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S&P 500 snapped the losing streak of 4 straight weeks of declines. Weekly market recap, trading week 12/2025

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

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Global Markets Investor
March 23, 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 finished up slightly last week and snapped the losing streak of 4 consecutive weeks of declines. The Fed provided some temporary relief on Wednesday but economic data and tariff uncertainty remain in focus.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO UPDATE (March 18, 2025)

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globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/investment-portfolio-update-march-18-2025

⚠️CHART OF THE WEEK: The S&P 500 is pricing in a recession - for now

What does history say about historical market corrections?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-the-s-p-500-is-pricing-in-a-recession-for-now

🚨The Fed knows nothing, likewise the majority of market participants and watchers

The Fed kept the rates unchanged for the second consecutive meeting on Wednesday

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-fed-knows-nothing-likewise-the-majority-of-market-participants-and-watchers

⚠Magnificent 7 stocks are crashing

The group of stocks has erased $3.3 trillion in market value

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/magnificent-7-stocks-are-crashing

⚠US consumers' finance are getting worse

The share of Americans that would be able to cover $2,000 emergency expense is falling

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-consumers-finance-are-getting-worse

⚠️US retail sales remain weak

Retail sales adjusted for inflation have decreased ~3% over the last 4 years.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-retail-sales-remain-weak

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

- S&P 500 rose 0.4%
- Nasdaq index increased 0.1%
- Dow Jones jumped 1.2%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) surged 0.6%
- VIX fell 12%
- WTI Crude Oil rose 1.9%
- Silver fell 2.7%
- Gold rose 0.8%

⚠️CHART OF THE WEEK: Will the gold outperformance of the S&P 500 continue for years?

Food for thought regarding gold and the S&P 500 relative performance

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-will-the-gold-outperformance-of-the-s-p-500-continue-for-years

!?️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 0.5%

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 28, key events are:

- US S&P Global Manufacturing and Services PMI for March on Monday

- US Consumer Confidence for March on Tuesday

- US New Home Sales for February on Tuesday

- US Q4 GDP data (the third reading) on Thursday

- US PCE Inflation data for February on Friday

Pretty muted week in terms of key data, except for PCE Inflation. Tariff headlines remain in focus.

2) Wall Street is panicking, institutional investors are raising cash while retail investors are furiously buying.

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