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Housing a top investment opportunity in 2025: Strategist

Alger Director of Market Strategy Brad Neuman sits down with the Catalysts Hosts Seana Smith and Madison Mills to discuss investment opportunities in the new year, with a particular focus on the real estate sector. Given the US housing shortage of around 2 million homes, Neuman sees strong demand for new construction and remodeling. Neuman explains that Alger's investment strategy focuses on “looking for companies that are gaining market share.” “If we can find them in industries that are cyclically down on their luck and could recover, then we can get a really quality growth stock at a cheaper price," he said. Watch the video above to see why Neuman likes Trex (TREX) as one housing play. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Cindy Mizaku.

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Consumer confidence rises to highest level since July 2023

Consumers said they are feeling better about the US economy as fears of a slowdown in the labor market continue to fade.

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Consumer confidence rises, Oct. new home sales tumble: Data

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 111.7 in November, a 2.1 point month-over-month rise that was just shy of estimates of 111.8 for this month. Simultaneously, the US Census Bureau reported 610,000 US new home sales that occurred in October, also below economist estimates for 725,000. Catalysts hosts Seana Smith and Madison Mills break down the pair of key economic data. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

Best Buy broadly misses earnings estimates as consumers pull back on appliances, electronics

For the 12th consecutive quarter, Best Buy posted negative same-store sales growth. Net sales and earnings per share also missed estimates.

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Addressing the US housing crisis with the Property Brothers

As people who've spent their lives helping others transform houses into comfortable homes, the Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott are keenly aware of the impact of the ongoing housing crisis. "We're probably about 4.5 million homes short of a healthy market," Jonathan explains to Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi on Opening Bid. He continues by underlining that a big hurdle is that people don't want affordable housing in their own neighborhoods, likely because people often biasedly assume that poverty will bring crime. If people don't care about affordable developments for the sake of someone else having shelter, then the toll on tax-payers should grab their attention. "It actually costs us more in taxpayer dollars than it does to house people somewhere safe. They say instantly, as soon as somebody has a safe house over their head, the likelihood of them descending into further drug problems or crime problems, it drops like a quarter. And the longer that they're off the street, the safer it gets," he says. "So what we've said is right now they're paying in most major cities, they're paying about $800,000 to $900,000 per one bedroom unit to build. We can get that cost down under $200,000." For full episodes of Opening Bid, watch on our website or listen on your favorite podcast platform. Catch Brian Sozzi's full interview with Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott on Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. This post was written by Rachael Lewis-Krisky, producer for Opening Bid.

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Understanding market risk and seasonality for smarter investing

Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcast. Risk is all around us. Whether it’s the real world or the investment world we can’t escape it forever. In this episode of Stocks In Translation, Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre and Producer Sydnee Fried welcome back a friend of the show, Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers. This episode’s word of the day is risk: the chance that an investment’s actual return will differ from the expected return, potentially resulting in financial loss. While it’s true that the market generally goes “up and to the left” over time, Sosnick believes that people often “get very focused on reward” without fully understanding the associated risks. “I think when you get into an environment where things are a little frothy, people lose sight of that,” says Sosnick. “Risk is always out there. And risk has a nasty way of biting you at exactly the wrong times.” Blikre and the team also discuss seasonality, a recurring theme in the months of September and October. When asked about his investment strategy around it, Sosnick responds, “I take into account seasonality, but I don’t I don’t trade off.” He argues that although seasonality is part of investor psychology, it’s too inconsistent to be a reliable trading strategy. “On a month-over-month basis, it’s a little too random to really, I think, make too many heavy-duty decisions,” says Sosnick. Twice a week, Stocks In Translation cuts through the market mayhem, noisy numbers and hyperbole to give you the information you need to make the right trade for your portfolio. You can find more episodes here, or watch on your favorite streaming service. This post was written by John Tejada.

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Should the US Treasury be buying bitcoin?

With Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis advocating for the US Treasury to create a bitcoin (BTC-USD) reserve, many are debating the merits of the department investing in cryptocurrency. On this week’s episode of Capitol Gains, Whalen Global Advisors Chairman Chris Whalen offers his take on the matter to host Rachelle Akuffo, Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul, and senior columnist Rick Newman. “We're in the opposite situation that Franklin Roosevelt faced in 1933,” he explains. “We had deflation [in 1933]. Today we have inflation. That's why bitcoin has hit $100,000. Bitcoin is the best indication of inflation you could possibly have.” To Whalen, the answer lies not in crypto, but in gold. He believes the solution is for the Treasury to buy gold (GC=F) and sell credit default swaps. “You buy gold and start pushing the gold price up to where it should be,” he explains, “which is much higher than the current levels.” “Credit default swaps for the United States are trading at 40 basis points,” he adds. “That's twice Berkshire Hathaway. (BRK-B, BRK-A) When you start seeing corporates trading inside the United States in the credit markets, that's a problem. I think ultimately, we are going to have to respond to that.” “Unfortunately, nobody on Capitol Hill understands finance,” Whalen says. “Bitcoin is the problem. It's not the solution.” To find out more, listen to the full episode of Capitol Gains here. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch more Capitol Gains. This post was written by Nick Riccardo.

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Kohl's CEO change, Thanksgiving savings tips: Asking for a Trend

Josh Lipton takes a look at the top stories of the trading day, breaking down what investors need to know on Asking for a Trend. Kohl's (KSS) CEO Tom Kingsbury will be stepping down from the chief role effective January 15, 2025, with Ashley Buchanan, the Michaels Companies CEO, named his replacement. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma explains the leadership change announcement. Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute group head Robin Wenzel outlines her tips for consumers looking to save in the grocery store. Zoom Video Communication (ZM) and Agilent Technologies (A) are among the stocks in focus after reporting quarterly results. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.