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The S&P 500 has hit 18 all-time highs this year. Weekly market recap, trading week 33/2025

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

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August 17, 2025

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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 surrounded by extra charts, commentary and explanations of complicated topics.

US stocks finished the week higher after plenty of US economic data.

Friday saw some retreat after US consumer sentiment data showed some deterioration.

In case you missed it, other posts from this week are listed below.

🚨US consumer financial stress reached critical level

US consumer, the major driver of the economy is pulling back on spending, as if there is a recession

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-consumer-financial-stress-reached-critical-level

⚠️CHART OF THE WEEK: US youth unemployment is rising, as if there is a recession

Is the US on the verge of a generational jobs crisis?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-us-youth-unemployment-is-rising-as-if-there-is-a-recession

🚨The NASDAQ market cap relative to US GDP hit an all-time high

It is also at a record relative to world GDP.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-nasdaq-market-cap-relative-to-us-gdp-hit-an-all-time-high

🚨US corporate bankruptcies are accelerating

US large bankruptcies are rising at an alarming pace

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-corporate-bankruptcies-are-accelerating

⚠️The US budget deficit rose sharply in July

The US Treasury is running the third-largest budget gap in history

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-us-budget-deficit-rose-sharply-in-july

Traders are increasingly expecting the Fed to cut rates by 0.50% next month

Are investors getting overexcited?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/traders-are-increasingly-expecting-the-fed-to-cut-rates-by-0-50-next-month

1) Weekly performance. In the first post attached, you can see last week’s performance of the major US indexes, the VIX volatility index, 10-year Treasury yield, the US Dollar, gold, silver, WTI Crude oil and Bitcoin.

- S&P 500 rose 0.9%
- Nasdaq index increased 0.8%
- Dow Jones climbed 1.7%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) jumped 3.1%
- US 10-year Treasury yield increased 4 bps
- VIX fell 1%
- US Dollar index declined 0.3%
- WTI Crude Oil decreased 1.1%
- Silver declined 1.4%
- Gold fell 3.1%

🔥This is the year of precious metals

Gold, silver and platinum are crushing US stocks and other assets this year

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/this-is-the-year-of-precious-metalsthe-us-labor-market-headline-numbers-are-useless-1

⚠️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

- Bitcoin rose 1.2%

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

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For the trading week ending August 22, key events are:

- US Housing Starts for July on Tuesday

- FOMC Minutes on Wednesday

- Jackson Hole Symposium on Thursday

- US S&P Global Services and Manufacturing PMI on Thursday

- US Existing Home Sales for July on Thursday

- Fed Chair Powell Speech on Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday

- At least 5 Fed speakers

- ~5% of S&P 500 companies reporting earnings

Fed Chair Powell Speech will be key next week.

2) Sell signal for global stocks have been triggered for the 2nd consecutive month.

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