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Volkswagen shares were down 3% in early trade on Monday with analysts citing uncertainty about the automaker's cost-cutting deal with unions and likely headwinds in 2025. It fell short of management's initial ambitions and market expectations, and lacked a sense of urgency, according to Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois. VW's earnings momentum is also unlikely to improve significantly next year given weak demand in China and potential tariffs after Donald Trump's election, they added.

U.S. investors are preparing for a swathe of changes in 2025, from tariffs and deregulation to tax policy, that will ripple through markets as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, putting the focus on whether the U.S. economy can continue to outperform. The changing of the guard in Washington has big implications for how stocks, bonds and currencies fare in the new year and may require investors to rejig portfolios. Forecasts call for another buoyant year for stocks, the dollar to maintain its recent strength over the coming months and Treasury yields to march higher.

Wall Street's 'Santa Claus Rally' has typically boosted stocks by around 1.3% over the final five trading days of the year, as well as the first two of the next.

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Few assets have demonstrated more millionaire-maker potential than Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB), a controversial cryptocurrency that soared by 45,278,000% in 2021. Now, Shiba Inu is rising once again. Meme coins, which started in 2013 with the launch of Dogecoin, are less serious cryptocurrencies based on internet jokes.

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