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Weekly Market Commentary

Weekly Market Commentary 2025.3
1/21/2025

As the markets turn.

Last week, investors breathed a sigh of relief when the latest price data showed core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, moved lower in December.

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Weekly Market Commentary 2025.2
1/16/2025

Bond yields are rising—and they have investors’ attention.
Last year, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) lowered the federal funds rate by one percent. (The federal funds rate is the interest rate the Fed charges banks. It influences other interest rates.) This shift in Fed policy made a lot of people happy.

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Weekly Market Commentary 2025.1

Hello, 2025!
As we head into a new year, it can be helpful to look back at the previous year—and 2024 was a doozy. Stocks in the United States delivered a double-double—posting double-digit gains for a second year in a row.

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