FINANCIAL BLOG

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of October 27, 2025. Capital markets faced an action-packed week with events ranging from trade talks to global central bank decisions to Magnificent Seven earnings reports. Amid both tricks and treats throughout the week, U.S. stocks managed to hold on to weekly and monthly gains through Friday's Halloween session.

With the stock market in record-high territory and up about 35% off the April lows, market participants clearly haven’t been too scared lately. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of things to worry about.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of October 20, 2025. U.S. stocks logged another weekly advance amid thawing trade tensions and a flurry of third quarter earnings. Investors also ended the week on a bright note, posting a solid rally after the delayed release of consumer inflation data for September helped underpin Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut expectations.