Forget Santa: Stock-market bulls look to ‘January barometer’ for clues on 2025

• Stock market manages strong start to 2025. But watch for these potential pitfalls.

  Stock-market investors are just two days into the new year but managed to halt the slide that damped the end of a still stellar 2024.
  
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  Forget talk of defending workers, the US visa feud is about the market’s needs

  Whether in America or Britain, working-class people only matter when immigration is an issue. On the one side stand Silicon Valley moguls and leaders of corporate America; on the other, ...
  
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• Here’s what the first two trading days of January predict for stocks in 2025

  The market can still deliver gifts even when the ‘Santa Claus rally’ fails.
  
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  Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion: Police look for clues in suspect's writings

  Matthew Livelsberger -- the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Las Vegas Hotel -- shared "grievances" in two letters.
  
  ABC News - 1d

• Netflix’s stock is still a sell and looks ‘overvalued in a momentum market’

  Netflix Inc.’s stock was flat Friday after Benchmark analysts reiterated their sell rating on the stock even as they raised their price target by 30%, arguing that it’s looking overvalued in a ...
  
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  A Stock Market Boom Could Arrive in 2025, According to History

  The S&P 500 has turned negative only twice after an annual return of 20 percent or more.
  
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  Why Wall Street Expects the Stock Market to Have a Big 2025

  Analysts see corporate earnings improving beyond just big tech names.
  
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  The Bull and Bear Case for 2025

  The stock market has been on a blistering two-year rally. But Wall Street is warning that a number of factors, including Donald Trump’s policies, could slow or derail that momentum
  
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  Apple’s ‘Severance’ and Netflix’s ‘The Night Agent’ return for new seasons, while Max rolls out the throwback hospital drama ‘The Pitt’
  
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• Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act. Millions of people could see more in benefits as a result.

  President Joe Biden signed a bill on Sunday that will repeal two laws previously preventing many public employees from receiving Social Security benefits.
  
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  In a new advisory, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about cancer risk.
  
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• Bitcoin could top $125,000 or fall toward $77,000 this quarter — depending on what Trump does next

  Here are three major factors that could drive bitcoin’s price in the first quarter.
  
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More in Business

• Tesla posted record China sales in 2024. But this year is going to be rough as competition heats up

  Tesla faces fresh threats as Chinese automakers double down on domestic market in the face of hefty export tariffs in the U.S. and European Union.
  
  CNBC - 9m

• Several commodities face headwinds in 2025 — but this metal's record rally is set to continue

  Crude oil prices last year were dragged down by weak Chinese demand and a supply glut — market watchers expect prices to remain pressured in 2025.
  
  CNBC - 58m

• How AI regulation could shake out in 2025

  This year will be a year of change for the U.S. political landscape — and that comes with big implications for the direction of travel for global AI regulation.
  
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  Seoul equities outperform despite political turmoil

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  Private equity to lobby Trump for access to savers’ retirement funds

  Industry hopes incoming administration will open long-restricted private investments to individual investors
  
  Financial Times - 2h