Large-cap U.S. stocks may be heading for a lost decade, this contrarian warns. What to buy instead.

• Small-cap stocks face heightened risk with rate cuts in question, warns BofA

  The recent selloff in small-cap stocks left the Russell 2000 index in correction territory.
  
  MarketWatch - 1d
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  Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say

  By 2060, new dementia cases per year could double to one million because of the growing population of older Americans, a study predicts.
  
  The New York Times - 1d

• U.S. stocks got clobbered Friday despite a blockbuster jobs report. What’s going on?

  Rising bond yields are heaping pressure on equities as investors fear a resurgence of inflation.
  
  MarketWatch - 4d

• Active mutual funds struggle to beat large-cap stock benchmarks — again

  Professional stock pickers in the mutual-fund industry had a tough time in 2024 beating indexes that passively track U.S. large-cap equities, according to BofA Global Research.
  
  MarketWatch - 6d

• A winter storm is headed to most of the U.S. Here's what to know

  Millions in the U.S. are in the path of the first major winter storm of the year, which is expected to dump snow and ice and create dangerous conditions from the Central Plains to the East Coast.
  
  CBS News - Jan. 4
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  Surgeon general's warning sends alcohol stocks sliding

  Spirit companies saw stock prices plummet Friday after the U.S. surgeon general recommended cancer warning labels, similar to those found on tobacco products, be added to alcohol. Boston Beer ...
  
  The Hill - Jan. 4
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  Which Countries Warn That Alcohol May Cause Cancer?

  A quarter of nations worldwide have health risk labels on alcohol. But only South Korea has a warning about liver cancer.
  
  The New York Times - Jan. 3

• U.S. Steel stock tumbles to almost half of what Nippon Steel offered after Biden rejection

  Investors were betting on a grim future for U.S. Steel after President Joe Biden used his legal authority to block the acquisition by Nippon Steel of Japan on Friday.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 3

• What stocks’ worst stumble since 1952 in the final days of 2024 may mean for 2025

  Here’s how the S&P 500 has historically performed annually after stumbling in the final days of a year, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 3

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  Trump appointee Paul Atkins is set to face a major minefield upon taking over leadership of the SEC, given Musk’s close ties to the incoming president.
  
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• This is Nvidia’s secret weapon and it’s likely to propel the stock in 2025

  Strength in data center GPUs, networking, services, and emerging products fortify Nvidia’s competitive ‘moat.’
  
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• Companies are expected to post their best earnings growth in 3 years. The biggest gains won’t come from Big Tech.

  Financials should be the biggest profit gainers this earnings season — but as Trump returns, trends could be “much more volatile than Trump 1.0,” analyst says.
  
  MarketWatch - 3h

• ‘I’ve never been happier’: I married a wonderful lady from Ukraine. I have two successful kids. Do I put my wife on the deed to my home?

  “We are now looking to downsize and move to another home and I’m wondering if we should put the new property in joint names.”
  
  MarketWatch - 4h

• ‘How can you fit your life in a car?’ After Pacific Palisades fire, Malibu business owners face a grim new reality

  When your neighborhood is destroyed by fire, what do you take with you? And how do you face the future?
  
  MarketWatch - 4h

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• South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested as agencies probe his short-lived martial law decree

  This was the second bid to arrest the impeached president, following a failed attempt on Jan. 3.
  
  CNBC - 1h

• New Zealand won't 'get rich' by focusing trade in the South Pacific alone, PM says

  New Zealand is the latest country to sign an economic partnership with the United Arab Emirates.
  
  CNBC - 2h
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  South Korea’s President Yoon arrested after stand-off with police

  Predawn raid on impeached leader’s compound marks latest twist in political crisis over failed martial law bid
  
  Financial Times - 2h

• SEC lawsuit against Elon Musk is a big political test for Trump administration

  Trump appointee Paul Atkins is set to face a major minefield upon taking over leadership of the SEC, given Musk’s close ties to the incoming president.
  
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  Cookies, Cocktails and Mushrooms on the Menu as Supreme Court Hears Bank Fraud Case

  In trying to find the line between false statements and misleading ones in the case of a Chicago politician, members of the Supreme Court posed colorful questions.
  
  The New York Times - 3h