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Year End Report: Q4 & 2025 Recap
2025 was a broadly positive year for financial markets, marked by resilient economic growth, strong corporate earnings, and moderating inflation. Equities rallied, led by technology, communication services, and industrials, while international markets, particularly in Latin America and Europe, outperformed.
Market Update – January 12th, 2025
This week’s economic releases highlighted a moderating yet resilient U.S. economy, supporting equity gains in the first full trading week of the new year.
Market Cycle Update – December 2025
December saw an improvement in market conditions, with our Tactical Market Cycle returning to a bullish posture as cooling inflation, a Fed rate cut, and resilient earnings supported risk-on assets.
U.S. Strike on Venezuela
If recent developments have prompted any reassessment of your risk tolerance, time horizon, or portfolio objectives, we encourage you to reach out to discuss your current positioning. We will continue to monitor developments closely and provide updates as conditions evolve.
Market Update – December 22nd, 2025
Indexes were mixed last week, as growth-tilted stocks rebounded following an early selloff driven by a rising unemployment rate but later supported by a tame CPI report. November jobs and October retail data painted a mixed economic picture, while Micron’s strong earnings boosted tech sentiment and helped lift the Nasdaq Composite.
Market Update – December 15th, 2025
Markets were mixed last week as weakness in large technology stocks weighed on broader indexes, while value-oriented sectors supported gains in the Dow.
Market Update – December 8th, 2025
Markets extended their recovery last week on growing optimism for a potential Federal Reserve rate cut, with the Nasdaq leading gains and the Dow and S&P 500 also advancing modestly. Economic data painted a mixed picture.
Market Update – December 1st, 2025
Stocks moved higher during the shortened holiday week as economic data helped ease broader concerns. Inflation continued to present modestly, retail sales were steady, and weekly initial jobless claims remained historically stable, however consumer confidence softened.
Market Update – November 24th, 2025
Markets swung throughout the week as expectations for a potential December rate cut shifted, regaining some ground on Friday after dovish comments from the Federal Reserve, and the latest Leading Economic Index continued to signal a cooling economic backdrop.
Market Update – November 17th, 2025
Stocks drifted lower last week as stretched tech valuations, a choppy AI selloff, uncertainty around depreciation assumptions, and lingering fallout from the record shutdown weighed on sentiment, with Bitcoin also sliding into a bear market.
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