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📰 Market Headlines |
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Markets retreated across the board as investors braced for today's jobs report. |
The Dow dropped 0.55%, S&P 500 fell 0.19%, and Nasdaq slipped 0.18%. Weekly jobless claims rose to 224,000, higher than the expected 215,000, while the trade deficit narrowed 11.9%.
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A federal judge rejected Boeing's plea deal tied to the 737 Max crashes. |
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake off California's coast triggered and lifted tsunami warnings for parts of the West Coast. There was no tsunami. |
The French government was toppled in a no-confidence vote brought by opposition parties. |
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🧠 Make yourself heard |
DJT's tough talk on tariffs is |
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🧠 What’s next: Prediction markets |
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DJT loves tariffs, and prediction markets think he will use them — a lot. |
What are the odds he will impose tariffs on foreign trade from both friends and foes? |
🇨🇳 China - 83% |
🇪🇺 EU - 65% |
🇲🇽 Mexico - 78% |
🇨🇦 Canada - 70% |
The odds of him placing “large tariffs” are lower, at only 60%, so maybe it’s only a symbolic trade war. |
📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis |
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Remember the Hawk Tuah girl? She (allegedly) scammed a bunch of idiots out of their money |
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🕵️ Notable | Buy-now-pay-later usage hit a record high on Cyber Monday, accounting for nearly $1 billion in sales. The US reported a record number of whooping cough cases over Thanksgiving week, with 364 infections.
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😱 Fear and Greed Index |
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📊 Winners and losers |
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Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions |
BMO posted Q4 net income of $2.3 billion despite a $1.5 billion provision for credit losses; shares fell 6.7%. Ulta Beauty raised its annual profit forecast after strong holiday demand, sending shares up 11.5%. Dollar General missed Q3 earnings estimates; shares retreated 0.1%. TD Bank reported Q4 EPS of $1.97 but warned of challenging 2025 earnings growth as shares tumbled 6.7%. Lululemon beat Q3 estimates as revenue jumped 9%, and shares surged 8%.
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Market movers |
Citi's Cary Kochman retired after nearly 14 years leading the bank's M&A group. VW workers in Germany planned to strike for four hours on Monday, protesting plant closures. Smith+Nephew cut 150 jobs in Tennessee as part of a business efficiency drive. FedEx axed 341 employees in North Carolina, closing a Durham ship center and reducing Raleigh staff.
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🌍 Global Perspectives | | 🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made his first EU visit since the Ukraine invasion to Malta. 🇸🇾 Syrian opposition forces captured Hama, the regime's second major city to fall in a week after Aleppo. 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Amnesty International accused Israel of genocide in Gaza after the forced displacement of Gaza's residents. 🇵🇾 🇨🇳 Paraguay expelled a Chinese envoy for urging lawmakers to cut ties with Taiwan.
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📊 Crypto | | Plena super app launched on Solana blockchain, bringing gasless transactions and account abstraction to 1.3 million users. Dubai's alleged crypto scams have raked in billions as the city becomes a global hub for fraud.
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🎤 What you said last time |
LFG |
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What you had to say: |
“Too much greed in the market! When everyone predicts something, the opposite happens. Everyone was expecting a recession, and we had a meltup! Now everyone is so greedy at some point soon, we’re going to see a recession.” |
🧠 Errata | A Canadian man who leaped on a polar bear attacking his wife is recovering in the hospital from severe injuries. Murder hornets have buzzed their way to Europe for the first time, spotted in Spain. A Chinese man was trapped in a well in Thailand for three days as villagers mistook his cries for ghostly sounds.
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📺 What to Watch Today |
 | Man seriously injured protecting his wife from polar bear in northern Ontario | APTN News |
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That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know. | Cheers, | Wyatt |
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