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Oil Holds Steady

Oil Holds Steady

Oil held steady as oversupply fears offset U.S.-China trade tensions.

Ankit Sinha
December 15, 2025

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Banana Bits: Finance headlines that actually matter
Market Summary: Markets dipped amid Oracle’s disappointing results
What’s Ripe / Rotten: The tastiest and most disgusting stocks
Technical Trip: Interview Question with Two Sigma
Lesson from the Library: Excel Modeling, build models that actually work
Deal Dispatch: M&A, IPOs, and other transactions
The Daily Poll: See how you stack up

Market Snapshot

📉 Banana Bits

The BOJ signaled that conditions are aligning for a rate hike, with wage growth holding firm.
Xi warned officials against chasing growth at any cost.
Oil held steady as oversupply fears offset U.S.-China trade tensions.
A deadly attack in Bondi Beach during Hanukkah left 16 people dead.
Ukraine signaled it may drop its NATO bid to revive peace talks with Russia.
Trump is expected to reclassify marijuana, sending pot stocks higher.

Market Recap

Markets Dipped Amid Oracle’s Disappointing Results

Wall Street traders took profits on the year’s biggest artificial intelligence winners, dragging global gauges back from the brink of record highs. Longer-dated bond yields climbed.

A disappointing sales outlook from Broadcom Inc. sent the chipmaker tumbling 11% and weighed on rivals, further fueling investor anxiety over AI wagers initially prompted by Oracle Corp.

Source

The AI bellwether’s stock dropped on Thursday after a forecast for higher capital outlays and a longer timeline to revenue payoff. The slump deepened on Friday on a report of delays to some of Oracle’s data center projects. Shares of companies tied to the AI power infrastructure also slid.

The Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.9% while the S&P 500 fell 1.1% after the index had notched a record close in the previous session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000 pulled back from all-time highs.

What's Ripe

Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC) 54.0%

CGC Soared 53%, respectively, following reports that President Donald Trump could loosen federal restrictions on marijuana early in 2026.
Trump indicated in August that he was weighing the pros and cons of reclassifying cannabis.

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU) 9.6%

LULU jumped 10% after the retailer topped analysts’ expectations for third-quarter earnings and revenue.
Lululemon also announced that CEO Calvin McDonald plans to step down on Jan. 31. Lululemon’s board has yet to name a permanent successor.

What's Rotten

Fermi Inc. (FRMI) 33.8%

FRMI cratered 34%, its worst day on record. The energy and data center infrastructure company said it had lost a $150 million construction-funding commitment from its first major tenant at its Project Matador campus in Texas.

Netskope Inc. (NTSK) 11.8%

NTSK declined 12%. The cybersecurity company posted a narrower-than-expected third-quarter loss and revenue that topped Wall Street estimates.
While guidance came in slightly above expectations, Netskope expects fourth-quarter revenue of $188 million to $190 million, above expectations of $185.5 million.

🧠 Technical Trip

Interview Q&A from Two Sigma

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📚 Lesson from the Library

🎥 Excel Modeling: Build Models That Actually Work

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