Where's Santa?
With the risk of a government shutdown pushed out to March, traders breathed a small sigh of relief over the weekend. But the chaotic intervention by Trump/Musk won’t be quickly forgotten by Wall Street, which is likely to view the whole political debacle as something of a preview of what can easily and frequently happen in 2025 and beyond.
A holiday-riddled week that traditionally sees Santa bearing gifts for investors began quietly with the indexes mostly positive overall on low trading volume by the close on Monday, with Big Tech leading and Small Caps lagging. Trump’s sudden interest in…
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