Fast Money Blog- 12/5/25

Before I discuss the week on Wall Street, let's look at today's (Friday, December 5th) big story: Netflix's announcement that it struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 billion. This acquisition gives Netflix Warner Bros.’ film and television studios, plus its streaming service HBO Max / HBO. (But not WBD’s cable-network assets (like CNN, TNT, etc.), which will be spun off into a separate company.

If this deal goes through, Netflix will own two of the biggest streaming services around, leaving their competitors lagging behind. This proposed merger has huge implications for Hollywood and the entire globe, and critics are questioning the potential effect on moviegoers and theaters.

Of course regulators could decide the fate of this merger, as all corporate acquisitions like this are subject to regulatory approval by the federal government. We shall have to wait and see.

This past week on Wall Street saw the stock market behave in a way that is typical for December: quiet with low volatility. Most stocks have been range-bound, and historically this is not a time for big money trades. 

Check out the price behavior of the following stocks over the past 5 trading days:

In the week ending Friday, Dec. 5th, here was the price behavior of the following stocks:

Apple, Inc. (AAPL) moved between a low of $276.14 and a high of $288.62.

Amazon.com (AMZN) moved between a low of $226.80 and a high of $238.97.

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) moved between a low of $173.68 and a high of $185.66

As I said last week, to make maximum profits during this period you will want to sell January out-of-the-money covered calls.

Tyrone Jackson

The Wealthy Investor