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MRKT Matrix - Friday, January 3rd Stocks rise on Friday as S&P 500 looks to snap five-day losing streak (CNBC) Investors head into next week with a cloudy January outlook and a looming jobs report (CNBC) BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Posts Record Outflow After Banner Year (Bloomberg) Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025 (CNBC) Foreign phone sales plunge 47% in...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, January 1st Dow reverses course and drops more than 100 points in volatile start to 2025 (CNBC) Wall Street will have to steer through several potential landmines in January (CNBC) Bank of America sentiment indicator nears euphoria level, a contrarian market ‘sell’ signal (CNBC) Tesla’s Annual EV Sales Drop for First Time in Over a Decade (Bloomberg) Big Retail Gets Bigger...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, December 31st Stocks slip in last day of 2024, but S&P 500 on track for second 20% annual gain in a row (CNBC) Stocks on Pace for Best Two Years in a Quarter-Century (Bloomberg) ‘Magnificent 7’ stocks responsible for more than half of the S&P 500′s 2024 gain (CNBC) Silicon Valley’s turn of fortune: Intel has worst year ever, while Broadcom enjoys record gain (CNBC) Tesla Sto...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, December 30th Stocks trim losses in thin trading Monday (CNBC) A Record-Shattering $1 Trillion Poured Into ETFs This Year (WSJ) Jeremy Siegel says market rally will take a pause in 2025 with chance of a 10% correction rising (CNBC) A review of the stock market headwinds into 2025 and what could potentially end the bull (CNBC) A Thrill-Seeking Trade Amps Up Heading Into 2025 (...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, December 23rd S&P 500 closes higher to begin holiday week, tech stocks lead the advance (CNBC) Bond Traders Turn to 2025 Amid Most Agonizing Easing in Decades (Bloomberg) Trump Upending Politics Globally a Month Before He Takes Office (Bloomberg) Biden Team to Probe Chinese Chips, Setting Up Trump for Tariffs (Bloomberg) ‘The next Nvidia’: Broadcom is the AI chip stock to own...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, December 20th Stocks bounce Friday on encouraging inflation data after rough week (CNBC) A Santa Claus rally could come just in time next week to help stocks end the year on a high note (CNBC) These stocks that were big losers in 2024 could rebound early next year, Wolfe says (CNBC) S&P 500 CY 2025 Earnings Preview: Analysts Expect Earnings Growth of 15% (FactSet) US Growth R...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, December 19th Dow rises after Wednesday’s rout, snaps 10-day decline (CNBC) The Next Big Fed Debate: Has the Era of Very Low Rates Ended? (WSJ) US Yield Curve Is Steepest Since 2022 After Fed’s Rate-Cut Shift (Bloomberg) Jeffrey Gundlach says increase cash positions as decent yields don’t appear to be going away (CNBC) Micron downgraded at BofA on gross margin, pricing head...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, December 18th Dow tanks by 1,100 points, posts first 10-day losing streak since 1974 (CNBC) Fed Lowers Rates by Quarter Point, Signals Two Cuts for 2025 (Bloomberg) 2024 Has Been a Year of Extremes in the Stock Market. Can It Last? (WSJ) Nearly all the preconditions for a market bubble are met, says UBS. How to hedge (CNBC) Walmart Cements Retail Dominance With Best Year S...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, December 17th Dow posts first 9-day slide since 1978 (CNBC) Why This Frothy Market Has Me Scared (WSJ) Why the Dow is in such a historic funk and how concerned you should be (CNBC) Stocks are not in a bubble, investors should keep buying, Wells Fargo says (CNBC) Broadcom’s ‘Nvidia Moment’ Has Arrived. Now It Needs to Deliver (Bloomberg) Pfizer forecasts 2025 profit in line w...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, December 16th S&P 500 rises ahead of Fed meeting, Nasdaq gains 1% to record led by Broadcom (CNBC) The Fed’s Game Plan on Interest-Rate Cuts Keeps Shifting (WSJ) Ed Yardeni thinks the Fed shouldn’t cut this week because it risks a market bubble (CNBC) Wall Street Eyes 2025 Volatility Spikes on Trump Tariffs, Geopolitics (Bloomberg) China Will Keep Trying to Spur Consumption W...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, December 13th S&P 500 is little changed Friday, on track for a losing week (CNBC) Broadcom stock jumps 21%, pushing company past $1 trillion market cap for the first time (CNBC) Here’s where the stock market is headed in 2025, according to Wall Street’s top strategists (CNBC) S&P 500 CY 2024 Earnings Preview: Analysts Expect Earnings Growth of 9.5% (FactSet) Apple is a top pi...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, December 12th Dow tumbles 200 points, Nasdaq retreats back below 20,000 after warm inflation report (CNBC) S&P 500’s Record Rally Shows Cracks as Most Stocks Left Out (Bloomberg) Stifel says a 10% to 15% S&P 500 correction is coming because of sticky inflation (CNBC) Adobe shares plunge 13% on disappointing revenue guidance (CNBC) ServiceTitan pops to $101 in cloud software...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, December 11th Nasdaq rallies above 20,000 for the first time as tech shares gain (CNBC) Bull market to continue for a third year with small caps leading the way, Piper Sandler says (CNBC) Investor optimism toward U.S. stocks has eclipsed 2000’s dot-com bubble. That raises the risk of a ‘negative’ shock. (MarketWatch) US stocks rally set to slow as investor ‘euphoria’ fades...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, December 10th Dow falls more than 100 points to notch four losing days as year-end rally takes a breather (CNBC) Alphabet shares jump 5% after Google touts ‘breakthrough’ quantum chip (CNBC) Investors are dumping their biggest winners this week, and buying losers (CNBC) Upgrades and Downgrades Courtesy of CNBC (UPS) (American Airlines) (Norwegian Cruise Line) Global Airlines...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, December 9th S&P 500, Nasdaq retreat from records as Nvidia shares slide (CNBC) Oppenheimer’s Stoltzfus New Top S&P 500 Bull With 7,100 Target (Bloomberg) Are Analysts Cutting EPS Estimates More Than Average for S&P 500 Companies for Q4? (FactSet) China Targets Nvidia For Potential Breach of Monopoly Law (Bloomberg) GM’s Moment of Truth in China Has Arrived (Barron’s) China S...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, December 6th S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new records after jobs report is slightly better than expected (CNBC) Employers Added 227,000 Jobs in November (WSJ) Wall Street’s Bond Sellers Look Toward Bigger 2024 Bonus Rewards (Bloomberg) Is This Wildly Overvalued Stock Market Doomed? Yes, but Maybe Not Yet (WSJ) Have Industry Analysts Overestimated S&P 500 EPS For 2025? (FactSet) Goldma...

