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Today is Monday, December 22, 2025.
The Early Bird Index today is 83.79.
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Biggest Stock Market Winners 📈
“Tumultuous,” “more clarity,” and “optimism” were just some of the words that experts used to describe the 2025 stock market in a new episode of the Early Bird podcast today.
Details: Looking back at the past year, there was a lot of momentum in the market as retail traders pushed stocks forward and investors expected further rate cuts.
Also: AI was still a big winner this year, but it was different than the previous year when the biggest gainers were semiconductors. In 2025, the AI winners included companies involved in servers and storage.
Powering the Story: The biggest categories of stock market winners in 2025 includes satelitte companies, data centers, the financial sector, healthcare, and communications services.
Options sellers also had a good year, depending on strategy and risk management.
Bigger Picture: There were also some surprises in the market this year, including the comeback trade involving international stocks. Silver also made a comeback in 2025.
Final Thoughts: Which 2025 stocks had a great year? Find out by listening to a new episode of the Early Bird podcast.
Notables
Notable Earnings Today: N/A.
Notable IPOs Today: Invest Green Acquisition Corporation Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq; IGAC).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Revero (Republic), Simple Labs (StartEngine), Swanky Beans (Honeycomb), Queens School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (Honeycomb), 24 Karat Bakery (Honeycomb), Hidroklear (Honeycomb), Breezy Jazz House (Honeycomb), Fine Lines Design Studio (Honeycomb), Podspace (Crowdcube), GROUNDTRUTH Global (Crowdcube), Soothing Solutions (Crowdcube), CarMods.ai (Crowdcube), QPT (Crowdcube), Supraways (Crowdcube), Lounges.tv (Crowdcube), Little Fish (Crowdcube).
Notable Economic Events Today: Core PCE Price Index / PCE Price Index (10:00 a.m. ET), Personal Spending (10:00 a.m. ET).
Cardano's Capitulation Phase
The price of Cardano $ADA ( ▲ 1.56% ) fell about 1% on Sunday, part of a 7-day trend that has left the popular cryptocurrency down over 5%.
Powering the Story: This is a so-called “capitulation phase" for Cardano, marked by a period of intense, fear-driven selling that started in late November and continues in December.
Bigger Picture: The past week saw renewed downside pressure across crypto, especially with altcoins such as Cardano.
Background: In an interview with Decrypt on Sunday, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson warned about slower blockchains in cryptocurrency.
Final Thoughts: Cardano has lost over half its value in 2025.
Disney’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” Wins Box Office
Disney’s $DIS ( ▼ 0.56% ) “Avatar: Fire and Ash” was the top movie at the box office this past weekend with $88 million in domestic ticket sales.
Final Thoughts: Shares of Disney are up about 6% in the past 30 days.
Trends to Watch
Bitcoin Volatility: Bitcoin traders split between $70K crash and BTC price rebound within days (Cointelegraph)
Powerless: Waymo robotaxis are back on San Francisco streets after blackout (San Francisco Chronicle)
Going Private: Permira, Warburg to buy Clearwater Analytics for $8.4 billion (Reuters)
Driving Feud: One of Elon Musk’s Old Enemies Joins the Race to Run GM (Wall Street Journal)
Censorship: ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ (New York Times)
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