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John Hancock: Weekly market Recap Week Ended August 22
Momentum shift Stocks rallied on Friday to reverse a downward drift that had sent the S&P 500 to a five-session negative streak. The Dow outperformed, generating a 1.6% return for the week and posting its first record high of 2025. The S&P 500 ended up fractionally higher while the NASDAQ was down slightly. Rising […]
LPL: CPI Opens Door For Fed Rate Cuts, Although Pressure Hovers
Additional content provided by John Lohse, CFA, AVP, Research. July’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed headline year-over-year inflation remained steady at 2.7%, below the anticipated level of 2.8%. Core inflation, which excludes more volatile food and energy prices, rose to 3.1% from a prior 2.9%, indicating underlying price pressures. The “Inflation Path” chart highlights […]
Visual Capitalist: Unpacking Real Estate Ownership By Generation
Unpacking Real Estate Ownership by Generation (1991 vs. 2025) Key Takeaways In 1991, the Silent Generation held 65% of real estate; by 2025, that has dropped to just 9%. Baby Boomers […]
John Hancock: Weekly market Recap Week Ended August 15
Mixed consumer signals U.S. retailers recorded a 0.5% month-over-month sales gain in July, matching economists’ consensus forecast but trailing the prior month’s upwardly revised figure of 0.9%. A separate report on Friday showed a weakening of U.S. consumer sentiment for the first time in four months and an increase in consumers’ inflation expectations. Inflation […]
Charles Schwab: Bon Markets Reach A Turning Point
Despite inflation pressure, tariffs and immigration policy are leading to slower job growth and consumer spending, which may prompt the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates soon. Occasionally markets give a clear signal when a turning point has been reached. The July employment report provided one of those moments for the bond market. The […]
Visual Capitalist: The Opportunity Cost Of A Daily Starbucks Latte
Key Takeaways Buying a grande latte at Starbucks every day for a year (365 days) would amount to roughly $2,095. This graphic shows what you would have if you had invested that amount for one year instead. A daily Starbucks habit might feel like a small indulgence, but over time, those dollars can add […]
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 […]