Good MorningDespite headlines declaring the AI bubble has popped, recent data says otherwise. Micron’s massive earnings beat and bullish guidance, fueled by demand for high-bandwidth memory, highlight ongoing investment in AI infrastructure. Institutional accumulation and analyst upgrades across NVIDIA-adjacent names confirm smart money is still buying. Add in cooling inflation, expected Fed rate cuts, and a solid consumer backdrop, and the setup for 2026 remains strong.
The S&P 500 is consolidating near highs and looks ready to rally into year-end. December’s tight trading range has reset key technical indicators just as Q4 earnings season approaches. Labor data remains firm, retail sales are solid, and earnings forecasts are rising across upcoming quarters. With JPMorgan reporting in just three weeks and momentum building, the market could easily break out in a classic Santa Claus Rally. Featured: A New Gold Era Is Coming - Here's How to Help Protect Your Retirement Now (Ad) 
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The northeast United States wasn’t the only region gripped by bitter cold this month—a new winter has also hit the cryptocurrency market. Weak sentiment and choppy trading threaten Bitcoin with its worst yearly performance since 2022. What’s caused the cryptocurrency stallout in ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Institutions own roughly 88 percent of an overlooked American oil and natural gas company. BlackRock holds 32 million shares worth about 716 million dollars, while Vanguard owns 48 million shares worth nearly 1.1 billion dollars.
The company generates approximately 3.2 billion dollars in operating income against a market value of only about 8 billion dollars, and it has signed a multi-year AI agreement with Palantir to improve equipment reliability and well performance. | | Click here to learn about this overlooked AI energy stock |
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A single analyst's rating and price target, the consensus rating and price target, for that matter, have little value to investors without the proper context. The context is the sentiment strength and trend, which for stocks like PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP), AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), and United Parcel Servic... Read the Full Story |
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While artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated headlines for much of the year, and sent many tech stocks soaring, some of the strongest performance across equities has come from far less glamorous corners. Bank stocks are in the middle of a standout run, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF... Read the Full Story |
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The S&P 500 Index is indisputably the most referenced benchmark for tracking the performance of large-cap U.S. stocks. Each quarter, the S&P 500 Index Committee (a committee within S&P Dow Jones Indices) reassesses which stocks will or will not remain in the index. This typically resul... Read the Full Story |
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After finishing 2024 with the third-best performance of the S&P 500’s 100 sectors, the financial sector is wrapping up 2025 with strong momentum that could carry into 2026.
Over the past month, the sector has risen 4.18%. And after the Federal Reserve enacted its third and final interes... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | On April 16th, the U.S. Treasury executed a $15 billion buyback of its own debt - the largest in history - while former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson publicly warned of collapsing demand for U.S. bonds.
According to Garrett Goggin, CFA, CMT, with 20 years studying gold and debt cycles, this is the moment miners priced for a world that no longer exists stand to benefit most. As natural bond buyers disappear and the Fed steps in, the move in gold may only be beginning. | | See the four gold miners positioned to benefit from what comes next |
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The last three years have not been kind to U.S. apparel giant Nike (NYSE: NKE). As of the Dec. 18 close, shares had dropped approximately 34%, with sales, margins, and profits all down significantly over the same period.
A series of strategic missteps contributed to this, including weak product... Read the Full Story |
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As 2025 winds down, tech investors are facing a familiar mix of excitement and anxiety. With AI stock valuations at historic highs, the question heading into 2026 is no longer whether AI is transformative—but whether the market has gotten ahead of itself.
Recent news also contributed to som... Read the Full Story |
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Hundreds of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in the last year alone, further crowding an already-dense field and making it more difficult for investors to assess which might be a good fit for their portfolios.
Many ETF investors focus on a long-term strategy with these investments—easy... Read the Full Story |
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The last few months of 2025 haven’t brought what investors in Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) hoped for. Through late October, shares were up around 28% on the year. Since then, the stock has given back around half those gains, and is now up only 14% (as of the Dec. 18 close).
However, inve... Read the Full Story |
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Reddit Inc. (NYSE: RDDT) is ending the year on a high note, having returned about 37% in 2025, relaunching a rally that seemed to flatline earlier in the fall.
The online content-sharing platform is showing signs of rapid growth, with its user base, earnings, and engagement features all expandi... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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