CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

Salesforce, Inc.

Dollar Tree Inc. R

Wall Street begins the last month of the year with a <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/salesforce-marvell-technology-dollar-general-ulta-beauty-and-more-stocks-to-watch-this-week-c660c7b4?mod=RTA#:~:text=a%20packed%20slate%20of%20earnings%20and%20economic%20data">busy</a> schedule of macroeconomic data releases and corporate reporting. Since any signs of weakness in the labor market or economic activity will increase the likelihood of a Fed interest rate cut, the market may react to the results of the November surveys on industrial and service sector sentiment, as well as employment data to be released in the U.S. this week, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-u-s-ism-adp-data-in-focus-as-fed-rate-cut-looks-likely-d98de199?mod=economy_feat3_central-banking_pos2#:~:text=ISM%20surveys%20for%20November%20for%20manufacturing%20on%20Monday%20and%20services%20on%20Wednesday%2C%20as%20well%20as%20the%20ADP%20private%20payrolls%20figures%20for%20November%20on%20Monday%2C%20will%20be%20closely%20watched.%20Any%20signs%20of%20weakness%20in%20the%20job%20market%20or%20in%20economic%20activity%20would%20add%20to%20prospects%20of%20a%20rate%20cut.">writes.</a> Traders now estimate the probability of a rate cut at the December meeting of the central bank at about 80% - indicating that the market does not yet consider the issue fully resolved, WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-u-s-ism-adp-data-in-focus-as-fed-rate-cut-looks-likely-d98de199?mod=economy_feat3_central-banking_pos2#:~:text=Most%20market%20commentators%20expect%20a%20rate%20cut%2C%20but%20it%20isn%E2%80%99t%20yet%20considered%20a%20done%20deal.%20U.S.%20money%20markets%20currently%20price%20around%20an%2080%25%20chance%20of%20a%20rate%20reduction.">notes</a>. The Fed itself late last week <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-drift-back-towards-record-highs-as-the-final-month-of-2025-gets-underway-what-to-watch-this-week-122743129.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZXdzLw&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGMfpdQ197q3j2A6VuOXkEy6Amd2MpudikCdhDVbwuIlfJy8aYipfZICQVWSAmxKR7eHxtVSoa4gk1CGiuNp8BiRWy1vd3d_sCAZJ0SECg5h89NpNHHgohfVRjNcP58ZU3eFBMOZK2iOn55agc3A8nq-1EcQSN2R1yP3zYard4yU#:~:text=The%20Fed%20entered%20its%20mandatory%20blackout%20period%20on%20Saturday%2C%20marking%20the%20start%20of%20a%20quiet%20week%20and%20a%20half%20before%20the%20Federal%20Open%20Market%20Committee%20meets%20on%20Dec.%209%2D10.">entered a</a> period of silence before the December meeting.

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Dell Technologies Inc.

Marvell Technology, Inc.

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

Affirm Holdings, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Hormel Foods Corporation

Urban Outfitters, Inc.

Burlington Stores, Inc.

Veeva Systems Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

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