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Remember to keep your head as ‘Trumphoria’ grips Wall Street
Naturally, peak bullishness showed up just before the recent slide.MarketWatch - 13h -
FedEx’s freight-unit spinoff offers ‘early Christmas’ to Wall Street
Stifel, TD Cowen and Susquehanna analysts praised the move and boosted their price targets for the delivery giant’s stock.MarketWatch - 1d -
Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon
The latest three-letter acronym to excite and alarm peopleFinancial Times - 2d -
One popular Wall Street indicator flashes stock-market sell signal
Professional investors have become “super bullish” on stocks, according to a popular Bank of America survey. That doesn’t bode well for the market’s short-term returns.MarketWatch - 4d -
Pfizer Sees 2025 Revenue in Line With Wall Street Views
Pfizer forecast 2025 revenue and earnings in line with market expectations, despite a $1 billion hit from the redesign of federal drug benefits.The Wall Street Journal - 4d -
FirstFT: Dollar set to extend Trump rally, says Wall Street
Also in today’s newsletter, Argentina emerges from recession and how US money managers are challenging European peersFinancial Times - 4d -
On Trump’s Proposals, Wall Street Investors Have Selective Hearing
Investors and executives are often emphasizing what they like in the president-elect’s agenda, while dismissing what they don’t as mere posturing.The New York Times - 4d -
Wall Street bets Trump will fuel further dollar gains
US president-elect unlikely to get his wish of a weaker currency, according to analysts and investorsFinancial Times - 4d -
Drone stocks are surging on Wall Street, led by Red Cat Holdings
Drone stocks rallied Monday after a flurry of sightings across the Northeast in recent days renewed attention toward the sector.CNBC - 5d -
Wall Street has spoken — now ChatGPT identifies the biggest wildcards for markets next year
Nomura not only identified it perceived to be the tail risks — that is, surprises in either direction — for markets in 2025 but also asked ChatGPT to do so.MarketWatch - 5d -
Top Wall Street analysts believe in the long-term prospects of these stocks
TipRanks' analyst ranking service highlights Wall Street's best-performing stocks, including GitLab and MongoDB.CNBC - 6d -
More than half of Gen X parents worry about financially supporting their kids into adulthood, survey shows
Fifty-three percent of Gen X parents are concerned their kids won't be fully financially independent into adulthood, U.S. Bank data reveals.CNBC - 6d -
The S&P 500 at 4,800? That’s what some Wall Street experts predicted — for 2024.
Your best stock-market advice for 2025? Pay no attention to stock-market predictions, which are frequently — and comically — wrong.MarketWatch - Dec. 14 -
ServiceTitan’s IPO growth story wins over Wall Street with huge market opportunity in building trades
Building trades such as roofing, renovations and fire safety present a massive opportunity for ServiceTitan Inc.’s growth, and the initial public offering from the provider of billing, dispatch and ...MarketWatch - Dec. 14 -
One of the Oldest Corners of Wall Street Just Capped a $1 Trillion Year
Enthusiasm around bitcoin and launches from investing veterans Tom Lee, Jeremy Grantham and Rick Reider fueled an ETF boom.Inc. - Dec. 13 -
This Wall Street firm nailed its Fed forecast for this year — now it’s expecting a surprise in 2025
Citi is expecting more Fed easing than the market expects and rising joblessness.MarketWatch - Dec. 13 -
FirstFT: Trading frenzy boosts brokerages and Wall Street banks
Also in today’s newsletter, UK economic output shrinks and an ambitious plan to boost Japan’s birth rateFinancial Times - Dec. 13 -
Egg prices soar — beef, too — and deliver inflation shock to grocery shoppers
Food prices post their biggest increase in almost two years, while President-elect Donald Trump, despite his campaign rhetoric, concedes it’d be ‘very hard’ to bring down consumer prices.MarketWatch - Dec. 13 -
Traders aren’t taking Trump’s tariff threats seriously. This Wall Street bank says they should.
Paris-based BNP Paribas expects a “permanent shock” to U.S. consumer prices from Trump 2.0 tariffs.MarketWatch - Dec. 12 -
Trump rings bell at NYSE to cheers of 'USA' as Wall Street CEOs, business leaders look on
President-elect Donald Trump, who seeks to attract and boost business in the U.S., was greeted with enthusiasm from the NYSE crowd.CNBC - Dec. 12 -
Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Thursday in Asia after Wall Street resumed its upward climb, as an update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve.Yahoo Sports - Dec. 12 -
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee is no longer one of Wall Street’s biggest bulls. Why he’s cautious on 2025.
