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"I have great confidence in our companies. We have companies, the greatest in the world, and they're doing really well. They have record kinds of numbers. So I think it's a tremendous opportunity to buy."

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Earlier, Asian shares ended mixed. Japanese stocks saw gains following a Christmas Day plunge of both the Nikkei 225 and Topix.

Moves were limited by a holiday in Europe, where markets in Britain, Germany and France all remained closed.

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2. Trump Lashes Out at Fed – Again

U.S. President Donald Trump continued his spate of open criticism of the Fed, saying the central bank was hiking interest rates too quickly.

"They're raising interest rates too fast because they think the economy is so good. But I think that they will get it pretty soon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

The Fed lifted rates for the fourth time this year last week and kept most of its guidance for additional hikes over the next two years.

Trump also expressed confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, referring to him as a "very talented guy, very smart person."

The president also praised U.S. companies as "the greatest in the world" and said their lower stock prices present an opportunity for investors.

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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open, as Wall Street readied to reopen after a shortened pre-Christmas trading session on Monday, that saw it suffer its worst Christmas Eve ever in the history of the stock market.

At 5:45AM ET (10:45 GMT), the blue-chip Dow futures were up 105 points, or around 0.5%, the S&P 500 futures rose 12 points, or about 0.5%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures indicated a gain of 22 points, or roughly 0.4%.

U.S. markets were closed on Tuesday for the Christmas holiday.

Wall Street plunged on Monday in their worst day of Christmas Eve trading ever. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 600 points, while the S&P 500 closed on the brink of bear market territory.

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Security and “systemic risk” will form the focus of the third Stanford Blockchain Conference at Stanford University on Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, organizers have revealed.

Continuing the institution’s ever increasing interest in blockchain technology, the three-day event will see presentations and discussions on a variety of technical issues.

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Would you be a better trader is you use trading signals? How should you use them? What are the benefits and the limitations? What do you still need to do and check for, and how might they fit into your trading armory. Alpesh Patel, a hedge fund manager and expert in trading algorithms and signals and author of 18 books on Trading Online as well as acclaimed by Financial Times as ‘Top FTSE 100 forecaster’ shows you the does and don’ts. This will be an entertaining and insightful 60 minute webinar with an opportunity to ask this world authority on online trading any questions about using signals for trading.

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Would you be a better trader is you use trading signals? How should you use them? What are the benefits and the limitations? What do you still need to do and check for, and how might they fit into your trading armory. Alpesh Patel, a hedge fund manager and expert in trading algorithms and signals and author of 18 books on Trading Online as well as acclaimed by Financial Times as ‘Top FTSE 100 forecaster’ shows you the does and don’ts.

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The Fed lifted rates for the fourth time this year last week and kept most of its guidance for additional hikes over the next two years.

However, this month's steep declines in U.S. stock markets have sparked speculation the U.S. central bank may pause its rate-hiking cycle in 2019.

Elsewhere, the greenback was stronger against the yen, with USD/JPY gaining 0.2% to trade at 110.52. The dollar has struggled particularly against the yen, losing ground for eight straight sessions leading up to Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, Trump continued his spate of open criticism of the Fed, saying the central bank was hiking interest rates too quickly.

"They're raising interest rates too fast because they think the economy is so good. But I think that they will get it pretty soon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial government shutdown was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met.

Building a wall along the border with Mexico to keep migrants from entering the country illegally was a central plank of Trump's presidential campaign, but Democrats are vehemently opposed and have rejected his funding request of $5 billion.

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Markets in Britain, Germany and Hong Kong are all closed, resulting in muted trading volumes.

The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, was up 0.2% at 96.20 by 3:55AM ET (08:55 GMT).