Animal Spirits: All-time highs should feel better than this – a wealth of common sense

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Cyclical sectors top the breakout list.

For the first time since July, the financial, industrial and technology sectors simultaneously saw at least 10% of their shares hit 52-week highs. pic.twitter.com/HArlcmtDlI

— Turning Point Market Research (@TPMRSignals) December 12, 2025

The US unemployment rate, which stood at 4.6% in November, has now risen by half a percentage point over the past five months. In 77 years of data, the number of times this has happened outside of a recession can almost be counted on one hand: 1951, 1952, 1956, 1986, 1991-92 and 2003

— Matthew B (@boes_) December 16, 2025

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