Dear mooers,
We are coming to the end of a very unusual year full of uncertainty. Whether good or bad, we all witnessed the history.
Before you want to see what you can expect in 2022, let's have a little break and take a guess of the closing price of the S&P 500.
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Place your bet on the closing price of the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ (i.e.4800.11) on Friday...

At some point a reopening will happen, but I like $Bloomin Brands (BLMN.US)$  $Red Robin (RRGB.US)$  and $Uber Technologies (UBER.US)$ . all are near 52 week lows.

$Target (TGT.US)$ $Walmart (WMT.US)$ $Amazon (AMZN.US)$
I've been watching this closely lately. The stock didn't rally today and is flat after hours but it seems like it has bottomed. Thoughts?
Target is an early winner of the U.S. holiday shopping season.
The Minneapolis-based retailer chain increased sales approximately 10% in November, according to Bloomberg Second Measure, which analyzes anonymized U.S. consumer transactions to measure revenue.
Target's gains doubled the rate of top rivals Walmart and Amazon. Of course, December could be a different story with the arrival of the COVID-19 omicron variant.

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$
Tesla Inc.'s stock went on a tear after an October deal with Hertz Global Holdings Inc. signaled broader mainstream adoption of its electric cars.
But that 35% rally is gone now.
Tesla slid 3.5% on Monday, closing at $899.94. That put the shares below where they'd closed right before the $4.2 billion Hertz deal was revealed on Oct. 25.
The stock, which peaked on Nov. 4, is down 21% in December, poised for the worst month since the pandemic-fueled rout in March 2020.
Hertz's order for 100,000 vehicles had sent Elon Musk-led Tesla's shares on a near-vertical rise, pushing the company's valuation well above the coveted trillion-dollar mark. Yet, the rally soon started wobbling after Musk started offloading some of his stake in the company. Tesla's market cap is now about $904 billion.
A broad market decline weighed on Tesla Monday, with renewable-energy firms such as solar companies and other electric-vehicle makers broadly underperforming after Senator Joe Manchin said he wouldn't support President Joe Biden's spending plan. Nikola Corp. fell 7.3%, the most since Nov. 18, while Rivian Automotive Inc. dropped 7.9%. Workhorse Group Inc. was lower by 8.9%, and Lordstown Motors Corp. fell 8.2%.
$Nikola (NKLA.US)$ $Rivian Automotive (RIVN.US)$ $Workhorse (WKHS.US)$ $Lordstown Motors (RIDE.US)$

$GameStop (GME.US)$  reported net sales of $1.3 billion in the third quarter, up 29% year-over-year. Revenue beat the consensus estimate of $1.19 billion.
The company credited new and expanded partnerships with brands including Samsung, LG, Razer and $VIZIO (VZIO.US)$ to helping quarterly growth.
GameStop ramped up its inventory, which was $1.14 billion at the end of the third quarter, compared to $861 million in the prior year’s period. Inventory was increased to meet customer demand and help with supply chain issues as a front-loading method, the company said.
GameStop ended the third quarter with $1.4 billion in cash and only a $46.2 million unsecured term loan related to COVID-19 as debt.
In a 10Q filing, GameStop said it was issued a subpoena by the SEC.
"On August 25, 2021, the SEC issued a subpoena calling for additional documents, as a follow up to the inital request," GameStop said.
The company was subject to a request from the SEC previously on May 26, 2021. GameStop said it's in the process of producting the documents and plans on cooperating fully with the SEC.
Why It's Important: Third-quarter revenue beat street consensus for the third straight quarter, according to Benzinga Pro. The company reported revenue of $1.28 billion and $1.18 billion in the first and second fiscal quarters, respectively.
GameStop missed analyst revenue estimates for nine straight quarters prior to the now three consecutive beats.