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On today’s show, we discuss:
- Why the Stock Market Could Gain Another 20% in 2025
- HUSSMAN: This Is One Of The Worst Times To Buy Stocks In History
- A Critique of John Hussman’s Chart of Estimated Future Equity Returns
- 22 eye-catching charts as we consider what’s next for the stock market
- Why retail traders underperform
- 2025 Economic Outlook: Firing on All Cylinders
- Weight-Loss Drug Craze Appears to Be Curbing US Obesity Epidemic
- The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump
- 5 Million is a Nightmare Greg – Succession S2 E9
- YouTube TV Jacks Up Prices Again Before NFL Playoffs
- ‘Interstellar’ Breaks Box Office Records as Christopher Nolan’s Sci-Fi Classic Becomes Highest Grossing IMAX Re-Release of All Time
- When ‘Middle Age’ Arrives in Your 20s
- Number of CFP Exam-Takers Sets New High
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- The Day of the Jackal
- The Agency
- Landman
Charts:
Tweets/Bluesky:
2021: recession is coming2022: 100% chance of a recession2023: were probably already in a recession2024: we have to have a recession eventually…right?2025: what if we just don’t have another recession this decade?
— Ben Carlson (@bencarlson007.bsky.social) 2024-12-14T19:37:03.705Z
The total return for value stocks has declined for 10 consecutive days.
Since 1926, this has happened fewer than 10 times.
Over the past 50 years, it has preceded double-digit one-year rallies. pic.twitter.com/gaXiZbzOLB
— Jason Goepfert (@jasongoepfert) December 14, 2024
Odometer fraud is shooting up:
According to the latest data from CARFAX — 2.14 million cars may have had odometer rollbacks in 2024 — up 82,000 from last year and 18% since 2021.
The reasons?
Technology has made rolling back an odometer easier than ever — and is often done to…
— Car Dealership Guy (@GuyDealership) December 13, 2024
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