FINANCIAL BLOG

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 2, 2025. U.S. stocks celebrated the unofficial first full trading week of summer with solid gains. Equities garnered support from the latest batch of jobs data, reinforcing the U.S. economic resilience narrative and positive-leaning trade headlines.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 26, 2025. Stocks printed modest weekly gains as trade headlines returned to center stage in earnest following the long weekend for Wall Street. However, major averages clung to gains powered by NVIDIA’s (NVDA) quarterly update and tariff reprieve for Europe.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 19, 2025. U.S. equities clawed back part of last week’s strong gains as the tariff relief rally lost steam.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 12, 2025. Major U.S. averages ended the week sharply higher after China tariffs were lowered significantly.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of May 5, 2025. Major U.S. averages ended lower after snapping a historic winning streak to start the week.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 28, 2025. U.S. stocks extended gains over the last five days, closing a historic month less than one percent below the flatline.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 21, 2025. Stocks rallied this week, paring back monthly losses as trade war escalation concerns ebbed.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 14, 2025.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of April 7, 2025.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of March 31, 2025.

Tariff and inflation concerns sent stocks tumbling toward the lows of the week on Friday.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of March 17, 2025.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of March 10, 2025

U.S. stocks ended lower as tariff uncertainty and artificial intelligence (AI) scrutiny continued to ripple through capital markets

Domestic equities ended the week in the red amid a flurry of corporate and economic headlines in a big week of earnings and data.

Stocks held tough against the latest tariff and geopolitical headlines but were weighed down by underwhelming economic data

Major U.S. indexes celebrated Valentine’s Day with solid weekly gains and increased rate-cut bets after another busy week for macro data

U.S. stocks faced another busy week with tariff headlines and a flurry of corporate earnings in focus.

U.S. stocks ended mixed after what turned out to be a busy week for capital markets.

The Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates last September and, to date, the central bank has lowered rates by 1%.