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, December 5th Stocks are little changed heading into key U.S. jobs report (CNBC) Bitcoin Soars Past $100,000 on Trump’s Pro-Crypto Pick for SEC (Bloomberg) Bitcoin to replace gold over next decade, says Bernstein (CNBC) Bitcoin will double to $200,000 by the end of 2025, says Standard Chartered (CNBC) Is it time to short the dollar? UBS and others think so (CNBC) OPEC+ Delay...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, December 4th S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise to fresh record highs as tech shares jump (CNBC) Fed’s Powell Expects Good Relations With Trump Administration (Bloomberg) GM Sees $5 Billion Hit to Restructure Troubled China Business (Bloomberg) Amazon Announces Supercomputer, New Server Powered by Homegrown AI Chips (WSJ) Apple Scratches Amazon’s Back (The Information) Apple Hits Sna...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, December 3rd S&P 500 is little changed as 2024′s relentless rally takes a pause (CNBC) Investors have never been more confident that stock prices will appreciate (CNBC) Wall Street Short Sellers Throwing in Towel, Citigroup Says (Bloomberg) Trump’s currency cakeism (Axios) Dollar dominance and the contradictions of Trumponomics (Axios) J.P. Morgan Has Been Right About Gold f...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, December 1st S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records to kick off December trading (CNBC) US Tightens Curbs on China’s Access to AI Memory and Chips Tools (Bloomberg) Intel CEO Gelsinger Leaves as Chipmaker’s Turnaround Flounders (Bloomberg) The Fed’s Next Big Policy Rethink Needs Rethinking (Bloomberg) Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says bitcoin can hit ‘well above’ $100,000 before year-end (C...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, November 29th Stock futures rise as Dow closes out its best month of 2024 (CNBC) Early Thanksgiving online sales numbers are up 7% YoY to $15.6B, on par with pre-pandemic trends (TechCrunch) Trump voters could fuel holiday spending, while Harris supporters may pull back (CNBC) As retailers enter the holiday shopping season, the winners are pulling away from the pack (CNBC) Wa...

MRKT Matrix - Wednesday, November 27th Nasdaq drops the day before Thanksgiving as Nvidia, Dell slides (CNBC) Donald Trump selects Kevin Hassett to lead National Economic Council (CNBC) Trump’s Tariff Message: I’m in Charge of the Economic Agenda (WSJ) US GDP Grows at Solid 2.8% Pace, Helped by Consumer Spending (Bloomberg) JPMorgan sees S&P 500 rising to 6,500 in 2025 thanks to AI and deregulatio...

MRKT Matrix - Tuesday, November 26th Stocks rise Tuesday, Dow and S&P 500 close at records (CNBC) Trump’s Tariff Threat to Top US Trading Partners Roils Markets (Bloomberg) Fed officials see interest rate cuts ahead, but only ‘gradually,’ meeting minutes show (CNBC) Bank of America sees 11% gain for S&P 500 next year and even bigger returns for certain stocks (CNBC) Barclays lifts price target on...

MRKT Matrix - Monday, November 25th Dow rallies 400 points to record, small-cap Russell 2000 hits all-time high after Trump’s Treasury pick (CNBC) Deutsche Bank sees the S&P 500 hitting 7,000 in 2025 on the back of rising risk appetite (CNBC) Goldman’s Rubner Says US Stocks Are Set to Rally Into Year-End (Bloomberg) Scott Bessent Sees a Coming ‘Global Economic Reordering.’ He Wants to Be a Part of...

MRKT Matrix - Friday, November 22nd Dow rises 300 points as Wall Street heads for weekly gain (CNBC) The S&P 500 could see another big year in 2025, if history is any guide (CNBC) What is Driving the Higher Expected Earnings Growth for the S&P 500 for Q4 2024? (FactSet) An indicator pegged to Buffett and this bitcoin evangelist is flashing a warning for stock-market investors (MarketWatch) Nvidia’...