Racial Equity closure.

• Allianz withdrew its $1.63 billion bid for Singapore's Income Insurance.

• Regional lenders Berkshire Hills and Brookline merged in a $1.1 billion deal, creating a $24 billion bank.

• BlackBerry sold its Cylance security unit to Arctic Wolf for $160 million in cash and 5.5 million shares.

• Boeing cut another 67 jobs at its South Carolina sites.

• Bond investors braced for a hawkish Fed rate cut, avoiding longer-dated Treasuries amid sticky inflation data.

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🎤 What you said last time

What you had to say:

“I don't understand the people that are cheering for the murder of a CEO. Yes, US healthcare is trash, but killing a CEO and taking him away from his family is a dangerous road to travel. Similar feeling to when we, the United States of America nearly had a presidential candidate assassinated. Maybe we could all go back to NOT acting like a third-world country?”

📺 What to Watch Today