🚨 Just In: Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM December revenue jumps over 20% Y/Y on strong demand for AI chips. TSMC's main customers include AMD $AMD, Nvidia $NVDA, Qualcomm $QCOM, Intel $INTC, Apple $AAPL, and Broadcom $AVGO.

🇺🇸 🇻🇪 Trump Says Venezuela Will Provide U.S. With 30 Million To 50 Million Oil Barrels Following Maduro Capture. At today's price, those barrels are worth $3 billion.

🚨 An intelligence report cited by The Times says Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to leave Tehran, potentially heading to Moscow, if unrest spreads nationwide and security forces begin to defy orders.

🚨 The Fed just pumped $16 billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos. This is the 2nd largest liquidity injection since the 2020 Covid crisis.

The S&P 500 since 2008: 🔴2008: -38.49% 🟢2009: 23.45% 🟢2010: 12.78% 🟢2011: 0.08% 🟢2012: 13.41% 🟢2013: 26.90% 🟢2014: 11.39% 🟢2015: 0.73% 🟢2016: 9.54% 🟢2017: 19.42% 🔴2018: -6.24% 🟢2019: 28.88% 🟢2020: 16.26% 🟢2021: 26.89% 🔴2022: -19.95% 🟢2023: 24.23% 🟢2024: 23.31%

🚨 Santa Rally, Jobless Claims: What to Watch This Week Here are some corporate, market and economic highlights to eye in the week ahead: Monday: Santa Claus Rally Tuesday: Economic Data: ADP Weekly Jobless Claims, Q3 GDP, Durable Goods Orders, Industrial Production, Consumer

⚠️ Week Ahead Market Watch | December 22–26 Monday: Santa Rally Tuesday: ADP Jobless Claims, Q3 GDP, Durable Goods Orders, Consumer Confidence Wednesday: Jobless Claims | Christmas Eve: U.S. markets close at 1:00 PM Thursday: Christmas: U.S. markets closed Friday: No major

Today, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (0.25%) to 0.75%, marking the highest policy rate in about 30 years. A level not seen since 1995.

🚨 BREAKING: BANK OF JAPAN CONFIRMS THEY WILL HIKE INTEREST RATES TO 75 BPS ON DECEMBER 19. THIS WOULD BE THE HIGHEST RATE LEVEL IN OVER 30 YEARS 🇯🇵

🚨NON-FARM PAYROLL (NFP) IS NOW OUT! Actual: 64K Forecast: 50K Previous: -105K #NFP #NonFarmPayroll

⚠️Week Ahead Watchlist | December 15-19 Monday: NY Mfg. Survey; 3Fed Speakers Tuesday: ADP Jobless Claims, U.S. Jobs Report, Retail Sales, Mfg., Services PMIs; $LEN Earnings Wednesday: 3 Fed Speakers; $MU $JBL $GIS Earnings Thursday: Jobless Claims, CPI Inflation, Philly

🇺🇸 EARNINGS THIS WEEK NIKE $NKE FEDEX $FDX MICRON $MU ACCENTURE $ACN JABIL $JBL BLACKBERRY $BB KB HOME $KBH LENNAR $LEN DARDEN RESTAURANTS $DRI GENERAL MILLS $GIS LAMB WESTON $LW CONAGRA BRANDS $CAG CARMAX $KMX CINTAS $CTAS CARNIVAL $CCL PAYCHEX $PAYX $DIA $SPY

⚠️BREAKING: U.S. CONTINUING JOBLESS CLAIMS 🇺🇸 RISE 1.838 MILLION EST. 1.950M PREV. 1.937M

🇺🇸 Fed Day! Here’s what to know ahead of today’s #FOMC Rate decision: • Forecast: 3.75% • Previous: 4.00% • Time of Release: 2:00PM ET • FOMC Statement: 2:00PM ET • FOMC Dot-Plot: 2:00PM ET • Powell Press Conference: 2:30PM ET

⚠️This Week's Most Notable Earnings • Monday: $TOL • Tuesday: $GME $CBRL $CPB $AZO $ASO $OLLI $CASY $PLAY • Wednesday: $ORCL $ADBE $CHWY $SNPS $JILL • Thursday: $AVGO $COST $LULU $RH $LOVE $VERA $CIEN $MANU • Friday: $RENT $SPY $QQQ

NETFLIX TO BUY WARNER BROS. FILM AND STREAMING ASSETS IN $72 BILLION DEAL $NFLX

🚨'The Big Short' investor Michael Burry says that the current surge in AI and tech-stock valuations resembles a speculative bubble, akin to the dot-com boom, and could end in a large crash. Do you agree?

⚠️ JUST IN: India will pay about $2 billion to lease a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia, according to people familiar with the matter, finalizing delivery of the vessel after roughly a decade of talks just as President Vladimir Putin makes a visit to New Delhi this week.

After revealing short positions against $NVDA and $PLTR last month, Big Short investor Michael Burry is now short $TSLA as well. credits @JesseCohenInv