Be in the know. 11 key reads for New Years Eve…

  1. ‘Have no fear’: Financial expert expect markets to rally in 2025 (foxbusiness)
  2. China’s Factory Activity Expands Again as Economy Stabilizes (bloomberg)
  3. Hong Kong stocks head for 2024 gain after 4 straight years of losses (scmp)
  4. Chinese Stocks Head for First Yearly Advance Since Pandemic (bloomberg)
  5. S&P 500: A ‘reversion’ trade will occur in 1Q25, Raymond James says (investing)
  6. 10-year Treasury yield logs sharpest drop in a month to kick off holiday-shortened week (marketwatch)
  7. 5 Value Stocks That Could Get a Bump From Activist Investors (barrons)
  8. Natural-gas prices see biggest jump in nearly 3 years, leading oil higher (marketwatch)
  9. Shale Is Plateauing. Oil Only Has One Place Left to Grow. (barrons)
  10. How a $12.98 T-Shirt Is Made in America—at a Profit (wsj)
  11. Drug Middlemen Spared by Trump and Musk, for Now (wsj)

Be in the know. 16 key reads for Monday…

  1. US new vehicle sales set to rise 7.3% in December, report says. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) for total new-vehicle sales is expected to be 17.2 million units, up 1.1 million units. (reuters)
  2. Doctors Say AI Is Introducing Slop Into Patient Care (gizmodo)
  3. The Happy Gilmore 2 trailer just dropped! Let’s analyze his golf swing (golfdigest)
  4. Investing pros think these stock-market losers are set to rebound in 2025 (marketwatch)
  5. What Boeing Investors Should Know About Jeju Flight 2216 (barrons)
  6. Discounts on the Dealership Lot Lift Car Sales (wsj)
  7. US Futures Drop 1% as Tech Rally Fades at Year-End (bloomberg)
  8. Natural Gas Prices Jump on Cold Weather Forecasts (wsj)
  9. Albemarle Stock Got Crushed. Why We’re Standing By Our Pick. (barrons)
  10. Buybacks Aren’t Always Bullish. Here’s How to Know When They Are Worth It. (barrons)
  11. These Are The Most (And Least) Optimistic Countries About 2025 (zerohedge)
  12. Carlos Slim invested $1 billion in 2024 to supercharge oil bets (yahoo)
  13. US credit card defaults jump to highest level since 2010 (ft)
  14. Top Democrats warm to Musk’s US government cost-cutting mission (ft)
  15. China mandates 30% EVs in government fleets in boost for carmakers, net zero (scmp)
  16. S&P 500 could get close to 7,000 in the first half of next year, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (youtube)