Sean Rhodes, President, Rhodes Capital Management LLC

After raising the interest rates another 50 basis points, the Fed has already signaled that 2023 will see more interest rate hikes. Reuters has the details @ https://bit.ly/3Fy5XOm #2023

Fed's Powell says inflation battle not won, more rate hikes coming The Federal Reserve will deliver more interest rate hikes next year even as the economy slips towards a possible recession, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, arguing that a higher cost would be paid if the U.S. central bank does not get a firmer grip on inflation.

The dollar is still growing strong, maintaining its value as recession worries continue to grow. Reuters has the story @ https://bit.ly/3Yq8CCw

U.S. dollar likely to remain strong in 2023 amid recession fears A breathtaking surge in the U.S. dollar trampled foreign currencies, gouged corporate profits and gave investors one of the year’s few winning trades. Though the greenback has stumbled in recent weeks, recession worries may keep it elevated in 2023.

It's just not Christmas without the iconic jazzy tune "Christmas Time is Here" from a "A Charlie Brown Christmas." AP News has story behind the music @ https://bit.ly/3FACUuL

Jazzy 'Charlie Brown Christmas' swings on after 57 years NEW YORK (AP) — The Mendelson family would love to find the envelope where their father, Lee, scribbled some lyrics to jazz musician Vince Guaraldi's composition “Christmas Time is Here” for an animated TV special featuring the “Peanuts” gang in 1965.

The last Boeing 747 has exited the factory, ending the plane's 50-year production run. CNBC has the story @ https://bit.ly/3Fx8LLZ #747

Boeing's last 747 has rolled out of the factory after a more than 50-year production run Boeing has produced 1,574 of the planes at its factory north of Seattle.

Congress may have declined to add sick days for railroad workers, but investors are pushing for these benefits to be added as the threat of a strike looms. ABC News has the details @ https://bit.ly/3Hl7kCx

Investors press railroads to add sick time for workers The major freight railroads now face pressure from investors to add sick days after Congress declined to require them as part of the contracts they imposed last week to avert a potentially devastating nationwide rail strike