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Wall Street's “last bear” Stifel: U.S. stocks will fall to 5,000 points by the end of 2025.
① Barry Bannister, the chief investment strategist at Stifel, one of the few bears on Wall Street, expects that U.S. stocks will be below current levels by the end of 2025; ② Bannister believes that persistently high inflation may prompt the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates, impacting the stock market's upward momentum; ③ In contrast, other strategists are focusing on the trajectory of economic growth rather than the extent of interest rate cuts.
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The Nasdaq fell to 0.02 million points, Adobe plummeted more than 13%, the China concept Index rose against the trend, and Bitcoin dropped below 0.1 million dollars.
In November, USA PPI inflation exceeded expectations, with the market betting on a pause in interest rate cuts in January next year. The Dow has fallen for six consecutive days, with NVIDIA experiencing the largest drop of 2.5%. Tesla, Meta, Google, and Amazon have moved away from their highs, uranium mining stocks have declined, but Apple reached a new high. Broadcom rose nearly 5% in after-hours trading, and Chinese stocks Baidu and PDD Holdings increased by over 1%. Bond yields in Europe and the USA have risen significantly, and after the European Central Bank cut interest rates, the euro fell to a one-week low, before rebounding. The dollar reached a two-week high, while the offshore yuan once rose over 200 points, breaking through 7.26 yuan. Commodities generally fell, with spot gold down over 2% and spot silver down over 4% during the session.
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