Francesca Fontana
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2,691 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
Francesca Fontana’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So how did the market start December?
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Well, it seems like stocks really put their best foot forward in the first trading week of the month.
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A big theme was the latest reads on the economy and what kind of interest rate decision we can expect ahead of the Fed's policy meeting next week.
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Friday's jobs report showed that the labor market is still in pretty good health, but not good enough to forego a rate cut.
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Rate cuts are generally good for stocks, so as you might expect, the indexes mostly moved higher on that.
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Earlier in the week, we saw some big crypto moves.
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On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump picked Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission,
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Atkins has questioned the SEC's crackdown on crypto firms, and he's expected to ease oversight on those companies.
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So after the announcement, Bitcoin rallied and exceeded $100,000 for the first time.
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Wednesday also saw some big gains in tech, led by Salesforce, but I'll come back to that in a bit.
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Now let's look at the indexes, which all hit daily records throughout the week.
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The Dow had a weekly loss of less than 1%, while the Nasdaq gained about 3.3% and the S&P rose 1%.
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Let's zoom in on some discount retail stocks, Dollar Tree and Five Below.
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The two made some noteworthy moves this week, reporting strong quarterly results and some executive shakeups.
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First, Dollar Tree, which also owns the family dollar chain.
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Dollar Tree raised its annual sales guidance and announced that its finance chief will be stepping down, adding that the departure isn't due to a disagreement on operations or policies.
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Dollar Tree shares rose 1.9% Wednesday, but ended the week with a gain of under 1%.
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Then we had Five Below.
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It raised its annual guidance after strong Black Friday sales helped fuel a jump in quarterly sales.
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And the company had its own C-suite news to announce.
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