Good MorningEquities pulled back a little at the end of the last week of 2021 but left the S&P 500 trading at a new all-time for the year. The move caps off another year of outsized gains for the index, gains that were driven in large part by stimulus spending and inflation. With stimulus spending a thing of the past and inflation still a concern there is a risk earnings growth will come to a standstill in 2022.
The biggest news this week will come from the economic front and includes the FOMC minutes as well as the monthly NFP reading. The minutes will be important for clues to the FOMC’s plans on rate hikes while the NFP data will tell us how many new jobs were created in December. Also on tap this week are readings on ISM, PMI, construction spending, and factory orders so there will be plenty for the market to chew on.
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Politics | | | Stocks capped a quiet day of trading with modest losses Friday, even as Wall Street closed the books on another banner year.
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Politics | | | U.S. airlines are asking the Federal Communications Commission to delay next week’s scheduled rollout of new 5G wireless service near dozens of major airports, saying it could interfere with electronics that pilots rely on.
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Politics | | | Draft European Union plans that would allow nuclear and gas energy to remain part of the bloc's path to a climate-friendly future came under immediate criticism over the weekend from both environmentalists and some governing political parties in EU member nations.
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Politics | | | Conservationists and tribal leaders are suing the U.S. government to try to block construction of two geothermal plants in northern Nevada’s high desert that they say will destroy a sacred hot springs and could push a rare toad to the brink of extinction.
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