TOP MARKETS NEWS: Week 12/15 – 12/21

Monday 12.15

Business Live – guardian
Bridgewater Warns Big Tech’s Reliance on External Capital to Fund AI Boom Is ‘Dangerous’ – Reuters
Market Outlook: Why strategists see a Goldilocks setup for 2026 – BBG

Stocks hit as tech weakness weighs, eyes turn to NFP – Newsquawk US Market Wrap
Wall St Closes Lower as Investors Position for Busy Week of Data – Reuters
S&P 500 closes slightly lower as AI plays weigh on market – cnbc
Tesla stock closes at 2025 high after Musk confirms driverless Robotaxi tests underway in Austin – cnbc
AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide – cnbc
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Zillow, KLA, iRobot, Immunome & more – cnbc
This is the best positioned stock for the next AI phase, BofA says – INVESTING
European Stocks Recover, Banks Lead; ECB Decision, US Data in Focus – Reuters
Interactive Brokers Now Accepts Stablecoins In Bid To Remain Competitive – Zerohedge

US PREMARKET
|Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: iRobot, Las Vegas Sands, Tilray & more – cnbc
US Futures Recover Most Of Friday’s Dump As “Bad News Is Again Good News” – Zerohedge
European defense stocks slide as Zelenskyy ditches Ukraine NATO membership bid – cnbc
Citi Sets 2026 S&P 500 Target at 7,700, Expects AI to Remain Key Theme – Reuters
German Economy Recorded Robust Start to Fourth Quarter, Says Ministry – Reuters
Copper could hit ‘stratospheric new highs’ as hoarding of the metal in U.S. continues – cnbc
European markets set to start week of central bank meetings in positive territory – cnbc

South Korea stocks lead losses in Asia-Pacific as investors parse key data from China – cnbc
China’s retail sales growth sharply misses estimates in November, deepening consumption worries – cnbc

Key Events This Very Busy Week: Jobs, Payrolls, CPI. Retail Sales And Central Banks Galore – Zerohedge
Five things to watch in markets in the week ahead – investing
Global week ahead: Europe under fire – cnbc
Week Ahead: BoE, ECB and BoJ Rate Decisions; U.S. and U.K. Jobs Reports; U.S., U.K., Canada and Japan CPIs; Chinese Data; Japan Tankan; ECB Wage Trackers – cb