The Weekend Rip
Happy Weekend!

The stock market spent the entire short holiday week gorging itself on gains, fueled by rate cut hopes and analysts telling everyone to buy the dip. Between Meta trying to snag a “Black Friday” deal on Google’s chips and Robinhood embracing its inner degenerate gambler, the only thing that didn’t hit a new high was the official U.S. poverty line, but economists were arguing about how high it really is. It was a week where the market’s only pause was for turkey and a data center’s busted AC unit.

Let’s recap and prep you for the week ahead. 📝

Monday 📈: The stock market kicked off the short holiday week with a big, tech-led climb as analysts told everyone to “buy the dip” and the Fed dropped major hints about an upcoming rate cut. Zoom also casually crushed earnings thanks to AI, proving those pandemic-era video calls were surprisingly profitable.

Tuesday 🛒: The market got a holiday travel boost while Google nearly hit a $4T market cap after reports that Meta is planning a massive Black Friday-style bulk buy of Google’s AI chips, much to the chagrin of Nvidia. Meanwhile, department stores like Abercrombie and Kohl’s crushed earnings, suggesting consumers are done with Zoom meetings and are now fully committed to looking good at the mall.

Wednesday 😁 : The market enjoyed its fourth straight day of gains before breaking for Thanksgiving, apparently cheered up by Fed rate cut chatter and a big bank prediction that the S&P 500 could hit 7,500. Adding to the pre-holiday excitement, Robinhood leaned into its degenerate gambler reputation by buying a derivatives exchange to offer more futures and prediction markets.

Thursday was Thanksgiving 🦃 

Friday 🎯: The markets continued their holiday winning streak with a “Green Friday” half-day, capped by a bizarre 10-hour trading halt at CME due to a data center cooling issue—because nothing says “age of data centers” like a busted AC unit. Separately, economists spent the week arguing if the real poverty line is shockingly high (like, $140,000 high), which makes record-high stock prices like Walmart’s hit different.

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THE BRIEF

Need a concise summary of what’s going on this week? Look no further. Here’s a rundown of this week’s earnings and economic data.

Earnings This Week

Above is a quick summary. Check out the full Stocktwits earnings calendar for the other names reporting this week.

Economic Calendar

It’s a busy week of economic data, with investors focused on September data.

In addition to the above, check out this week’s complete list of economic releases.

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