Gold, dethroned

Silver and Copper eclipse gold as the top metals, stock funds up 12.6% as year nears an end, Netflix wooed Trump personally, Berkshire Hathaway on track to lag behind the S&P 500 in Buffett’s last year, and OpenAI goes from stock market savior to burden...

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Market Briefing
December 08, 2025

 

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Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, Dec 8:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 12/4/2025. Bitcoin as of 12/7/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↑ 44.29% for Week of DEC 04 2025

Previous week: 32.03%

Market Wrap:

  • Futures near flat after Wall Street’s second straight winning week.

  • Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.9%, S&P +0.3% last week.

  • S&P sits ~0.7% off its all-time high.

  • Soft core PCE boosted stocks Friday.

  • Markets price ~88% odds of a Fed rate cut this week.

  • Focus shifts to Fed outlooks and leadership signals.

  • Earnings ahead: Lululemon, Costco, Broadcom, Oracle, Adobe.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

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HEADLINES

Silver and copper have replaced gold as the hot metal trade heading into 2026, with institutional and retail traders positioning for record rallies.

Late-November rally put markets back on their feet. Plus: A Financial Flashback to 60 years ago, when LBJ clashed with the Fed.

  • Wall Street rises to the edge of its all-time high (more)

  • Volatility vanishes across Wall Street just before Fed meeting (more)

  • Bessent: US will finish the year with 3% GDP growth, sees ‘very strong’ holiday season (more)

  • Bond traders defy Fed and spark heated debate on Wall Street (more)

  • Netflix’s Sarandos wooed Trump personally ahead of Warner bid (more)

  • Berkshire’s on track to lag behind the S&P 500 in Buffett’s last year as CEO (more)

  • Musk denies $800B SpaceX valuation reports (more)

  • OpenAI goes from stock market savior to burden as AI isks mount (more)

  • Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers (more)

  • Apple's executive exodus sends a signal about its AI strategy (more)

  • Polymarket struggling with a $59M bet about itself (more)

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DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery's studios, streaming unit for $72 billion

  • AB InBev to acquire 85% stake in beverage maker BeatBox for $490 million

  • Beijer Ref acquires HVAC/R wholesaler in New Zealand

  • WEVO, a Boston, MA-based AI-powered customer research platform provider, received an investment from Accenture (NYSE:ACN).

VC

  • Multifactor, a post-quantum security platform enabling safe access to online accounts for both humans and AI agents, raised $15m in Seed funding

  • Quanta, an accounting platform for startup finances, raised $15M in Series A funding

  • Helmet Security, an end-to-end security platform provider, raised $9M in funding

CRYPTO

  • Trump's national security strategy ignores Bitcoin and blockchain (more)

  • Bitcoin options show traders hunkering down for crypto winter (more)

  • Strategy raised $1.44B to dispel ‘FUD’ amid a crypto down cycle (more)

BULLISH BITES

🤝 A Thanksgiving dealmaking sprint helped Netflix win Warner Bros.

⤵️ Why Nvidia and other AI stocks have lost their ‘quality’ status.

🫠 How to navigate a crypto meltdown: 'Be willing to hold on'.

⏳ The 'slow fade' to retirement more people are choosing.

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