📈 Stocks / Finance

US stocks extend gains before Thanksgiving

CNBC

Major US indexes rose, with the Dow +0.9%, S&P 500 +0.9%, Nasdaq +1%. Oracle gained 4% after a bullish call, Nvidia +1%, Microsoft +2%. Traders see an 80% chance of a December Fed rate cut. Indexes are on track for their best week since mid year despite November losses.

Robinhood surges on prediction market expansion

Yahoo Finance

Robinhood shares rose 8% after announcing a futures and derivatives exchange with Susquehanna to scale its prediction markets. The product has seen 9 billion contracts traded by over 1 million users. HOOD is up 215% YTD and may generate more than 300 million dollars from event contracts annually.

AMD outperforms semiconductor peers

Yahoo Finance

AMD shares rose 23.6% in three months versus SOXX at 14.1%. YTD +70.5% and +49.5% over 52 weeks, both above SOXX at 32.9%. Market cap $335.6B. EPS beat at $1.20 on $9.3B revenue. Analysts see a mean target of $291.29, implying 41.3% upside.

🪙 Crypto

Crypto outlook lifted by Yardeni’s 2026 forecast

DL News

Economist Ed Yardeni says 2026 will be a breakout year for crypto, citing AI driven productivity gains, US GDP near 3%, rising S&P 500 EPS from 268 to 310, easing inflation near 2%, and stablecoin supply projected to reach 3 to 4 trillion dollars.

🌎 Global Economy

AI disruption raises output but pressures labor participation

Fair Observer

A global push for advanced AI is lifting productivity across manufacturing, logistics and services, but job elasticity is falling. PwC sees AI adding 15.7 trillion dollars to GDP by 2030, while McKinsey warns 300 to 800 million jobs may be displaced, raising risks of inequality and weak demand.

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