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Warm-Up
- Greenland, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia - USA is the world's Cop again?
- More .. Housing, Credit cards, Fannie and Freddie - all in week's work..
- Retail investors in control - don't care about the noise
Markets
- DJIA plowing ahead - NASDAQ on fire - what can stop this?
- Nuclear stocks back in play
- Defense names on the move
- Interesting economic news.
FIRST
- President Donald Trump said drug “cartels are running Mexico,” and suggested the U.S. military could start land strikes against them there.
- The comments come on the heels of suggestions that Trump could take military action in Cuba and Colombia, and to annex Greenland.
- The Trump administration has reportedly carried out 35 known strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, killing 115 individuals.
- I will be going to Mexico later this week for a couple of days.....
Retail Ruling
- Retail traders have extended a buying spree into the new year, following a record-setting performance in 2025, with purchases in the first four trading days of January hitting the second-highest level in almost eight months.
- Individual investors have bought about $10.1 billion of US equities since the start of the year, mainly via exchange-traded funds, far exceeding the 12-month weekly average.
- Retail investors' confidence has helped stabilize markets during recent pullbacks, and if they keep snapping up equities, gains in the US stock market are likely to persist, according to analysts.
Employment Report
- 4.4% Unemployment Rate
- Nonfarm Payroll Employment: U.S. employers added +50,000 jobs in December 2025. This came in below economists' expectations (consensus around 60,000–73,000) and was a slowdown from the downwardly revised +56,000 in November.
- Unemployment Rate: Edged down slightly to 4.4% (from a rev
