Tesla shares were up nearly 4% in Monday’s midday trade after CEO Elon Musk stated in a post on Sunday that the EV giant had begun fully autonomous testing of Robotaxis in Austin.
The financial markets opened the week of December 15, 2025, with a palpable sense of anticipation, as major stock indices registered gains, signaling investor optimism ahead of a packed schedule of critical economic reports. This upward movement comes as traders position themselves for a deluge of data that promises to
Friday delivered a clear “risk-off” breadth reset: decliners overwhelmed advancers and downside volatility picked up, on heavier-than-average volume. Yet beneath the one-day damage, participation across key moving-average measures and longer timeframes remains broadly constructive, suggesting more of a cooling phase than a trend break.
Broadcom shares were down more than 11% in Friday’s midday session after CEO Hock Tan’s $73 billion AI backlog order statement failed to impress Wall Street.
Thursday’s session looked more like a controlled handoff than a reversal: IWM broke out convincingly, SPY kept grinding near the highs, and QQQ cooled off under resistance.
In a Substack post, Pompliano stated that the return of quantitative easing is likely to leave investors “very happy,” given its historical impact on asset prices.
The private secondaries market, a critical yet often overlooked segment of the private equity landscape, is witnessing an unprecedented surge in activity. With global transaction volumes projected to exceed $200 billion in 2025 and potentially reaching $1 trillion by 2030, this market has become a significant force in financial markets.
According to a CNBC report, Bessent will propose a new approach for the FSOC in a bid to allow the monitoring body to adopt a freer process when it comes to the regulation and oversight of institutions under its mandate.
