S&P 500 declined for the 4th straight week. Weekly market recap, trading week 11/2025

Summary of the trading week using the most popular posts from the X platform

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Global Markets Investor
March 16, 2025

In this series, you can find financial markets posts with the highest number of interactions from my X platform feed over the most recent week. I am aware that not everybody uses X regularly, so I thought it could provide some value to your analysis, and investment process. These posts are also surrounded by commentary and explanations of complicated topics.

The S&P 500 has declined for the fourth consecutive week as economic and financial market uncertainty skyrocketed. Investors clearly do not like uncertainty and therefore gradually unwind their exposure to the US stock market. During such times, gold is a winner and we have witnessed this so far this year. More in the below pieces:

šŸšØUS stock market sell-off continues

This is the most rapid liquidation since the 2020 Crisis.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-stock-market-sell-off-continues

āš ļøCHART OF THE WEEK: Retail investors are buying US stocks like crazy

Retail investors stock purchases have been one of the largest in history

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-retail-investors-are-buying-us-stocks-like-crazy

šŸ”„Gold prices hit $3,000 per ounce for the first time in history

Gold has risen 13% year-to-date and has been the best performing asset class.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/gold-prices-hit-3-000-per-ounce-for-the-first-time-in-history

šŸšØUS layoffs are surging at a recessionary pace

February job report showed a lot of labor market weakness

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-layoffs-are-surging-at-a-recessionary-pace

šŸšØThis could blow out financial markets if goes wrong

Rising Japanese Yen and government bond yields are a big risk for markets

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/this-could-blow-out-financial-markets-if-goes-wrong

!!ļøUS government continues to spend like a drunken sailor

US government deficit reached a record $1.15 trillion in the first 5 months of the Fiscal Year 2025

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-government-continues-to-spend-like-a-drunken-sailor

āš ļøPortfolio performance review for February 2025

Assessment of my long-term investment portfolio as of February 2025

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/portfolio-performance-review-for-february-2025

1) Weekly performance. In the first screenshot attached, you can see last weekā€™s performance of the major US indexes, the VIX volatility index, gold, and Bitcoin.

- S&P 500 declined 2.2%
- Nasdaq index plummeted 2.3%
- Dow Jones tumbled 3.0%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) fell 1.6%
- VIX fell 8%
- WTI Crude Oil rose 0.3%
- Silver jumped 4.7%
- Gold rose 2.6%

!?ļøIs this a time to be cautious about gold?

Short-term and long-term perspectives for the world's most desired metal.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-this-a-time-to-be-cautious-about-gold

- Bitcoin fell 2.1%

Is Bitcoin going to $1,000,000?

What to expect from the world's largest cryptocurrency in the coming months and years

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-bitcoin-going-to-1000000

For the trading week ending March 21, key events are:

- US Retail Sales for February on Monday

- US Existing Home Sales for February on Thursday

- Fed interest rate decision and Chair Powell conference on Wednesday

- US Existing Home Sales for February on Thursday

The Fed will likely leave interest rates unchanged at 4.5%. Important, however, will be the Powellā€™s conference and his assessment of the economic and rate outlook. This will be a big week for markets.

There is also the Bank of Japan rate decision on Wednesday, which also might be a market moving event. This time the BoJ will likely leave rates unchanged at 0.5% but investors will be looking for hints about further moves, potentially as early as in May.

2) What is happening with US consumers?

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