Good MorningU.S. stocks pushed closer to record highs Tuesday as the S&P 500 climbed about 0.4%, the Nasdaq rose roughly 0.5% and the Dow gained about 91 points. Big tech helped lead the advance — NVIDIA jumped to $188.74 on heavy volume — even as a majority of S&P 500 components lagged, leaving markets trading on a narrow leadership base.
Data driving the moves were mixed. The economy expanded at a robust 4.3% annualized rate in the third quarter, the fastest growth in two years, powered by consumer and government spending. At the same time reports noted inflation remains elevated, tempering the upside for rate-sensitive sectors and investors betting on easy Fed policy.
Signs of strain in household sentiment persisted: the Conference Board’s consumer confidence index fell to about 89.1, its lowest since April, even as lower gasoline prices — roughly $2.86 a gallon nationally — offer some relief. Markets are weighing resilient growth against cooling confidence and sticky inflation. Featured: Boring, cheap, and paying 6% (Ad) 
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After several years of slipping consumption trends and competition from ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails and hard seltzers, 2026 could be the year when beer comes back into favor. Goldman Sachs analysts believe 2026 offers a rare blend of tailwinds for brewers: the FIFA World Cup, the Summer Olympic... Read the Full Story |
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Investors watched Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) surge to a closing price of $198.38 on Dec. 22, marking a gain of over 3% on heavy trading volume. While the broader technology sector has spent the last two years obsessing over which company manufactures the best artificial intelligence (AI) chip... Read the Full Story |
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As 2025 comes to a close, the precious metals surge appears poised to continue well into the new year, despite some bumps in the fall. Gold and silver hit fresh all-time highs again in December after having already done so many times previously in recent months. A perfect storm of geopolitical unc... Read the Full Story |
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lululemon athletica's (NASDAQ: LULU) late-2025 price action is starting to look like a real bottom, not just a reflex rally. The bottom was catalyzed by performance, expansion plans, and the shifting analyst sentiment, which limits the downside and points to ample upside for investors.
Indicati... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | |
On Dec. 22, 2025, the aerospace sector witnessed a volatility event that captured the attention of retail and institutional investors alike. Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a company specializing in Space-as-a-Service, saw its stock price appreciate by over 100% during intraday trading. The trading vo... Read the Full Story |
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Following the global launch event earlier this month, investors in Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) were left with one lingering question: When would the critical piloted transition flight occur? In late December, Vertical delivered investors an early Christmas present by providing a transparent an... Read the Full Story |
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Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has quietly put together one of its strongest years in recent memory.
Shares are up roughly 64% year-to-date, significantly outperforming the broader market and reaffirming the company’s status as a core leader within the Magnificent Seven.
Yet despite that stren... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | |
Darden Restaurants, Inc.'s (NYSE: DRI) stock is flashing a potential trend-following entry in late December after a sharp 2025 pullback.
The core thesis is straightforward: the long-term uptrend looks intact, momentum indicators are turning, and fundamentals—paired with institutional positi... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of tech giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) closed just under $230 on Monday, a level that neatly captures the tension surrounding the stock right now.
Shares are still up about 40% from April’s lows, yet they remain more than 10% below the November high that briefly looked like t... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | |
For years, the narrative surrounding the cruise industry was dominated by a single, relentless theme: survival. Following the global shutdowns of 2020, the investment story focused almost entirely on cash burn, mounting liabilities, and the long, arduous road to recovery. However, as 2025 draws to... Read the Full Story |
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Thursday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Molson Coors Beverage Company manufactures, markets, and sells beer and other malt beverage products under various brands in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers flavored malt beverages including hard seltzers, craft, spirits and energy, and ready to drink beverages. It provides its products under Aspall Cider, Blue Moon, Coors Original, Five Trail, Hop Valley brands, Leinenkugel's, Madri, Miller Genuine Draft, Molson Ultra, Sharp's, Staropramen, and Vizzy Hard Seltzer above premier brands; Bergenbier, Borsodi, Carling, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Jelen, Kamenitza, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, and Niksicko, Ozujsko under the premium brands; and Branik, Icehouse, Keystone, Miller High Life, Milwaukee's Best, and Steel Reserve under the economy brands. The company was formerly known as Molson Coors Brewing Company and changed its name to Molson Coors Beverage Company in January 2020. Molson Coors Beverage Company was founded in 1774 and is based in Golden, Colorado. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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