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U.S. stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year after the Federal Reserve hinted Wednesday it may deliver fewer shots of adrenaline for the U.S. economy in 2025 than earlier thought. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1,123 points, or 2.6%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 3.6%. The Fed said Wednesday it’s cutting its main interest rate for a third time this year, continuing the sharp turnaround begun in September when it started lowering rates from a two-decade high to support the job market.

The billionaire Michael Saylor, the executive chairman of enterprise software provider MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), is a prominent Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bull. Saylor has positioned MicroStrategy to raise equity and debt capital in order to buy Bitcoin aggressively. Saylor, whose net worth is estimated to be about $10 billion, became bullish on Bitcoin in 2020, viewing it as a better place to park capital compared to cash.

While the potential deal would result in a $54 billion automotive company, the world's third largest, any benefits for its credit outlook would come with a delay, they wrote in a research note. "We ... believe it will be difficult for them to produce significant effects quickly through expanding the scope of their collaboration to include batteries, software, and autonomous driving," S&P analysts said, but added the eventual impact on their creditworthiness would be significant. A merger would likely have a negative impact Honda's standalone credit outlook, while it should positively affect that of Nissan, they added.

Birkenstock Holdings posted better fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday than analysts had expected and said it expects margins will improve in fiscal 2025.

The week of Christmas is typically bullish for stocks

(Bloomberg) -- Secondary transactions involving venture-backed startups are on track to hit a new high this year, as companies like OpenAI, SpaceX and Stripe Inc. organize tender offers to get employees paid, and investors look for ways to offload stakes outside of initial public offerings.Most Read from BloombergNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousTender offers give staffers, former employees and certain investors a way to sell their shares directly to other investors

On Wednesday, TC BioPharm (Holdings) PLC (NASDAQ:TCBP) announced that its Board of Directors approved a special dividend of 0.25 American Depositary Shares for every 1 ADS held by shareholders, pending shareholder approval. The company intends to hold a general meeting of shareholders on Monday, December 30. The dividend is expected to be declared on December 30, 2024, and payable to shareholders who own the company's stock at the close of trading on January 02, 2025. "We are extremely pleased t