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Welcome to your Thursday wrap-up of Superforecast Trader!bWeekly jobless claims are out, and there was a slight change from the week before.

It started out as a quiet, three-day holiday weekend in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. … Then it quickly evolved into a flurry of presidential announcements, escalating domestic tension, and even more stunning headlines from abroad. So far, 2026 is shaping up to be an even more intense version of the market we came to know last year.

Welcome back to your Thursday edition of Superforecast Trader! First, we’ll review this week’s jobless claims figures, and then my chief research analyst, Matt Clark, will join us to discuss market performance. After dropping to its second-lowest level in the last 12 months, U.S. weekly jobless claims ticked back up for the week ending January 2, 2026.

Hello and welcome back to your first Superforecast Trader update of the New Year! We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today, so let’s dive right into the video recap, then you can scroll down for more details from the one and only Matt Clark.

Hello and welcome back to Superforecast Trader! I’m currently in sunny Hawaii, where I’ll be ringing in the New Year with family. But I wanted to take a moment out during this busy holiday week to write and record a special update, because it really bears repeating… 2025 has been an absolutely outstanding year for all of us.