BEFORE THE OPEN

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 44.14% for Week of DEC 18 2025

Market Wrap:

• Futures near flat after strong holiday-week start

• Dow -9; S&P flat; Nasdaq +0.1%

• S&P posts 3rd straight gain; Nvidia +1.5%

• 10 of 11 sectors higher; materials, financials led

• Gold, silver hit records; miners jumped

• Dow +0.5%, Nasdaq +0.5%

EARNINGS

No noteworthy earnings scheduled this week.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIKIN ANALYTICS

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HEADLINES

Gold, Silver Hit Highs in Best Year Since 1979

Alphabet to Buy Data Center Partner Intersect for $4.75B

• Stocks kick off holiday week with 3rd day of gains (more)

• US freezes five big offshore wind projects, shares dive (more)

• US unveils plans for new ship under Trump's 'golden fleet' bid (more)

• Bond traders’ big bet targets US 10-year back to 4% within weeks (more)

• US economic growth likely remained strong in third quarter (more)

• AI spending spree drives global tech debt issuance to record high (more)

• Larry Ellison ups ante in WBD battle with $40B guarantee (more)

• Nvidia to begin H200 chip shipments to China by mid-February (more)

• Novo surges after winning US approval for weight-loss pill (more)

• FanDuel, CME Group launch prediction markets in five US states (more)

• Jim Beam closing Kentucky distillery for a year (more)

• Saks weighs bankruptcy year after raising billions for turnaround (more)

• BofA’s Moynihan says AI’s economic benefit is ‘kicking in more’ (more)

• Thiel-backed bank set to double valuation to $4.35B (more)

• Palmer Luckey's digital bank valued at over $4 billion (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

• Alphabet to acquire data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect

• Trian-backed group to buy Janus Henderson for $7.4B

• Coinbase acquires The Clearing Company in prediction market push

• Samsung Biologics to buy US drug production facility from GSK for $280M

VC

• No listings

CRYPTO

• Crypto laments loss of key Capitol Hill ally after Lummis announces retirement (more)

• Saylor’s Strategy raises cash reserve, pauses Bitcoin purchases (more)

• JPMorgan Chase reportedly weighs crypto for institutional clients (more)

• Coinbase acquires The Clearing Company in prediction market push (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚨  Buy this stock for 2026 (And sell this one) *

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