Bitcoin's failure to top $100,000 appeared to be dragging on crypto-related stocks Tuesday.
As of 9 a.m. ET, futures are predicting gains across the stock market today. Let’s look at some of the major indexes in premarket trading. Dow Jones Industrial Futures: Up 373 points (.84%) S&P 500 Futures: Up 42 points (+.71%) Nasdaq Futures: Up 166 points (+.80%) The big storyline on Wall Street is the nomination of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Bessent is a former hedge fund manager who was favored by Wall Street. He’s pitched a pro-growth agenda that prioritizes boosting GDP growth rates as a means of reducing the Federal deficit. In addition, he’s seen as someone who may push back against Donald Trump’s more egregious tariff policies that could harm economic growth. Bessent will push a ‘3-3-3’ agenda. The goal is to cut budget deficits to 3% of GDP by 2028, reach 3% GDP growth through deregulation and pro-growth policies, and produce an additional 3 million barrels of oil per day. He has spoken recently of a coming economic reordering and the need for the United States to enact significant changes to be part of it. Beyond stocks, debt markets seem pleased with Bessent’s nomination. The yield on 10-year Treasuries retreated back to 4.316% after hitting 4.43% on November 21st. Wall Street Upgrades MicroStrategy’s (Nasdaq: MSTR) stock is up 4.4% premarket after receiving several upgrades before market open. Barclays raised their target on the company to $515 from $275. In addition, Bernstein raised their price target to $600 from $290 on the prediction that the company will own 4% of the world’s Bitcoin over the next decade. Another upgrade came from Canaccord, which raised their price target on Microstrategy to $510 from $300. The researcher believes that MicroStrategy can increase its Bitcoin holdings faster than its share count is being diluted. MicroStrategy bought more Bitcoin this morning and now owns 386,700 Bitcoin, which is worth about $37.7 billion at today’s prices. Its stock is trading for a valuation of about $90 billion premarket. The post Stock Market News: Nasdaq Composite Rises & Wall St Upgrades MicroStrategy (MSTR) and Palantir (PLTR) appeared first on 24/7 Wall St..
Andy Constan says markets want a convertible bond for crypto as he discusses why investors might be interested in MicroStrategy (MSTR). “They essentially create a call that lasts for 5 years,” which he says has good value if the underlying has good value, and if the return on the bond has good value.
MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) has made its largest purchase of Bitcoin to date, spending $5.4 billion to add 55,000 Bitcoin to its holdings. The company purchased the Bitcoin between November 18 and November 24 at an average price of approximately $97,862 per Bitcoin, a regulatory filing on Monday showed.
Andy Baehr of CoinDesk Indices explains Bitcoin's pullback after the cryptocurrency hit $100,000 for the first time last week. On Donald Trump's nomination of Scott Bessett for Treasury Secretary, Andy says Bessett's pro-crypto stance will benefit other crypto products like Ethereum more in the short-term.
Shares in MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin (BTCUSD), jumped pre-market and then reversed course to trade lower Monday after the the software company said it had bought $5.4 billion of the cryptocurrency.
Under Michael Saylor's leadership, MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) has become the publicly-traded company that has most closely tied its prospects to leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC).
MicroStrategy buys more bitcoin, and stock gets a lift after analyst boosts price target by 44%.
The company used proceeds from a recent sale of stock and converible bonds to buy more of the cryptocurrency.
Shares in MicroStrategy (MSTR), the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin (BTCUSD), are jumping Monday in premarket trading, as the cryptocurrency trades near the $100,000 mark for the first time.
The T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF has surged 800% since its launch, thanks to MicroStrategy's stock performance and a favorable market environment. MSTU's success is driven by fortunate timing, the emergence of single stock ETFs, and a significant Bitcoin rally influenced by a crypto-friendly Trump administration. Leveraged ETFs like MSTU can outperform their underlying assets significantly in low-volatility environments, as demonstrated by MSTU's more than 2x performance of MicroStrategy.
Shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR 6.19%) jumped 24.7% higher this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The Bitcoin investment company was helped by the cryptocurrency's price appreciation this week along with a convertible debt offering at a 0% interest rate.