Good MorningEquity markets continue to struggle with traction in 2025. Despite another round of good labor data, Wednesday's action saw the S&P 500 hover near Tuesday's low and at the low end of a two-month trading range. The ADP figure was weaker than expected but still solid at 122,000 and compounded by a strong initial claims report. The initial claims fell to a 1-year low in the last week of December, with total claims dropping by nearly 100,000, and both figures aligning with healthy labor conditions.
The bad news is that strong labor markets will keep the FOMC from cutting rates aggressively in 2025, if at all. The market expects the FOMC to cut in 2025, but the odds of deep cuts are diminishing quickly, with only a 50/50 chance for two 24 basis point reductions by year's end. If the next round of inflation data is still hot, those odds of two cuts in 2025 could fall to zero. Featured: I was wrong. Dead wrong. (Porter & Company) 
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Markets | | | Wall Street held firmer on Wednesday, a day after strong reports on the economy hurt U.S. stocks by stirring up worries that inflation and interest rates may remain higher than expected.The S&P 500 rose 0.2% to recover a bit of its 1.1% slump from the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | World shares were mixed on Thursday as the U.S. stock market remained closed to observe a National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. London's FTSE 100 climbed 0.8% to 8,319.69 as the value of the British pound slid against the U.S. dollar amid worries about the United Kingdom's econ... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The natural gas and liquified natural gas (LNG) industry has struggled for the last few years but is gaining traction today and is expected to sustain itself in 2025. Increasing demand only partially offset by supply supports the price action in LNG and creates a strong tailwind for U.S. LNG st... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Moderna Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA) surged over 12% after news of the first confirmed death from the H5N1 bird flu in the United States. At one point, the stock had climbed over 14% before returning late in the trading session. However, the stock retreated after hours, trading at $47.53, ... Read the Full Story |
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Several small and mid-cap companies have captured investor attention over the previous year thanks to NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) disclosed investments in these firms. One recent standout is Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS), a technology company now drawing comparisons to other NVIDIA-backed s... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | China’s leaders are bracing for shocks to the economy from higher tariffs threatened by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump once he takes office. To help rev up an economy bogged down by a property crisis and disruptions during the pandemic, the ruling Communist Party is rolling out a slew of measures... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Federal Reserve officials at their meeting Dec. 17-18 expected to dial back the pace of interest rate cuts this year in the face of persistently elevated inflation and the threat of widespread tariffs and other potential policy changes Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | A top policymaker at the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that he still supports cutting interest rates this year, despite elevated inflation and the prospect of widespread tariffs under the incoming Trump administration. Christopher Waller, an influential member of the Fed's board of governors, ... Read the Full Story |
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Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) is the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the United States, and it presents a compelling investment case in the current market. As a dominant player in a defensive, essential industry, it offers a degree of stability amidst economic unce... Read the Full Story |
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The aerospace sector had a strong 2024, but 2025 may be even stronger with lower interest rates, fuel costs, and less regulation under Trump’s Presidency. During the year, aerospace giant Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) suffered a number of challenges that hurt its reputation, including a $5.5 billion... Read the Full Story |
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Thursday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Nebius Group N.V., a technology company, builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning and other technologies to help consumers and businesses navigate the online and offline world. The company's services include Nebius AI, an AI-centric cloud platform that offers infrastructure and computing capability for AI deployment and machine-learning oriented solutions; and Toloka AI that offers generative AI (GenAI) solutions at every stage of the GenAI lifecycle, such as data annotation and generation, model training and fine-tuning, and quality assessment of large language model for accuracy and reliability. It also offers Avride, an autonomous driving solution which targets ride-hailing, logistics, e-commerce, and food/grocery delivery as application domains, as well as focuses on autonomous vehicles and delivery robots; and TripleTen, an EdTech service that prepares specialists for STEM roles, and equipping them with essential technology skills. The company was formerly known as Yandex N.V. and changed its name to Nebius Group N.V. in August 2024. Nebius Group N.V. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schiphol, the Netherlands. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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