FINANCIAL BLOG

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of December 1, 2025. Equities kicked off the month of December on a mildly positive note, extending last week’s rebound with a measured advance. With a lack of big directional drivers, the S&P 500 edged back toward record highs, while global stocks ended mostly higher.

Third quarter earnings season winds down over the next couple of weeks and has once again met Wall Street’s high expectations. After tariff-muddled first quarter results, companies did a good job adjusting to tariffs in the second quarter and continued to do so last quarter.

LPL Research provides its Weekly Market Performance for the week of November 10, 2025. Global equities traded lower in the final full week of November trading as a fresh wave of volatility dragged on markets. Artificial intelligence (AI) related jitters remained top of mind for investors ahead of key quarterly results from chipmaker and index heavyweight NVIDIA (NVDA).