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| | Disclaimer | | | 📰 Market Headlines | | Stocks hit new highs last week, with investors now turning their attention to inflation data ahead of the Fed's final 2024 meeting. | The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose nearly 1% and over 3% respectively last week, while the Dow slipped about 0.5%. The US added 227,000 jobs in November, surpassing forecasts as unemployment rose to 4.2%.
| Bitcoin rocketed past $100,000 for the first time ever, with some analysts predicting $200,000 by late 2025. | President-elect Trump said he wouldn’t try to remove Fed chief Jerome Powell, whose term runs through May 2026. | The Pentagon approved a $988 million aid package to Ukraine for HIMARS, drones, and artillery parts. | | 📈 Investment of the Week | | 🧠 Make yourself heard | 💰 Most billionaires got rich | | 📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis | | Global billionaire wealth doubled to $14 trillion in a decade, with US billionaires holding $5.8 trillion. | Financial conditions loosened to their lowest since January despite the Fed’s restrictive stance. Mount Spurr near Anchorage saw 1,500 earthquakes this year, prompting a raised volcanic alert level.
| | 😱 Fear and Greed Index | | | 📊 Winners and losers | | | Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions | | Market movers | Boeing announced 3,876 layoffs across 10 states, with Washington losing 2,199 jobs. Google sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over its payment arm's supervision. Credit Agricole increased its Banco BPM stake to 15.1%, countering UniCredit’s $10.7 billion bid. Aviva agreed to acquire Direct Line for $4.6 billion, forming Britain’s largest home and motor insurer. The US House will vote on $3 billion to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from networks. A US appeals court upheld a law forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok by January 19 or face a ban, which will impact 170 million US users.
|     | | 🌍 Global Perspectives | | 🇵🇸 🇮🇱 Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed 14 people, including six children. 🇸🇾 Syrian President Assad fled to Moscow after rebels took Damascus. 🇳🇪 🇫🇷 Niger’s junta seized control of French nuclear company Orano’s uranium operations. 🇷🇺 Russian military evacuated most ships from its Tartus naval base but kept 7,500 troops in Syria. 🇰🇷 South Korean President Yoon survived impeachment after a failed martial law attempt.
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| | 📊 Crypto | | The Czech Republic proposed exempting crypto holdings from taxes after 3 years and waiving reports for trades under $4,200. FSOC warned stablecoins risk stability, with one issuer controlling 70% of the market. Trump’s crypto czar pledged to investigate "Operation Choke Point 2.0" claims against crypto-friendly banks.
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| | 🎤 What you said last time | | What you had to say: | “Negotiating tactic” | 🧠 Errata | Fake gardeners in San Bernardino County stole a safe from a home in broad daylight. Scientists found Uranus' moons may hold liquid oceans under their icy crusts, hinting at possible alien life.
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| 📺 What to Watch Today |  | Fake gardeners burglarizing homes in San Bernardino County |
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