Financial news for the week included economic reports and assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO.

Miners are back in their underperformance mode. While gold is pretty much doing nothing.

The first full week of December ended with a lot of the same themes. Tech stayed hot, powering the Nasdaq to a 3% weekly win and fourth record close of the week.

Here are some key indicators followed by NBER’s BCDC, including employment for November (227K vs. 202K consensus, 194K vs. 160K consensus, for NFP, and private NFP respectively).

Investing narrative shifts are underway and you should reconsider some stock candidates accordingly.

Bitcoin's move up towards $100k leaves the cryptocurrency up 1,219% over the last five years.

The 24Q3 Y/Y blended earnings growth estimate is 25.5%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is 57.3%.

A gold ETF is backed by a trust company that holds metal owned and stored by the trust. In most cases, investing in an ETF does not entitle you to any amount of physical gold. You own a share of the ETF, not gold itself.

Gold’s monster upleg remains alive and well, after weathering a sharp post-election selloff. One had certainly been due, as gold had just surged to extremely-overbought levels.

The FTSE 100, the UK's main stock index, fell on Friday, weighed down by declines in defense and utility shares.

Lululemon stock has rallied more than 50% over the past four months.

This morning, we learned that Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 6.8% in November, the highest since September 2021 and January 2017.

Bitcoin has achieved a major milestone, trading at six-figure levels for the first time since its inception.

Emerging and international markets have been left behind in the dust, and with the U.S. dollar reasserting its dominance as the world reserve currency, prospects for investing abroad are still looking dim.

MicroStrategy's stock has surged by 2,800% over two years, driven by its large Bitcoin investment, making it the largest corporate Bitcoin holder globally.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. is an electric and gas utility holding company that serves parts of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Salesforce is seeing a strong demand for its AI chatbot offering Agentforce. Agentforce is a suite of autonomous AI agents that Salesforce made generally available to its customers in October.

The company offers comprehensive digital intelligence solutions across various sectors, including retail, finance, and media, with significant revenue and earnings growth expected.

Stocks are a mixed bag to end the week as investors unpack this morning's key employment data, which showed nonfarm payrolls of 227,000 beating expectations of 214,000.

The analysis aims to provide readers with insights into the current market trends and how to capitalize on them effectively.