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PWR<\/li>\n<li>Servers: SMCI, DELL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_65963\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65963\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65963\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251217-1080x516.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>S&amp;P 500, daily chart, with select patterns and indicators.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Fri 12\/19: Quad witching, existing home sales<\/li>\n<li>Tue 12\/23: Durable goods, GDP, consumer confidence<\/li>\n<li>Wed 12\/24: Jobless claims, crude-oil inventories, market closes at 1 p.m. ET.<\/li>\n<li>Thu 12\/25: Christmas &#8211; Market Closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worries about Oracle weighed on several companies exposed to datacenter 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