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Every Wall Street analyst now predicts a stock rally, silver's surge stumbles, the barbarians are at Lululemon’s gate, tax changes loom large for 2026 economy, and Grayscale: 2026 will be ‘dawn of the institutional era’ for crypto...
Market Briefing
December 30, 2025
Good morning.
The Fast Five → Every Wall Street analyst now predicts a stock rally, silver's surge stumbles, the barbarians are at Lululemon’s gate, tax changes loom large for 2026 economy, and Grayscale: 2026 will be ‘dawn of the institutional era’ for crypto…
📌 You think the volatility is over? Think again… because it’s just getting started. In fact, according to a strange investment secret discovered just before the Great Depression, the current economic chaos is just a preview—what’s coming next could be much worse. We’ve identified five stocks you should absolutely avoid as this market shift plays out--you'll want to see this list → (Weiss Advocate)
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Your 5-minute briefing for Tuesday, Dec 30:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 12/29/2025.
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 mostly flat overnight
Monday stayed risk-off; S&P -0.35%, Nasdaq -0.5%, Dow -249
Big tech slid again; NVDA -1%+, PLTR -2.4%, ORCL -1.3%, TSLA -3%+
Materials weighed; NEM -5.6% after silver’s worst day since 2021
Today: home price data 9am ET; Fed minutes 2pm ET
Markets closed New Year’s Day
EARNINGS
No noteworthy earnings scheduled this week.
Drop These 5 Stocks Before January
In fact, our research shows the current volatility is just a preview…
Because what's coming in 2026 could be much worse. Specifically, a radical shift is about to hit the market…
And it could send some of America's most popular stocks crashing down even further.
You'll want to see this list — and make sure you don't own any of these stocks before January 2026…
To find out more about this incoming market shift, including the list of five stocks you must absolutely avoid…
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HEADLINES
At the big banks and the boutique investment shops, there’s an optimistic consensus: the stock market will rally in 2026 for a fourth straight year, marking the longest winning streak in nearly two decades.
Lululemon’s former CEO Chip Wilson is once again slamming the struggling company he founded, and he’s launching a campaign to shake up its board.
Stocks end down as tech shares drop ahead of New Year (more)
US economy to ride tax cut tailwind but faces risks (more)
Trump says he might sue Fed Chair Powell for ‘gross incompetence’ (more)
The tenuous peace between Trump and the $30T US bond market (more)
Banks tap Fed liquidity tool amid year-end pressures (more)
Tax changes loom large for US economy in 2026 (more)
Silver's surge stumbles (more)
Metals selloff hits mining stocks (more)
Oil settles up over 2% on dented peace hopes in Ukraine (more)
GM's 2025 record stock performance beats Tesla, Ford, other automakers (more)
Nvidia is ending the year with deals (more)
Dealmaking tops $4 trillion for only third time ever (more)
SoftBank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $3 bln (more)
Meta to acquire Chinese startup Manus to boost advanced AI features (more)
Groq investor sounds alarm on data centers (more)
DEALFLOW
Listings resume Jan 2nd
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
🤑 The new billionaires of the A.I. boom.
🤝 Nvidia deal shows why inference is AI's next battleground.
🤖 More than 20% of videos shown on YouTube are ‘AI slop’.
🛍 Soon, AI could compare deals, book your flights and pay the bills.
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