But after two years of back-to-back 20%-plus gains for the S&P 500, Fundstrat’s head of research Tom Lee is taking a more cautious stance for 2025,MarketWatch - Dec. 11 -
China ramps up Wall Street meetings as Trump inauguration looms
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has met with several U.S. finance executives as Beijing seeks to build relationships in the face of rising bilateral tensions.CNBC - Dec. 11 -
Chicken wing and Shakira-backed debt floods Wall Street
Plus, Evergrande’s liquidators go after a private jet and an $800bn asset manager prepares to sue over Credit Suisse debt wipeoutFinancial Times - Dec. 11 -
Wall Street’s Most Optimistic Firm Just Shared Where It Thinks Stocks Will Go in 2025
What Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and other banks expect for stocks next year.Inc. - Dec. 10 -
Beneath the hood, stocks just suffered their worst day of the year. Some are worried.
Momentum stocks quietly just had their worst day of the year. History points to a mixed experience when that happens.MarketWatch - Dec. 10 -
Syrians, in Shock and With Some Unease, Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad
A day after the regime of President Bashar al-Assad fell, civilians poured into the streets of Damascus, weeping in disbelief. Many sought word of relatives held in a notorious prison on the ...The New York Times - Dec. 10 -
Wall Street’s complex debt bonanza hits fastest pace since 2007
Banks sell bonds backed by revenues from chicken wings, music catalogues and oil wellsFinancial Times - Dec. 10 -
The last major Wall Street S&P 500 forecast has arrived. Here’s what Citi expects.
Citigroup is predicting the S&P 500 will reach 6,500 for 2025, but that comes with a warning that investors face more volatility.MarketWatch - Dec. 9 -
Wall Street has a new high bar for the S&P 500 in 2025. Here’s what’s driving that.
Oppenheimer Asset Management’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, predicts the S&P 500 will reach 7,100 in 2025, thanks in part to a resilient economy.MarketWatch - Dec. 9 -
'You can breathe': BBC hears of hope and worry on the streets of Damascus
The BBC spoke to people in the Syrian capital after the end of the Assad family's five decades in power.BBC News - Dec. 8 -
Top Wall Street analysts tout these energy stocks for attractive dividends
TipRanks' analyst ranking service spotlights three dividend-paying stocks, including Chevron and Energy Transfer.CNBC - Dec. 8 -
10 of Wall Street’s favorite dividend stocks for 2025 with yields of at least 4%
Short-term interest rates are still high enough for you to get a yield of more than 4% on a savings account. But stocks with attractive dividend yields might also be appropriate for you, depending ...MarketWatch - Dec. 7 -
Wall Street isn’t worried about a stock-market crash. That’s why you should be.
Stock traders have become even more bullish and complacent — and that’s a bearish sign.MarketWatch - Dec. 7 -
Wall Street veteran David Rosenberg offers up apology for his stock-market pessimism
The bears are capitulating — first Morgan Stanley, then JPMorgan, and now David Rosenberg, the former Merrill Lynch strategist who runs his own firm, Rosenberg Research.MarketWatch - Dec. 6 -
What’s next after bitcoin tops $100K? What one top Wall Street technician says.
Bitcoin’s rally above the $100,000 milestone Wednesday night has former doubters pondering how much higher it could go.MarketWatch - Dec. 6 -
Signet Jewelers’ stock drops as it faces competition from lab diamonds and misses Wall Street’s profit and sales estimates
Retailer warns its revenue may fall short of expectations in the coming quarter.MarketWatch - Dec. 5 -
Tech Stocks and AI Propel Wall Street’s Record-Setting Streak
AI is fueling the rise of tech stocks to soaring levels.Inc. - Dec. 4 -
Wall Street expects the stock rally to keep ripping through New Year’s Eve. But watch these risks.
The S&P 500 just capped off its best month in a year, and is on track to rise nearly 30% in 2024.MarketWatch - Dec. 4 -
Wall Street’s AI-powered rally risks ‘correction’, Vanguard warns
Asset manager’s chief economist Joe Davis says investors are overplaying the near-term potential of the technologyFinancial Times - Dec. 3