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📰 Market Headlines

  • The S&P set another ATH with its fourth daily gain in a row. The Nasdaq rose as well, while the Dow lagged. Oil continues to climb, and gold continues to fall.

  • GDP numbers come out today, and analysts forecast a 2% climb YoY. Kalshi is more bullish at 2.3%. The last GDP print came in much higher, at 4.9%. I think it’ll come in ahead of consensus as well.

🕶️ Market Vibes

🎰 Market Forecasts and Futures

The vegan chocolate market is growing 12.4% per year.

😱 Fear and Greed Index

🧠 What do you think?

Fourth Quarter GDP comes out this morning, and consensus is between 2.0% and 2.4%. What's it gonna be?

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🎤 What you said last time

Tesla missed earnings and guided down. Well done to 31.58% of you.

Sorry about cropping answer two. I’ll be more concise next time.

Beat earnings, guide down.

“Elon will say something to make the stock go down ”

📈 Trends you need to know

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Going vegan is a popular January resolution, but the diet’s popularity is declining.

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Winners and losers

Earnings, upgrades, and acquisitions

  • Nokia announced a $653 million share buyback program in order to combat a dreadful earnings report and terrifying forward guidance. Shares up 7%.

  • Tesla also announced poor earnings and issued lethargic guidance. CEO Elon Musk hinted Tesla won’t be able to compete with Chinese carmakers without government intervention. Shares down 6%.

  • Hyundai grew its bottom line by 31% but missed estimates. Shares were up 2%.

  • IBM beat top and bottom-line estimates and issued strong guidance. Shares were up 8%.

  • Dominos announced horrific earnings.

Market movers

Ideas, trends, and analysis

🌍 Global Perspectives

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia has opened its first liquor store. It’s only available to non-Muslim diplomats, who can import alcohol more cheaply via their embassies anyway.

🇨🇳 China’s property stocks jumped on the news of a government bailout.

📊 Income

  • Here are some Canadian dividend stocks to look at, eh?

📊 Crypto

🧠 Errata

📺 What to Watch Today

That’s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know.

Cheers,

Wyatt