Mortgage Rates Today, Tuesday, December 23: A Little Higher
Yes, mortgage interest rates are higher today, but only by a little.
The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.01%. This is one basis point higher than yesterday but 12 basis points lower than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics).
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It’s not easy to live on Social Security alone. The average Social Security benefit is roughly $2,000,
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Read MoreNASDAQ Index, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Forecasts – US Indices Quiet in Early Tuesday Session
Nonetheless, it does look like buyers jump in to protect, and I think we are going higher overall. The next couple of days, of course, could be fairly quiet, but as we head into the new year, I fully anticipate that this market will attack the 49,000 level. Any short-term pullback at this point will more likely than not have to deal with the 50-day EMA;
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Social Security Christmas week 2025 office hours and retirement age changes in 2026 are important updates for workers, retirees, and beneficiaries. While many federal employees receive extra holiday leave, the Social Security Administration will stay open during Christmas week 2025. At the same time, retirement rules change in 2026.
Read MoreS&P500: Benchmark Hits Record Today as Tech Stocks Lift US Indices on Rate-Cut Forecast
The market initially wobbled after Tuesday’s updated Q3 GDP print showed growth at 4.3% versus expectations for 3.2%. A hotter number typically cools rate-cut enthusiasm, and you could see that in futures pricing early Tuesday, but traders didn’t stick with the reaction for long.
By this morning, the focus had already shifted back to next year’s expected easing path.
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Forget Nvidia, This Under-the-Radar Chip Stock Might Have More Upside
Chances are, you’ve never walked into a store and bought something with the ASML logo on it but almost every smartphone, tablet, or electric vehicle in your life probably wouldn’t exist without ASML’s technology humming away in the background.
This Dutch powerhouse doesn’t make chips, it makes the machines that make the chips.
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Is This The #1 Semi Stock To Buy Now?
AI stocks have been on fire in 2025. After Oracle and other hyperscalers revealed record-breaking capital expenditures, most semiconductor names raced back toward all-time highs. Yet one company that sits at the very heart of chip production has been noticeably absent from the party, ASML.
Despite that enviable position, the stock hasn’t kept pace with the AI rally.
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Palantir’s Path to $10 Billion: Can This AI Giant Keep Growing?
Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has emerged from a growth slowdown into a phase of reaccelerating revenue and improving profitability in 2024-2025. After a modest ~17% revenue growth in 2023, Palantir’s top-line expanded by 29% in 2024 to $2.87 billion, buoyed by rising demand for its data analytics and AI platforms.
The company also achieved GAAP profitability,
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