Stocks sink in late-day selloff as big tech falls
U.S. stocks fell in thin trading a day after notching another all-time high in the final days of the year. Treasuries ticked higher.
The S&P 500 sank to session lows in the last few minutes of trading Thursday, a day after posting its 70th record close of the year. Big-tech stocks including $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ and $Apple (AAPL.US)$ helped drag the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ lower, wh...

By Danilo
Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:
- Stock futures were lower in early morning trading Monday following a losing week as investors continued to grapple with the resurgence of Covid cases and an upcoming shift in the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy.
- Elon Musk faces a hefty tax bill this year — possibly the biggest in U.S. history.“For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” the Tesla CEO tweeted on Monday.
Market Snapshot
Stock futures were lower in early morning trading Monday following a losing week as investors continued to grapple with the resurgence of Covid cases and an upcoming shift in the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy.
Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ dropped 433 points, or 1.29%. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures dipped 1.38% and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures declined 1.59%.
Market Temperature
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Key Events This Week
Source: CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg

U.S.-listed ETFs fell off slightly in inflows compared to the previous week, but still maintained a healthy inflow of about $18.1 billion in new assets between Dec. 3 and Dec. 9.
Mix Of Risk-On, Risk-Off Inflows
The top of the flows board featured the stalwarts $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ and $iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV.US)$, at $2.9 billion and $1.8 billion in inflows, respectively.
However, the rest of the leaderboard was split between defensive and growt...

By Julianna
Reddit, the home of WallStreetBets, announced on Wednesday that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the SEC to go public.
The San Francisco-based company did not determine the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering. The listing is expected to occur after the U.S. SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions.
Reddit was valued at $10 billion by investors in a funding round this summer, didn't disclose what valuation it would seek in the IPO.­­
--- according to Bloomberg, 'Reddit is raising funding at a $10 billion value' published in this August.
At the time of that funding round, the company said that it had reached $100 million in advertising revenue during the second quarter of 2021, up 192% from a year prior.
Learn more about the company profile and details about the IPO: Reddit confidentially filed for IPO and seek $15 bln valuation
2021 Meme Stock Frenzy
Reddit saw a surge of interest this year after a forum on the site, WallStreetBets, jolted the stock market. The WSB community currently have 11.3 million members (they usually call themselves 'retards', 'degenerates', 'apes'). The trading frenzy, driven largely by post on the site, whipsawed the prices of $GameStop (GME.US)$, $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$, and silver. The result was a rewriting of the previously understood rules of Wall Street trading.
Want to know what WSB is disscusing today? Check out: WallStreetBets top 10 ticker sentiment 12/16: TSLA, AAPL, NVDA and more
2021 Top 3 Most Popular Post on WSB
Top 1: Times Square right now- 445k in votes, 13.2k in comments
Top 2: We got SUPPORT- 323k in votes, 12.9k in comments
Top 3: GME YOLO- 287kin votes, 23.5k in comments (YOLO*: "you can only live once")
Comments from WSB degenerates about the IPO
*Karma: rewards points that users could gain after thier posts or comments get upvoted.
What do you think about Reddit's IPO? Would you invest in the company?
Source: Reddit, PR Newswires, Bloomberg

The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-largest public pension by assets in the U.S., bought more shares of movie-theater chain $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ and analytics-software firm $Snowflake (SNOW.US)$, acquired shares of the $Tilray Brands (TLRY.US)$, and reduced its holdings in $Berkshire Hathaway-B (BRK.B.US)$, Buffett's investment juggernaut. Calstrs, as the pension is known, disclosed the stock trades, among others, in a form it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Calstrs said it doesn't comment on its holdings or on individual investment managers. The pension managed $321.9 billion in assets as of Oct. 31.
AMC stock caught fire during the meme-stock frenzy early in the year, when small investors communicating via social media bought shares of beaten-down companies in hopes of triggering gains that would force people who had bet against those stocks to buy in order to close their bets. The trend led to a surge in volatility that prompted the Federal Reserve to warn this month that meme-stock related market swings could be a risk to the financial system. AMC's third-quarter results were better than expected, and the chain is now accepting cryptocurrencies for online payments.
Yesterday, AMC shares fell 15% to their lowest close since May. The Omicron variant of coronavirus has revived fears that new lockdowns could keep movie-goers away from theaters.
Mooers, what do you think of the giant pension's investment in these most-volatile stocks?

$Apple (AAPL.US)$ rose 0.3% today. The company shares are on track to hit another milestone in terms of market capitalization, which is $3 trillion, according to Wedbush Securities.
...the Street is starting to better appreciate the robust fundamental story into 2022. Hitting $3 trillion is another watershed moment for Apple as the company continues to prove the doubters wrong."
—— Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives twetted eariler today.
On Dec. 2, Daniel Ives raised the firm's price target on Apple to $200 from $185 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The analyst has increased confidence in the iPhone 13 growth cycle into 2022 following channel checks.
The checks "continue to be much stronger than expected" and Apple is now on pace to sell north of 40M iPhones during the holiday season despite the chip shortage headwinds, Ives tells investors in a research note. The analyst believes the underlying iPhone 13 demand story both domestically and in China "is trending well ahead of Street expectations." He estimates that in China alone there are roughly 15M iPhone 13 upgrades for the December quarter. Apple is on its way to three trillion dollar market cap during 2022 and is a "top tech name to own," contends Ives.
Besides Ives, Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster also think Apple's $3T Milestone is a nod and its best days are to come. The analyst said in a note Sunday that the previous $200 target laid out by him was "too conservative." Munster said that in FY 23, Apple will earn $7 yields, which is a $250 share price — a 38% markup from the current levels.
Munster's optimism is riding on two new product categories — metaverse and autonomy.
According to Bloomberg, J.P.Morgan raises iPhone maker's Apple price target to $210 from $180, highest on Wall Street, meaning nearly 17% upside to stock's last close ($179.45/shares on Dec. 10th).
In the long run, Apple maybe one of the hottest stock to watch. But there are also bearish view on Apple once it hit $3T milestone.
Danil Sereda, an author from Seeking Alpha, suggested that Apple's upward movement becomes more and more fragile after the new high is reached because the rally looks overheated. He said that investors stopped paying due attention to the negative news about the company. Apple stock does not react in any way to negativity - the bulls just do not let it go down.
Meanwhile, Apple has been at its peak for too long with all the inputs described above. Historically, the longer the stock has been so close to its highs, the more it corrected (and not only during the Dot-com bubble and the Financial Crisis of 2008).
Mooers, do you think whether Apple's market cap will hit $3 trillion today?