
Nvidia stock slumps, the Dow's losing streak, and Social Security's big changes: Markets news roundup
Plus, the Fed cuts interest rates again — but warns of a more cautious 2025
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Retiring at 65 is increasingly a thing of the past — especially if you want to get your full Social Security benefits.
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Starting in 2025, pre-scheduled changes to Social Security’s full retirement age will go into effect, pushing back when people born in 1959 can hang up their cleats.
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Nvidia (NVDA) stock is in correction territory, and rival chipmaker Broadcom’s (AVGO) late-year boost took a hit Tuesday morning.
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Shares of Nvidia fell 2.9% Tuesday, trading at $128.17, after slumping into a correction by market close the day before. A correction typically refers to when a stock falls 10% or more from an all-time high closing price. Nvidia stock rallied to an all-time high of $148.87 in early November.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 250 points on Tuesday, marking its longest losing streak since the 1970s.
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The index closed down 267 points, falling 0.6% to 43,449. It has shed value since Dec. 4, hitting a nine-day losing streak. That is its longest since 1978.
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The 10-year Treasury yield is critical for investors next year. Here’s what it is and why it matters

There’s one major economic indicator that investors, analysts, and central bankers are watching closely in 2025 — and it’s not GDP, inflation, or unemployment.
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The Dow staged a rebound Thursday morning, following Wednesday’s 1,100-point plunge that marked its longest losing streak since 1974. The upturn came despite investor disappointment over the Federal Reserve’s conservative approach to rate cuts. Other major indices, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, also experienced gains after a sell-off on Wednesday afternoon.
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No matter where you live, it’s important to be mindful of data breaches and scams proliferating online.
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Americans lost an estimated $10 billion to fraud in 2023, up $1 billion dollars from the year before, but residents of some states are more vulnerable to identity theft and fraud than others.
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The Federal Reserve carried out its third consecutive interest rate cut of the year Wednesday, as its monetary policy easing campaign shows signs of heading for a slowdown.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other indices declined sharply after the Federal Open Market Committee announced a quarter percentage point reduction in interest rates on Wednesday afternoon and just two more interest rate cuts in 2025. With that, the Dow had its first ten-day losing streak, the longest since 1974.
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John Petrides of Tocqueville Asset Management breaks down the Fed’s announcement
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