The following is a summary of selected financial news:
1. A group of 12 Senators led by Richard Blumenthal, Lisa Murkowski, and Jeff Merkley are calling for an audit into the Department of Justice’s management of Jeffrey Epstein’s case files. The lawmakers claim that the DOJ has not fully complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The DOJ has said that it is working to review and redact the documents, but the process may take weeks due to over a million documents related to Epstein’s case.
2. Amazon is expected to experience stock gains in 2026, even though the company has struggled throughout 2025 due to concerns about the growth rate of its cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and tariffs impacting retail margins. AWS showed a growth of 20% revenue in Q3 2025, encouraging analysts to project Amazon as a significant player in 2026.
3. Nike’s shares rose 2% following the news that board member and Apple CEO Tim Cook, and former Intel CEO Bob Swan, bought large amounts of stock in the sportswear giant. On the other hand, Intel shares fell nearly 3% after it was reported Club name Nvidia had stopped testing its 18A manufacturing process. Barclays cut its price target on Club’s stock Honeywell, while UK oil giant BP agreed to sell its 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak investment firm for roughly $6 billion.
4. Tyson Foods is closing a beef production plant in Nebraska due to historically low cattle herds in the US, which it attributes to regional droughts leading to feed shortages. These closures and high beef prices are having knock-on effects on steakhouse stocks, like Texas Roadhouse, which tries to maintain low menu prices while dealing with commodity inflation and wage inflation.
5. Value stocks, which are businesses priced cheaply by the market, are predicted to become more popular in the new year. These stocks have underperformed throughout 2025, but are seeing a late-year resurgence. This could lead to a “value rebound” in the coming year and is considered healthy for the market.
Numbers for Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq are not provided in the articles.
Sources:
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