Investment banks prepare for crunch year in 2025

• Bank of America’s stock could go up 20% in 2025, says this analyst

  UBS’s Erika Najarian upgrades Bank of America to buy from neutral
  
  MarketWatch - 5h

• Don't make this investing mistake going into the Trump years, says strategist: 'A lot of investors who think this is easy' are wrong

  You may have an idea which stocks will do well under the upcoming Trump administration. But a look at the data shows that the market often bucks expectations.
  
  CNBC - 22h

• 3 big gold investing mistakes to avoid in 2025

  A gold investment could help boost and protect your portfolio in 2025, assuming you avoid these three mistakes.
  
  CBS News - 23h

• Retail investors never had so many ways to invest. What’s at stake in 2025.

  New technology can make investing easier — or more complicated — for retail investors.
  
  MarketWatch - 3d

• 2025: Labour’s year of pain?

  Plus, the Tories vs Reform – who’s the real opposition?
  
  Financial Times - 4d
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  This will be the year of investing dangerously

  Investors have no clue what the returning President Trump will actually do
  
  Financial Times - 4d

• FirstFT: China’s central bank prepares for historic monetary policy shift

  Also in today’s newsletter, cold winter snap stokes US heating prices and a shake-up at the top of Meta
  
  Financial Times - 4d

• These tips for investing in mutual funds and ETFs can make 2025 a happy new year

  Don’t miss these top money and investing features.
  
  MarketWatch - 4d
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  Gold set to rally further this year, say Wall Street banks

  Yellow metal expected to continue to benefit from buying by global central banks
  
  Financial Times - 5d

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  Trump refuses to rule out force to take Greenland and Panama Canal

  US president-elect also vows to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’ and to impose tariffs on allies
  
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  UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998

  Rising interest costs raise fears about chancellor’s ability to hit revised fiscal rules
  
  Financial Times - 4h
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  Is the US stock market in bubble territory?

  Valuations might be frothy but don’t seem nutty
  
  Financial Times - 4h
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  Musk’s war on America’s allies

  The question of whether he is speaking for Trump is urgent for Europe
  
  Financial Times - 8h
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  Dubai property developer Damac to invest $20bn in US data centres

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  Getty Images, Shutterstock to Combine in $3.7 Billion Deal

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• Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation

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