Market Domination anchor Jared Blikre breaks down the latest market trends for December 19, 2025. Jared breaks down the day's stock trading moves as we close out the final full week of trading for the year. Nike stock is sliding in Friday's trading session after the athletic apparel titan's fiscal second quarter release that beat earnings and revenue estimates. While Wall Street remains bullish on the retail stock, the brand continues to struggle to breathe new life into its sales after a long year of disco ...

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Market Volatility & Outlook - The VIX, a 30-day outlook on S&P 500 implied volatility, may be understated due to upcoming holidays, suggesting a truer measure of 18.12 to 19 [1][2] - Options expiring at the end of January indicate anticipation of increased choppiness, with out-of-the-money puts and calls experiencing greater price increases than at-the-money options [3] - The market may experience a similar pattern to the previous year, with a strong rally up to Thanksgiving followed by a choppy December [4] - Calmness on the surface belies increased alertness in the wings, suggesting potential for significant market movement [6] Macroeconomic Uncertainties - An upcoming presidential announcement, potentially related to Venezuela, introduces macroeconomic uncertainty that could impact options prices and trigger a knee-jerk reaction in risk assets [7][8] - Options market activity suggests concern about potential knee-jerk reactions to risk assets stemming from macroeconomic uncertainties [7][8] Sector Performance - Some of the hottest performing sectors year-to-date are experiencing a roll-off [3]

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To me, Dave, one of the more interesting um dynamics when the market as of late has been what's going on in big tech, right. We saw a pullback in big tech. We saw have seen sort of an uneven recovery, but there's also this rotation within big tech or at least a perception of changing leadership to some degree.Um, and I'm just curious what your thoughts are on that. >> I think there's kind of two catalysts that are occurring at the same time. So to your point the the broader environment saw a big pullback aw ...

Welcome to ETF Edge, your go-to place for all things exchange traded funds. I'm your host, Dominic Chu. Now, a few weeks back, we discussed a recent study by our then market guest, Mike Akens, over at ETF Action.Now his analysis of 13F filings revealed that among other things approximately 90% of single stock ETFs and leveraged or inverse strategies are owned not by institutional investors but by retail investors and traders. Individuals are pouring billions into increasingly complex products on bullish bel ...

Today in stocks and translation, we're going to take a look at how the Dow is actually calculated. Now, the Dow was born all the way back in 1896, nearly 130 years ago, before computers, before calculators. So, this index of 30 stocks had to be easy to calculate. And for sakes of simplicity, only the stock price is used. So, the higher the stock price, the greater the weight in the index. And almost every other index, by the way, like the S&P and the NASDAQ, they use a company's market capitalization, but t ...