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📰 Market Headlines |
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The Nasdaq hit a record high while the Dow dropped for an eighth straight day, marking a historic split between tech and blue chips. |
The Nasdaq soared 1.2%, while the Dow fell 0.3%. The S&P 500 gained 0.4%. |
Bitcoin surged to $107,000, with investors anticipating an interest rate cut this week. |
TikTok asked the Supreme Court to block a looming US ban while Trump met its CEO at Mar-a-Lago. |
SoftBank announced a $100 billion investment in US AI infrastructure over the next four years. |
Former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson received a 10-year prison sentence for fraud. |
A distraught 15-year-old girl committed America’s 83rd school shooting of 2024, setting a new record. At least three are dead. “A second-grade student was the one who called 911 to the school.” |
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🎰 Alts This Week |
From this week’s Alts Cafe. Make sure to subscribe if this is your sort of thing. |
Blackstone acquired a Tokyo office building for $2.6 billion, the largest real estate investment by a foreign investor in Japan. |
Carlyle Group closed its largest credit fund at $5.7 billion, with $2.4 billion already invested across 25 deals. |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a $500 million modern wing, expanding gallery space by 50%. |
Rare whisky auction values plunged 40% in 2024, with sales volume dropping 34%. |
Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz sold for $28 million at auction, becoming the most valuable movie memorabilia ever sold. |
Florida announced plans to make gold and silver legal tender for transactions, joining 11 other states that allow precious metals as currency. |
The comic book market is projected to reach $26.9 billion by 2032. |
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You'll be hearing a lot more about the Alts community in 2025. It features public + private spaces, chats, special offers, and perks. |
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We'll be rolling out invites starting this week and continuing throughout December. |
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🧠 Make yourself heard |
Two facts that don’t line up to me: |
There are nearly 400 million guns in America. People can’t stop talking about mysterious drone sightings. |
Why hasn't anyone been able to shoot down a drone? |
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📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis |
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US economic output surged to a 3-year high in December. New Jersey's online gambling revenue hit $214 million in November, setting another record. |
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😱 Fear and Greed Index |
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📊 Winners and losers |
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Market movers |
Walmart defended its DEI pullback and $100 million Center for Racial Equity closure. Allianz withdrew its $1.63 billion bid for Singapore's Income Insurance. Regional lenders Berkshire Hills and Brookline merged in a $1.1 billion deal, creating a $24 billion bank. BlackBerry sold its Cylance security unit to Arctic Wolf for $160 million in cash and 5.5 million shares. Boeing cut another 67 jobs at its South Carolina sites. Bond investors braced for a hawkish Fed rate cut, avoiding longer-dated Treasuries amid sticky inflation data. |
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📊 Crypto | | FASB adopted Fair Value Accounting for Bitcoin, allowing companies to report holdings at current market prices. El Salvador's Bitcoin holdings generated $362 million in unrealized profits. Solana doubled its closest competitor with 4.5 million daily active wallets. Anchorage Digital received a BitLicense from NYDFS to offer institutional crypto services in New York. | |
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🎤 What you said last time |
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What you had to say: |
“I don't understand the people that are cheering for the murder of a CEO. Yes, US healthcare is trash, but killing a CEO and taking him away from his family is a dangerous road to travel. Similar feeling to when we, the United States of America nearly had a presidential candidate assassinated. Maybe we could all go back to NOT acting like a third-world country?” |
🧠 Errata | Italian rescuers raced to save a cave explorer trapped underground after a 16-foot fall during mapping. A rugby player in England was tackled by a deer during a match. The UK spy agency GCHQ released its annual Christmas puzzle. |
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📺 What to Watch Today |
| GCHQ launch Christmas puzzle challenge for 2024 |
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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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