The Fed Could Give the Stock Market Exactly What It Wants

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  Innovative startups could help tech giants capitalize on this world-changing application.
  
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• US activist Weinstein wants to be ‘white knight’ of UK stock market

  Saba Capital founder says aim of his firm’s campaign against seven investment trusts is a new strategy to help small investors
  
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• Tired market timers are just what stocks need to rally again

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• This is what it could take for the Fed to hike interest rates

  Some economists are now contemplating what was previously unthinkable — and they are focused on the personal-consumption expenditures price index
  
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  What the Stock Market Could Do During Trump’s First Year, According to History

  Over the past century, the S&P 500 has tended to see weaker returns during the first year of a new administration.
  
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• Investors are on edge as Friday’s jobs report could make or break the stock-market rally

  Rising Treasury yields are ratcheting up the anxiety for equity investors. Thursday’s stock-market closure offered only a brief reprieve from the mounting tension.
  
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• Fed official delivers a blunt message to the stock market — which ignores it

  Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook gave one of the bluntest warnings an official at the central bank has ever delivered about the stock market.
  
  MarketWatch - Jan. 6
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  A Stock Market Boom Could Arrive in 2025, According to History

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• The stock market rarely scores hat tricks. This strategist fears what’s next.

  The S&P 500 has managed two consecutive 20%-plus years in a row, but that has rarely led to a third great year, says this strategist.
  
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  Increased December Consumer Spending Bodes Well for 2025 Growth

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  Jeff Bezos’ Big New Glenn Rocket Reaches Orbit in Historic First Launch

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• UPS could help end the ‘freight recession’ this year. It may have to raise prices first.

  Analysts say deregulation, lower taxes under Trump could spur small-business investments and more shipments — but tariffs could weigh down volumes.
  
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• Mortgage rates rise past a key mark, signaling bad news for home buyers

  The 30-year mortgage rate inched up for the fifth week in a row, Freddie Mac says, making it more expensive to take on a mortgage.
  
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