FINANCIAL BLOG

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 6, 2026. Markets showed some resilience over the last five days, with U.S. equities advancing despite geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. A bounce in the momentum trade and big tech stocks supported gains, while investors largely looked past renewed U.S.-Iran tensions even as talks continued.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 29, 2026. As market watchers prepared for America’s 250th birthday celebration, global equity markets delivered a strong finish to the second quarter. The S&P 500 printed its best quarterly return since 2020 amid high profile economic data and rotation dynamics, while also posting a moderate gain over the holiday-shortened week.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 22, 2026. The last full week of the first half was marked by a push-and-pull between AI-driven optimism and concerns of stretched positioning, leaving global equities broadly lower. In the U.S., simultaneous quarter-end rebalancing and mixed mega-cap news also weighed on sentiment, though broader market strength helped put a floor under index-level losses.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 15, 2026. U.S. stocks printed modest gains over the holiday-shortened week with easing geopolitical tensions and central bank signals driving sentiment. Equities were supported by progress toward a U.S.–Iran agreement that lowered oil prices and boosted risk appetite, though gains were tempered midweek by hawkish Federal Reserve takeaways.