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Week Ahead: Dec. 21-25, 2020

We've got a Holiday shortened week this week - and virus concerns are pushing futures down this morning. A new mutation in the UK. I'm sure it'll be short-lived - "vaccine hopes" will surface and pull stocks back up before too long...

I'm still racing through getting our house sold. Lots of steps and emotions and stress. Also figuring out the next steps - where we'll live while our Florida house is being built, what to do about schooling, etc. Stay tuned here - more to come.
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Performance:

U.S. Indices
Dow +0.4% to 30,179. S&P 500 +1.3% to 3,709. Nasdaq +3.1% to 12,756. Russell 2000 +3.2% to 1,973. CBOE Volatility Index -7.5% to 21.57.

S&P 500 Sectors
Consumer Staples +0.8%. Utilities +0.1%. Financials +0.1%. Telecom -0.5%. Healthcare +1.1%. Industrials +0.1%. Information Technology +3.2%. Materials +1.9%. Energy -4.3%. Consumer Discretionary +2.3%.

World Indices
London -0.3% to 6,529. France +0.4% to 5,528. Germany +3.9% to 13,631. Japan +0.4% to 26,763. China +1.4% to 3,395. Hong Kong 0.05% to 26,499. India +1.9% to 46,961.

Commodities and Bonds
Crude Oil WTI +5.4% to $49.06/bbl. Gold +2.4% to $1,887./oz. Natural Gas +4.5% to 2.708. Ten-Year Treasury Yield -0.6% to 137.74.

Forex and Cryptos
EUR/USD +1.21%. USD/JPY -0.67%. GBP/USD +2.23%. Bitcoin +22.8%. Litecoin +40.8%. Ethereum +15.4%. Ripple +13.3%.
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Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. 

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