If you were a ’90s kid, you might remember the craze around Tamagotchis, the Japanese pocket-sized virtual pet that taught many of us what losing a (virtual) pet felt like. Well, it looks like they’re getting a reboot: looking at Google Trends data, searches for “tamagotchi” spiked in December in the US, with the most search volume in almost two decades.
Stocks jumped on Friday, with the S&P 500 notching a new record high. All Magnificent 7 stocks gained, helping the Nasdaq 100 outperform. The Russell 2000 also climbed higher. The jobs report showed that though fewer jobs than expected were added in December, the unemployment rate dropped by more than expected.