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John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended August 8
Magnificent 7 earnings Approaching the end of earnings season, seven mega-cap stocks continued to generate an unusually big share of overall second-quarter earnings growth. In aggregate, the so-called Magnificent 7 stocks were forecast to report average growth of 25.7% as of August 5, according to FactSet. Excluding those big tech firms, the S&P 500’s other […]
Global X: 2025 Midyear Outlook
KEY TAKEAWAYS A Bumpy Road Higher The path of least resistance entering the second half of the year would be to say risk- on, with equity markets trending higher from here. But we can’t forget a timeless piece of strategic wisdom: “Hope is not a strategy.” A Battle Between Hard and Soft Data Soft […]
Visual Capitalist: History’s Biggest Companies vs. The Magnificent Seven
Key Takeaways Historic companies from the 17th and 18th century were once worth trillions of dollars by today’s standards, thanks to monopolies on trade and speculation. This graphic compares the valuation of these companies to today’s Mag-7 heavyweights The rise of today’s tech giants has redefined market dominance. Companies like Nvidia, Microsoft, and […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended August 1
Fed holds steady As expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve held off on cutting interest rates for its fifth consecutive policy meeting, although two Fed members dissented by voting for an immediate cut of a quarter percentage point. Stocks slipped following the meeting after Chair Jerome Powell said that a potential rate cut at the Fed’s […]
LPL: Early Q2 Earnings Check-In
Q2 2025 Earnings Season: Management Teams Cautiously Optimistic Slightly over 20% of S&P 500 companies have reported earnings for the second quarter (less if measured by market cap) and so far, it appears that results are good enough. The rate of results outpacing earnings expectations is near 90%, with average upside surprises around the historical […]
Visual Capitalist: Southeast Asian Countries By The Numbers
Key Takeaways Indonesia leads Southeast Asian countries in its $1.4 trillion GDP, driven by sheer population size (284 million people). On the other hand, Singapore has only 6.1 […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended July 25
Magnificent 7 earnings Approaching the busiest stretch of earnings season, seven mega-cap stocks are again expected to generate an unusually big share of overall second-quarter earnings growth. In aggregate, the so-called Magnificent 7 stocks were forecast to report average growth of 14.1%, according to FactSet. Excluding those big tech firms, the S&P 500’s other 493 […]
Visual Capitalist: Gold’s Annual Returns (2000-2025)
Visualized: Gold’s Annual Returns from 2000 to 2025 YTD Key Takeaways Gold prices are up 1,075% from 2000 to 2025 (YTD as of July 3) On average, gold has delivered a 10.9% annual return over 25 years 2025 is one of gold’s best years in terms of returns, up 27% as of July 3, 2025 […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended July 18
Solid earnings start Earnings from the first three major U.S. banks to report second-quarter results exceeded analysts’ expectations owing in part to a surge in investment banking income. As of Friday, analysts were forecasting that financials sector earnings rose 8.6%—above the 5.6% growth forecast across all sectors in the S&P 500, according to FactSet. Retail […]