Dear mooers,
There are only a few days before the New Year's bell rings. New year, new hope!
For most investors, 2022 is a roller coaster ride. As we approach the end of 2022, all three major US stock indexes are on track to break their 3-year winning streaks and have their worst year since 2008. Let's look at the performance of the —an indicator of US stock performance this year:
* S&P 500 index focuses on the larg...

"As I said about 2008, it is like watching a plane crash," Burry posted on Twitter on May 24. "It hurts, it is not fun, and I'm not smiling." Burry will always be remembered as the man who predicted the collapse of the housing bubble, and also as the person who said the mortgage market was a huge and unsustainable house of cards.
Full of Nervousness and Bad News
All of these messages show the panic and nervousness currently affecting investo...

A cryptic tweet from “Big Short” investor Michael Burry is adding to the grim mood on a day when markets are sliding and there are signs that the US housing boom is slowing down.
It’s not clear exactly what Burry , who runs Scion Asset Management, meant. Twitter users urged him to specify what he believed would catalyze another financial collapse on the magnitude of the 2008 crisis.
Economic Data | Sales of newly b...

Addiction is the inability to stop consuming a chemical or pursuing an activity despite causing harm.
Very much the same happens to people who trade.
Here are some signs of addiction:
You spend far too much of your free time trading
You are trading stocks at work (and it isn’t your job)
The “high” of trying to find the next “moonshot” is the focus of attention
You have feelings for frustration, aggression or attempt to surpress other personal problems...

Spoiler:
At the end of this post, there is a chance for you to win points!
Happy Monday, mooers! Welcome back to Weekly Buzz, where we review the news, performance, and community sentiment of the selected buzzing stocks on moomoo platform based on search and message volumes of last week! (Nano caps are excluded.)
Part Ⅰ: Make Your Choices
Part Ⅱ Buzzing Stocks List & Mooers Comments
Three major indices moved downward, Russell 2000 Index decrease...

President Joe Biden is expected to propose a new minimum tax primarily aimed at billionaires when he unveils his 2023 budget, according to a document obtained by CNBC.
Dubbed the "Billionaire's Minimum Income Tax," it would tax U.S. households worth more than $100 million at a rate of at least 20 percent. More than half of the revenue may come from businesses worth more than $1 billion.
"This minimum tax will ensure tha...

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said on Monday that the Fed could make big interest rate increases and push rates to relatively high levels in its quest to cool off demand and temper inflation, which is running at its fastest pace in 40 years. 
His comments were the clearest statement yet that the central bank was ready to forcefully attack rapid price increases to make sure that they do not become a permanent feature of ...

People have been making money from stocks and shares for hundreds of years, but with millions of companies to choose from, it’s understandable that some people turn to key figureheads and even celebrities to inspire their financial decisions. 
Who do you think has caused the most change on the stock market by a landslide?
Who else do you think is worth being nominated?
Would you tell mooers about your picks?