Weekly Market Update – September 5, 2025
Quick Takes The S&P 500 Index touched all-time highs early on Friday, but stocks ultimately slid -0.3% on the day after the government reported disappointingly low nonfarm payrolls growth in August. The S&P 500 finished the holiday-shortened week up +0.3%....
Monthly Market Update – August 2025
Key Takeaways EVERYONE IS A WINNER Most major global stock, bond, and real asset indexes, in virtually all size and style delineations, saw positive returns in August. The broad-based rally was driven by better-than-expected economic growth, impressive Q2 corporate...
Weekly Market Update – August 29, 2025
Quick Takes A late-summer selloff on Friday turned the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq Composite Index negative for the week, but only slightly so. Still, the S&P 500 managed to make its 19th and 20th record high closes before Friday’s fall. The small cap Russell...
Weekly Market Update – August 22, 2025
Quick Takes Last week was a mostly sleepy and downside-biased week for stocks, until Friday morning’s speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Fed’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Dovish comments by Powell immediately sparked stocks...