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Market Pauses for Christmas: Record Highs Precede Holiday Break, Fed’s Path and Key Data Ahead
Stock Market News· 2025-12-26 05:07
The U.S. stock market observes a quiet Christmas Day on Thursday, December 25, 2025, with all major exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq, closed for the holiday. This pause follows a robust, holiday-shortened trading session on Wednesday, December 24, where major indexes continued their upward trajectory, reaching new record highs. Investors are now looking ahead to the reopening of markets on Friday, December 26, and the economic landscape that awaits in the final days of 2025 ...
Bed bugs on a plane: Delta Air Lines, KLM sued for at least $200,000 over alleged infestation on international flight
MINT· 2025-12-26 05:03
诉讼核心事件 - 达美航空与荷兰皇家航空因涉嫌疏忽被一个弗吉尼亚州家庭起诉 索赔金额至少20万美元[1] - 原告指控在航班上遭遇臭虫侵扰 导致身体被咬伤和受伤[1] - 诉讼称臭虫侵扰发生在飞往阿姆斯特丹的航班上 约在飞行两小时后被发现[3] 涉事行程与票务 - 原告一家四口于今年3月从美国飞往塞尔维亚探亲访友[2] - 行程包括达美航空从罗阿诺克飞往亚特兰大的航班 以及荷兰皇家航空从亚特兰大飞往阿姆斯特丹再飞往贝尔格莱德的航班[2] - 四张机票通过达美航空的SkyMiles计划购买 总价值为8800美元[2][3] - 欧洲段航班由荷兰皇家航空运营 但机票由达美航空售出[2] 指控的具体损害 - 原告称假期被毁 臭虫叮咬导致隆起、发痒的伤痕、皮损和皮疹[3] - 造成的损害包括羞辱、尴尬、焦虑、不适、不便、医疗费用以及衣物和个人物品的损失[3] - 作为法律文件的一部分 原告提交了臭虫造成伤口的特写照片 以及一件夹克和一张沾满臭虫的餐巾的照片[4] - 原告律师称有照片和视频显示臭虫在毛衣上爬行 并在飞机座椅的褶皱中移动[4] 事件处理相关指控 - 诉讼称荷兰皇家航空的空乘人员曾敦促原告一家不要将臭虫侵扰事件告诉任何人[5] - 原告据称被警告 如果他们告知他人 将可能错过从阿姆斯特丹飞往贝尔格莱德的航班[5] 涉事航空公司的回应 - 达美航空与荷兰皇家航空未回应NBC新闻的置评请求[6] - 达美航空在一份声明中表示 指控涉及非由达美航空运营的航班[6] - 达美航空称将审查投诉并在适当时候作出相应回应[6] - 荷兰皇家航空表示无法对具体指控发表评论 但将通过适当的法律渠道处理该诉讼[6]
Housing In 2026: How Unaffordable Homes Could Create Windfall For Apartment REITs - Camden Prop Trust (NYSE:CPT), Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF (ARCA:DFGR)
Benzinga· 2025-12-26 05:01
The “American Dream” of homeownership has hit a mathematical wall, creating a rare and lucrative opening for the nation's biggest landlords. As 2026 approaches, a convergence of punishing mortgage rates and a sharp drop in new construction is reshaping the housing market, turning a crisis for families into a potential windfall for apartment investors.The Historic Buy-Vs-Rent GapAccording to a new outlook from Stifel, the gap between buying and renting has widened to historic levels. To make the monthly paym ...
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Pours $101,000,000 Into Stock Recommended by Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Barclays
The Daily Hodl· 2025-12-26 05:00
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller is pouring millions of dollars into a growth stock listed as a “buy” by some of America’s biggest banks and investment firms.A new 13F filing from Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office reveals the firm bought 4,619 shares of MercadoLibre (MELI) in Q3 2025. The purchase amounts to about $11.09 million and continues a buying spree that began in Q2 2024 amounting to about $101 million and 58,344 shares.MercadoLibre is Latin America’s leading e-commerce and fintech platform, t ...
Price Over Earnings Overview: AGNC Investment - AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC)
Benzinga· 2025-12-26 05:00
In the current session, the stock is trading at $10.88, after a 1.12% spike. Over the past month, AGNC Investment Inc. (NASDAQ:AGNC) stock increased by 3.34%, and in the past year, by 16.18%. With performance like this, long-term shareholders are optimistic but others are more likely to look into the price-to-earnings ratio to see if the stock might be overvalued.AGNC Investment P/E Compared to CompetitorsThe P/E ratio is used by long-term shareholders to assess the company's market performance against aggr ...
Will Rigetti Computing Make a Comeback in 2026?
The Motley Fool· 2025-12-26 05:00
Rigetti Computing is down around 60% from its all-time high.Rigetti Computing (RGTI 2.45%) has taken investors on quite the roller-coaster ride in 2025. It entered the year on a strong note thanks to the quantum computing rally in December 2024. However, it crashed nearly 75% from its highs before January was over, thanks to comments from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about useful quantum computing being a long way away.Huang quickly pivoted from that stance, and the quantum computing start-up stocks started to r ...
