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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  If bitcoin goes to the moon, a niche group of convertible-bond investors will win out. If the crypto tanks, they can ask for their money back early.
  
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• Stock investors brace for possibly the ‘most important inflation reading in recent memory’

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• SEC sues Elon Musk, alleging failure to properly disclose Twitter ownership

  The SEC on Tuesday filed a suit against Elon Musk, alleging the billionaire violated securities law by acquiring Twitter shares at "artificially low prices."
  
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  S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Securities Violations

  Securities regulators sued Elon Musk in federal court in an enforcement action stemming from his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, the social media company now called X.
  
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