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  • Dec 23, 2024

MicroStrategy’s Long-Shot S&P 500 Bid Stokes Wall Street Agita

(Bloomberg) -- To Michael Saylor’s online fanbase, it’s the next step in the great normalization of crypto: Bitcoin proxy MicroStrategy Inc. enters the S&P 500 next year, forcing the likes of index-tracking funds to buy his controversial company en masse. Whether they like it or not.Most Read from BloombergHo Chi Minh City Opens First Metro Line After Years of DelayReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloThe Architects Who Built MiamiNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Le

  • Dec 23, 2024

Brazil Analysts See Key Rate at 15% in June, More Inflation

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil economists raised their forecasts for inflation and borrowing costs in 2025 after central bankers reinforced their commitment to extend large interest rate hikes into early next year. Most Read from BloombergHo Chi Minh City Opens First Metro Line After Years of DelayThe Architects Who Built MiamiReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Legal HurdlesNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife

  • Dec 23, 2024

Hot Obesity Drug Market Will Keep Investors Gripped Next Year

(Bloomberg) -- Disappointing trial results for Novo Nordisk A/S’s experimental obesity shot capped a volatile year for investors in drug developers vying for a piece of pharma’s hottest market.Most Read from BloombergHo Chi Minh City Opens First Metro Line After Years of DelayReviving a Little-Known Modernist Landmark in BuffaloThe Architects Who Built MiamiNew York’s Congestion Pricing Plan Still Faces Legal HurdlesNew York City’s Historic Preservation Movement Is Having a Midlife CrisisNovo sh

  • Dec 23, 2024

US crypto industry eyes possible day-one Trump executive orders

The cryptocurrency industry is pushing President-elect Donald Trump's team to kick start his promised crypto policy overhaul when he takes office next month with executive orders that would help push tokens mainstream, according to industry officials. Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders and directives on everything from immigration to energy on his first day in office on Jan. 20, Reuters reported this month. On the campaign trail, Trump courted crypto cash with promises to be a "crypto president," and the industry wants him to make good on that pledge with executive orders creating a bitcoin stockpile, ensuring the industry can access banking services, and creating a crypto council, the people said.

  • Dec 23, 2024

Volkswagen shares fall as markets struggles to digest unions deal

Volkswagen shares were down 3% in early trade on Monday with analysts citing uncertainty about the automaker's cost-cutting deal with unions and likely headwinds in 2025. It fell short of management's initial ambitions and market expectations, and lacked a sense of urgency, according to Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois. VW's earnings momentum is also unlikely to improve significantly next year given weak demand in China and potential tariffs after Donald Trump's election, they added.

  • Dec 23, 2024

How investments may fare during Trump 2.0 and Fed easing

U.S. investors are preparing for a swathe of changes in 2025, from tariffs and deregulation to tax policy, that will ripple through markets as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, putting the focus on whether the U.S. economy can continue to outperform. The changing of the guard in Washington has big implications for how stocks, bonds and currencies fare in the new year and may require investors to rejig portfolios. Forecasts call for another buoyant year for stocks, the dollar to maintain its recent strength over the coming months and Treasury yields to march higher.

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