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What stocks’ worst stumble since 1952 in the final days of 2024 may mean for 2025

Here’s how the S&P 500 has historically performed annually after stumbling in the final days of a year, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

Mortgage rates inch up to start the year at a near six-month high. Will the housing market become more affordable in 2025?

The 30-year mortgage rate averaged at 6.91%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.

Google’s antitrust woes spark analyst downgrade of Alphabet’s stock

JMP Securities cited “the risk of antitrust penalties that could significantly impact Google’s U.S. distribution of search and search revenue.”

Widen the aperture for space stocks to watch in 2025 — the story doesn’t begin and end with SpaceX and Boeing

After a big year for SpaceX — and one of misfortune for Boeing — here’s what to expect in the new year.

Neumora Therapeutics’ stock craters after trial of major depressive disorder fails to meet main goals

News is a setback for the clinical-stage biotech and a drug that proved successful in earlier trials

This factor makes 11 stocks look like better bargains even after they soared in 2024

Some stocks’ price-to-earnings valuations declined even as they outpaced the S&P 500’s big gain.

Tesla’s stock slides after fourth-quarter and full-year sales fall short of estimates

Tesla Inc. said Thursday it delivered more than 495,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter and 1.704 million for all of 2024, falling slightly short of analyst estimates and lagging the year-earlier total.

What to expect in 2025 if economist forecasts are as bad as usual

Nobody has a crystal ball, and that’s demonstrated every year when Wall Street’s professionals hazard a guess on what to expect for the following year.

Jobless claims drop to 8-month low to end 2024. Low U.S. unemployment fuels economy.

The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Christmas fell to an eight-month low, capping off a year of remarkably low layoffs in a surprising resilient U.S. economy.

Chinese EV makers BYD, Nio, Li and XPeng end 2024 on a sales high

Chinese electric-vehicle makers enjoyed strong sales in December 2024 as the country’s EV price war continued.

I’m 72 and trying to hire a financial adviser, but I feel tricked about the fees

A reader says the final agreement they gave him to sign did not include the pricing they negotiated.

Oil prices rise to kick off 2025, boosted by China stimulus hopes

Oil futures began 2025 on a positive note, boosted by hopes that China, the world’s largest crude importer, will follow through on pledges to further stimulate growth in the new year.
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