Why a $3.6 Million Bet on Louisiana-Pacific Looks Timed for a Housing Reset
The Motley Fool· 2025-12-26 04:50
投资动态 - 纽约投资公司Elwood Capital Partners于11月13日向美国证券交易委员会提交文件 披露新建仓Louisiana-Pacific公司股票 买入40,000股 价值约355万美元[1][2] - 此次新建仓占该基金截至9月30日13F报告管理资产规模的2.17%[3] - 此次建仓后 该基金报告的美股持仓总数达到19个 管理资产总额为1.6377亿美元[2] 公司股价与财务表现 - 截至新闻发布当周三 Louisiana-Pacific股价为82.55美元 过去一年下跌21% 同期标普500指数上涨约15% 表现显著落后[3] - 公司过去12个月营收为28.2亿美元 净利润为2.16亿美元 股息收益率为1.4%[4] - 第三季度调整后息税折旧摊销前利润大幅下降至8200万美元 去年同期为1.53亿美元[10] - 第三季度公司产生正经营现金流8900万美元 当季资本支出为8400万美元 流动性保持稳健 达11亿美元[11] 公司业务与市场 - Louisiana-Pacific是工程木制品领先制造商 产品组合多元化 服务于新房建设、维修和改造市场[6] - 公司业务分为四个板块:墙板、定向刨花板、工程木制品和南美业务 主要生产和销售增值木基建筑材料 客户包括零售商、批发商、建筑商和工业客户 市场遍及北美、南美、亚洲、澳大利亚和欧洲[8] - 第三季度墙板业务营收同比增长5%至4.43亿美元 增长完全由价格上涨驱动[10] - 管理层重申全年墙板业务息税折旧摊销前利润指引约为4.3亿美元 利润率接近26% 墙板正成为盈利支柱而非定向刨花板[10] 行业背景与投资逻辑 - 公司近期处境较为艰难 盈利受到定向刨花板价格暴跌的严重打击[7] - 尽管整体业绩下滑 但公司高利润率的墙板业务仍在持续增长[7][9] - 此次投资被视为一次有选择性的周期性资产配置 而非盲目投机 核心逻辑在于押注住房需求将在定向刨花板价格反弹前企稳 且公司向高附加值产品的战略转型将比短期市场波动更重要[11]
Is Bitcoin a Buy, Sell, or Hold in 2026?
Yahoo Finance· 2025-12-26 04:47
Eleven other companies have converted at least $1 billion of cash into Bitcoin on their balance sheets, according to BitcoinTreasuries.net. The list includes Bitcoin miners like MARA Holdings and Riot Platforms , but also Elon Musk's Tesla and the Trump Media & Technology Group .Crypto isn't just for enthusiasts anymore. Deep-pocketed investors are building large Bitcoin positions, led by Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) and its 671,268 coins. At today's prices, that's a $58.9 billion Bitcoin port ...
Crypto Makes Christmas Wish Lists As Inflation Forces Americans To Rethink Holiday Spending
Benzinga· 2025-12-26 04:46
In the face of rising inflation, American consumers are increasingly interested in receiving cryptocurrency as Christmas gifts, according to a recent survey conducted by Visa Inc. What Happened: The report highlighted the shift in consumer behavior in the wake of escalating living costs. Despite inflation eating into disposable income, the desire for digital assets as gifts is on the rise.Although inflation has somewhat receded from its post-pandemic peak, the cost of essentials such as housing, food, insur ...
Is the Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) share price a buy for 2026?
Rask Media· 2025-12-26 04:45
核心观点 - 文章探讨了澳大利亚联邦银行股票当前是否值得买入 尽管公司被认为是澳大利亚最大且全球最高质量的银行之一 但其高估值可能无法被其温和的盈利增长所支撑 因此可能存在更具吸引力的其他投资选择 [1][5][7] 公司质量与竞争优势 - 公司是澳大利亚最大的银行 被认为是全球最高质量的银行之一 拥有覆盖全国的分行网络、强大的客户触达能力和稳定的股息支付记录 [2] - 公司通常比同行估值更高 但历史表明为顶级品质支付溢价有时是值得的 [2] - 公司的一个主要优势在于能够通过自有渠道而非依赖抵押贷款经纪人来获取客户 这有助于其获得更高的贷款利润率 因为无需在贷款利率上进行过度竞争 [3] 财务状况与盈利能力 - 公司庞大的贷款余额使得其利润率(NIM)的微小正负变动都会对盈利能力产生重大影响 [4] - 在2026财年第一季度 由于存款转移、竞争以及较低的澳大利亚央行现金利率环境 公司的净息差(NIM)"略有下降" [4] - 2026财年第一季度现金净利润同比仅增长2% [5] - 预测显示 公司在2026财年可能产生每股6.64澳元的收益(EPS) 这意味着其股价对应2026财年预估收益的市盈率为24倍 [6] - 预测进一步显示 2027财年每股收益(EPS)可能增长约4% [6] 股息与估值评估 - 预测显示 这家大型银行可能支付每股5.25澳元的股息 包括股息抵免优惠在内的股息收益率将达到4.6% [7] - 公司已经是一个庞大的企业 在可预见的未来其增长率可能较为缓慢 除非信贷需求大幅回升 [7] - 尽管公司质量高于竞争对手 但其盈利增长可能无法证明当前交易的高估值是合理的 [6] - 公司股价已较过去六个月下跌不少 但即使如此 当前股价看起来仍然昂贵 因为2026财年净利润似乎不会大幅飙升 [5] - 公司股价已不如以往昂贵 但认为有许多其他澳大利亚证券交易所的派息股会是更好的买入选择 [7]