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When the economy is strong, consumer discretionary stocks usually sprint ahead. But in 2025, the sector's two heaviest runners—Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)—are slowing the entire race, masking a healthier picture underneath.

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +0.36%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +0.55% this morning, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street as investors wager that a resilient economy and further rate cuts from the Federal Reserve will continue to underpin corporate earnings.

The Texas Stock Exchange is expected to launch in Dallas next year, as economists wait to see if “Y’all Street” is big enough to support the exchange and challenge New York’s dominance in the financial sector.

The city came top thanks to its scores for air quality, water, noise, climate change adaptation and its circular economy.

Tokyo stocks surged more than four percent to a record high Monday and the yen sank on bets that the new leader of Japan's ruling party will embark on a new era of loose monetary policy to kickstart the country's economy.

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“And by broadening the concept to fixing and moving as well as making things, I think it becomes a more plausible and a more inclusive concept.”

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has called them the “merchants of misery”, but critics of her government’s economic performance doubled down when the June quarter GDP figures showed a contraction in many sectors.