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📰 Market Headlines |
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs to kick off December |
The Nasdaq jumped nearly 1% while the S&P 500 edged up 0.2%. The Dow slipped 0.3%. |
Fed Governor Waller signaled support for a December rate cut but left room for inflation surprises. |
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his bid to reinstate a $56 billion pay package. |
President-elect Donald Trump warned of 100% tariffs on BRICS if they launch a dollar rival. |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a record defense budget. |
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🎰 Alts this week |
Every Tuesday, we explore what’s happening with alternative investments—some of our best content you may have missed while laser-focused on more traditional markets. |
Women raise less capital than male founders, but their companies generate more revenue. |
Christmas gifts for the investor in your life. |
Should you be investing in Mexico right now? |
🧠 Make yourself heard |
Elon's not getting his $56 billion. This is |
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📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis |
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US manufacturing PMI climbed to 48.4 in November as new orders grew for the first time in eight months. Construction spending advanced 0.4% in October, driven by single-family home building. |
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😱 Fear and Greed Index |
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📊 Winners and losers |
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Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions |
Zscaler beat quarterly expectations, but shares tumbled 6%. |
Market movers |
The US imposed new chip restrictions on 140 Chinese firms. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger was ousted after the board lost faith in his turnaround efforts. Cargill cut 5% of its 164,000 workers as profits hit their lowest since 2016. GM sold its $1 billion stake in a Michigan battery plant back to LG Energy Solution amid weak EV demand. Chicago pursued $806 million bond refinancing while facing a $982.4 million budget deficit. |
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🌍 Global Perspectives | | 🇮🇱 🇱🇧 Israel struck Lebanon after Hezbollah missiles killed two. 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 German Chancellor Scholz pledged €650 million in military aid to Ukraine. 🇨🇳 Chinese lidar sensors were flagged as hacking risks to US military gear in a new think tank report. 🇫🇷 France's government neared collapse as PM Barnier faced a no-confidence vote over the budget. 🇺🇳 The UN’s top court began landmark climate hearings with 99 countries, its largest case ever. |
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📊 Crypto | | MicroStrategy bought $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, now holding nearly 2% of the total supply. Bitcoin’s illiquid supply reached 14.8 million tokens as exchange balances fell to a four-year low. The US Government transferred $2 billion in seized Silk Road bitcoin to Coinbase. Coinbase added Apple Pay to its Onramp platform, enabling instant crypto purchases in third-party apps. | |
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🎤 What you said last time |
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📺 What to Watch Today |
| More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port |
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That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know. | Cheers, | Wyatt |
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