Markets

• Top Wall Street analysts recommend these dividend stocks for consistent income - TipRanks discusses three dividend-paying stocks, including Permian Resources and International Business Machines.
• Lawmakers are preparing to try again on major crypto bill. Why it matters and what happens next - Some lawmakers will meet on Thursday to discuss and edit draft legislation on crypto market structure, with the aim of passing a comprehensive law this year.
• Boeing's airplane deliveries are the highest in 7 years. Now it's about to pick up the pace - Boeing is set to outline its production increase plans later this month after it's expected to post its best year for deliveries since 2018.
• How we navigated the market’s winning week amid Trump's Truth Social surprises - Wall Street shook off a barrage of uncertainty.
• What the Big Oil executives told Trump about investing in Venezuela - The CEOs of Exxon and Conoco are wary of returning to Venezuela. Chevron is ready to quickly ramp up production.
• Abel's $25 million Berkshire paycheck is in the same league as other S&P 500 CEOs - Greg Abel's $25M salary as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO is an enormous jump from Warren Buffett's famously small paycheck, but Abel still lags the nation's best paid corporate leaders.
• Jim Cramer says don’t trade Apple and Nvidia as money rotates into overlooked stocks ahead of earnings season - Jim Cramer says a broad market rally is underway, with money rotating out of Apple and Nvidia and into overlooked stocks ahead of earnings season.
• U.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.4% - Nonfarm payrolls were expected to rise by 73,000 in December as the unemployment rate moved lower to 4.5%.
• Trump to meet with oil executives at White House. What we know about U.S. plans for Venezuela - The oil industry has been mostly silent on Venezuela as the security situation and stability of the government in Caracas is far from clear.
• Trump says he’s cancelled second wave of attacks on Venezuela - He added that at least $100 billion will be invested in Venezuela by U.S. oil giants.