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S&P 500 flies to another record, Trump's economy surges on consumer spending, gold and silver reach fresh high, dollar set for worst year since 2003, and US to begin seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers...
Market Briefing
December 24, 2025
Good morning.
*Note: No morning briefing 12/25, 12/26, 1/1. Happy Holidays — to you and yours 🎄
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Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, Dec 24 🎄
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 12/23/2025.
Pre-Market:
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US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 44.14% for Week of DEC 18 2025
Previous week: 44.59%
Market Wrap:
Futures flat after S&P 500 record close
Dow -25; S&P -0.05%; Nasdaq flat
Indexes rose for 4th straight session
S&P +0.5% to record 6,909; Nasdaq +0.6%
Tech led: Alphabet, Nvidia, Broadcom, Amazon
Q3 GDP 4.3% beat tempered rate-cut hopes
Santa Claus rally odds historically favorable
EARNINGS
No noteworthy earnings scheduled this week.
A MESSAGE FROM THE BROWNSTONE RESEARCH
Trump’s Set to Send this NVIDIA-
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- a message from Brownstone Research -
HEADLINES
US stocks tipped higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 clinching a fresh record.
Corporate profits helped drive growth, skyrocketing by more than $166 billion, up from a $6.8 billion increase during the previous quarter.
Stocks up as markets wind down to bumper year (more)
US economy grows at fastest pace in years with 4.3% GDP gain (more)
'Consumers are feeling worse and worse' about the economy (more)
Bessent sees room for a future revamp of the Fed’s 2% target (more)
US to begin seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers (more)
Wall St buying potential Trump tariff refunds for pennies on the dollar (more)
Dollar set for worst year since 2003 as rate outlooks diverge (more)
Gold and silver reach fresh highs for second day running (more)
Oil edges up on strong US economic growth, supply risks (more)
Tanger CEO: Retailers are ‘discounting to meet the consumer’ this season (more)
Citadel to return $5 bln of hedge fund’s profits to clients (more)
Southwest’s profits down 42% this year but it’s the top US airline stock (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
ServiceNow to buy cyber startup Armis for $7.75B
CookUnity acquires flavrs
Dentira receives growth investment from Vista Equity Partners
VC
Kargo, a provider of industrial AI technology for supply chain and logistics, raised $42M in Series B funding
Architect Financial Technologies, a provider of institutional trading and derivatives exchange services, raised $35M in Series A funding
Truemed, an HSA and flexible spending account payment marketplace, raised $34M in Series A funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
🍎 How Apple spent 2025 setting itself up for the future.
🤝 M&A is cleaning the decks for AI.
💼 Trump's AI hiring campaign draws interest from 25,000 hopefuls.
✈️ America’s tiny airports and the people who love them.
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