<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5fdb32bdc910a400192e7ff0-2400/2018-09-20t175735z_637698741_rc1a80262f40_rtrmadp_3_usa-stocks.jpg" border="0" alt="traders" data-mce-source="Brendan McDermid/Reuters" data-mce-caption="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 20, 2018."></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p><strong><em><a href="https://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/10-things-opening-bell&hash=8122c716833601fc1471f79af063b104'utm_source=markets&utm_medium=ingest'utm_source=markets&utm_medium=ingest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Welcome to 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning.</a></em></strong></p><p>Here's what you need to know before markets open.</p><p>1. <strong>Global stocks are up</strong>. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-today-us-lawmakers-near-relief-bill-fed-raises-outlook-2020-12-1029901677">See what markets are doing today.</a></p><p>2. <strong>Bitcoin should be worth $400,000, Scott Minerd says</strong>. The <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/currencies/news/bitcoin-should-be-worth-400000-guggenheim-scott-minerd-says-2020-12-1029901347">token's scarcity and its value in comparison to gold </a>suggest it should be worth much higher, according to Guggenheim's investment chief.</p><p>3.<strong> Fed sees US GDP fully rebounding by end 2021</strong>. The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-reserve-economic-outlook-us-recovery-gdp-unemployment-fomc-meeting-2020-12">central bank revealed new economic estimates</a> on Wednesday that see the US economy staging a healthy recovery through next year.</p><p>4.<strong> Chipotle upgraded to buy with 11% upside potential</strong>. Stifel believes the company has one of the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chipotle-upgraded-to-buy-on-brand-resilience-through-the-pandemic-2020-12-1029899994">most compelling growth prospects</a> within the restaurant industry.</p><p>5.<strong> Twitter named 'top pick' of internet sector</strong>. JPMorgan said Twitter will show the <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/twitter-stock-price-top-pick-jpmorgan-upside-on-advertising-recovery-2020-12-1029898467">biggest rebound in online advertising</a> given its sharper pandemic-driven ad decline.</p><p>6. <strong><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar#date=12/17/2020&name=&countries=&eventtypes=103,99&tab=L">Earnings expected</a></strong>. Accenture, FedEx, and General Mills are highlights.</p><p>7. <strong><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/economic-calendar">On the data docket</a></strong>. Jobless claims, the US 4-week bill auction, and housing starts change are due.</p><p>8. <strong>A fund manager who's returned 550% over 2 decades shares all</strong>. He tells us how he did it, and reveals <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-picks-ipo-market-views-top-fund-manager-brian-barish-2020-12'r=opening-bell" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url'q=https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-picks-ipo-market-views-top-fund-manager-brian-barish-2020-12'r%3Dopening-bell&source=gmail&ust=1608287678288000&usg=AFQjCNHxOuHbEypb6MRrhkd7IHsk7K5BGg">3 top stock picks for the next 5 years</a>.</p><p>9. <strong>BlackRock says there will be a 'new investment order' in 2021</strong>. The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2021-investing-outlook-blackrock-recommendations-portfolio-advice-pandemic-hildebrand-boivin-2020-12'r=opening-bell" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url'q=https://www.businessinsider.com/2021-investing-outlook-blackrock-recommendations-portfolio-advice-pandemic-hildebrand-boivin-2020-12'r%3Dopening-bell&source=gmail&ust=1608287678288000&usg=AFQjCNHJF-cMjSXKqdlnfJAL4PgLKMbtZw">firm breaks down its top 11 recommendations</a>, and says the pandemic should prompt investors to completely rethink how they construct portfolios.</p><p>10. <strong>How to invest in the race for a zero-carbon world</strong>. Matt Breidert of the Ecofin Global Renewables Infrastructure Fund shares <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sustainable-investing-top-fund-manager-stock-picks-renewables-carbon-zero-2020-12'r=opening-bell" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url'q=https://www.businessinsider.com/sustainable-investing-top-fund-manager-stock-picks-renewables-carbon-zero-2020-12'r%3Dopening-bell&source=gmail&ust=1608287678288000&usg=AFQjCNGga7_oiwTgqbJPj7kXjif9_AhF2A">3 under-the-radar stock selections</a>.</p><p><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/opening-bell-december-17-2020-12-1029901727#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-symphony-seas-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-deals-with-waste-2020-3">How waste is dealt with on the world's largest cruise ship</a></p>
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