FINANCIAL BLOG

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of January 5, 2026. Headlines remained in high supply over the first full week of trading in 2026, with investors parsing high-profile economic data, announcements out of Washington, and geopolitical risks. Nonetheless, U.S. stocks powered higher to secure a healthy weekly advance. Across the pond, European shares gained ground on the back of tech shares, while Asian markets ended mostly higher.

With 2025 behind us, it’s a good time to celebrate some of our better forecasts from last year while also reviewing some misses we can learn from. In our view, we got more right than wrong last year, but there were some misses among our tactical asset allocation recommendations.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of December 29, 2025. Amid light trading volumes, stocks traded lower over the course of the New Year’s holiday-shortened week, capping another year of double-digit returns with a moderately risk-off tone. Major U.S. averages pared their year-to-date advance to round out 2025 as investors await the next big market catalyst, while international stocks ended mostly higher after sealing an unexpectedly strong year.