Nissan and Honda merger talks, 2025 inflation outlook: Morning Brief

In this shortened holiday trading week, Wall Street investors are putting a Santa Claus rally on their Christmas wish lists. Brad Smith and Brian Sozzi cover some of the biggest market stories heading into the market open on today's Morning Brief.

Brookings Institution Senior Fellow in Governance Studies E.J. Dionne Jr. weighs in on what Elon Musk's policy influence seen so far could signal for markets and the direction of the incoming Trump administration.

Fed Watch Advisors founder and chief investment officer Ben Emons also joins the program to share his growth and inflation forecasts for 2025.

To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Morning Brief here.

Other top trending stocks on the Yahoo Finance platform include Nissan (7201.T, NSANY), Honda (HMC, 7267.T), Xerox (XRX), Novo Nordisk (NVO), Nordstrom (JWN), and News Corp (NWSA, NWS).

This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.