Google revealed its Year in Search 2025 yesterday, and the top trending person on Google this year wasn’t the new pope or a political figure, but d4vd, a 20-year-old singer who reportedly remains an active suspect in the death of a teen girl. Thanks to a series of what are now proving to be very prescient positions on a prediction market for the “#1 Searched Person on Google This Year,” one user made just shy of $1.2 million with a ~$10,600 “yes” position on d4vd combined with “no” positions on a gaggle of others.
The S&P 500 closed slightly higher and the Nasdaq 100 closed slightly down on Thursday, but small-caps continued to rally, with the Russell 2000 notching a new record close. Hopes of a rate cut at next week’s Fed meeting remain high, despite jobless claims falling to a three-year low. Tomorrow’s delayed release of September personal consumption expenditures, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, could impact rate cut expectations.
