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Thanksgiving Week Market: Earnings, Retail Sales, and Data Rush

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This episode provide an overview of the financial market's focus during a holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week, highlighting critical economic data releases and key corporate earnings reports. Investors are intensely focused on several delayed U.S. economic indicators, such as September Retail Sales and the Producer Price Index (PPI), which are vital for gauging consumer health and inflation ahead of the holiday shopping season. A central theme is the upcoming earnings for several major companies, including Alibaba, Dell Technologies, and Deere, which will offer insights into Chinese consumer behavior, enterprise IT spending (especially for cloud and AI), and agricultural equipment demand. The market environment is characterized by expectations of lower trading volumes and reduced liquidity due to the holiday, which historically has sometimes led to a "Thanksgiving Rally." Overall, the information suggests an intense two-day period of trading and data digestion before the market breaks for the Thanksgiving holiday.

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