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Citi Research’s strategists have some trade suggestions for their clients. Ignore golden rings and turtledoves. Investors anticipate practical trade ideas from Wall Street gurus by December. And this week, they received precisely that from Citi Research’s global macroeconomic strategy team. The Citi strategists provided BourseWatch with a report that included a few trade suggestions in addition to some wildly optimistic forecasts on market-related subjects like Chinese aluminum production and Federal Reserve interest-rate policy. One of the suggested bets is a leveraged wager that the Nasdaq-100 NDX will continue to rise due to the artificial intelligence trade. The group suggested that…

On Wednesday, the central bank announced another quarter-point rate drop. Why one chief investment officer said that choice “could look reckless” in January. The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point interest rate drop seemed to be welcomed by bond traders. For the majority of Thursday’s session, U.S. government debt increased as bond dealers seemed to support the Federal Reserve’s announcement yesterday that it will drop interest rates once again. However, other investors believe that caution is warranted. For the majority of the day, Treasury yields were somewhat lower across the curve due to Thursday’s bond market rise, from rates on the 1-month T-bill…

Key Takeaways Boursewatch analyst Dan Romanoff points to ServiceNow as an attractive buy. Software stocks have lagged AI names by a significant margin for most of 2025. Software stocks are significantly undervalued, according to Boursewatch analysts, and many have sound fundamentals despite recent declines. Excitement around artificial intelligence has propelled many technology stocks to record heights, except for one notable group: software. In fact, many of the biggest software stocks are posting significant losses for the year. And by Boursewatch equity analysts’ metrics, some look like bargains. Driving the losses is a persistent fear that AI will upend the software…

For three consecutive years, stocks have never had a negative “Santa Claus rally” phase. Three consecutive negative “Santa Claus rally” periods have never occurred in U.S. stocks. History indicates that the chances of a comeback this year are favorable following two consecutive misses. The final five trading sessions of each year and the first two of the following year comprise the historically robust Santa rally period, which formally began on Wednesday. So far, equities are doing okay: The S&P 500 SPX is still up 0.2% from the start of this year’s Santa period, despite some slight weakening on Friday. Since…

Target has found it difficult to compete with Walmart as consumers with rising living expenses continue to look for deals. After the Financial Times revealed that hedge fund Toms Capital Investment Management had made a “significant investment” in the big-box retailer, whose sales and share price this year have trailed behind some of its more value-oriented competitors, Target Corp. shares were up on Friday. The stock of Target (TGT) increased 1.8% on Friday. Target was under pressure from the fund, which had made a “significant investment” in the business, according to the Financial Times, which cited people with knowledge of…

According to charts, semiconductor stocks are going through a “time correction,” which will eventually be overcome by another surge. On the surface, there are certain technical indicators that point to the chip-sector bulls perhaps losing speed and that bears might easily seize control of the trend. However, a closer examination reveals that bulls seem to be taking a break as they prepare for a significant increase next year. Even though they are uncommon, prior identical technical makeups suggest that the next leg up may continue well into 2026 and possibly pick up speed in the second half. However, historical patterns…

At a press conference after his exhibition boxing battle against Floyd Mayweather, Logan Paul was seen holding his Charizard Pokémon-card chain. Is it better to invest in Pokémon cards instead of equities and bonds? Logan Paul, a professional wrestler and internet celebrity, has proposed that. On Tuesday, he made an appearance on Fox Business’s “The Big Money Show,” where he talked about his recent purchases in the world of these cards and revealed his intention to auction off a very rare Pikachu Illustrator card that he purchased for $5.3 million in 2022. “It’s the rarest and most valuable Pokémon card…

After a successful run in December, precious metal traders and investors may be wondering if 2026 would be another exceptional year. This year, despite a significant decline in early April, traders and investors who patiently kept onto precious metals have reaped rewards. Silver accelerated in December for a year-to-date gain of 154% early on December 26. Precious metals have had an amazing run in 2025. With a baseline of 100 at the end of 2024, the above chart displays price movement for continuous front-month contracts for copper (HG00), gold (GC00), and silver (SI00) on the New York Mercantile Exchange. As…

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, and Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, are now among the richest people in the planet. Artificial intelligence firms have had a fantastic year, releasing model after model and increasing investment. AI has also significantly increased the wealth of many wealthy people. According to a Forbes article on Thursday, over 50 people in the AI industry became billionaires this year. Many of those individuals are entrepreneurs who work for startups, like the seven co-founders of Anthropic, which in less than a year almost tripled its valuation. Edwin Chen, the CEO of Surge AI, is…

With 2,500 autonomous cars in five cities and 11 more locations named as objectives, Alphabet’s Waymo is spearheading the robotaxi movement. Widespread adoption of driverless cars may seem like a pipe dream given that there are currently only a few thousand of these vehicles on the road. However, a world ruled by robotaxis may be closer than you may believe. According to Morgan Stanley, people today spend a combined 82 million years in about 1.2 billion cars that travel 12 trillion miles a year. According to the bank, 98% of all automobiles sold worldwide may be driverless by 2050. It…