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The S&P 500 hit its 9th all-time high this year. Weekly market recap, trading week 29/2025

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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.

This was a pretty muted week in terms of market volatility despite new tariffs planned by President Trump. According to Financial Times, Donald Trump is seeking a 15%-20% minimum tariff on all EU goods.

US stocks finished the week slightly higher, as well as the US Dollar.

Meanwhile, crypto markets have hit their new market value record.

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

Is inflation re-surging in the US?

Are tariffs having a significant impact on US prices?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-inflation-re-surging-in-the-us

āš ļøThe US government is running one of the largest deficits in history

This is despite a budget surplus recorded in June 2025

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-us-government-is-running-one-of-the-largest-deficits-in-history

āš ļøCHART OF THE WEEK: Is China dumping US Treasuries?

China saw its Treasury holdings decline to the lowest in 16 years.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-is-china-dumping-us-treasuries

šŸ”„China continues to quietly acquire gold through the London market

Gold is the most desired than ever

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/china-continues-to-quietly-acquire-gold-through-the-london-market

The US Dollar remains the worldā€™s most liquid and trusted currency

The US Dollar dominates global finance

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-us-dollar-remains-the-world-s-most-liquid-and-trusted-currency

Physical silver market is getting tight

Precious metals are more desire than ever this year

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/physical-silver-market-is-getting-tight

1) Weekly performance. In the first post attached, you can see last weekā€™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 0.6%
- Nasdaq index jumped 1.5%
- Dow Jones was flat 0.0%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) increased 0.2%
- US 10-year Treasury yield rose 2 bps
- VIX increased 0.1%
- US Dollar index rose 0.7%
- WTI Crude Oil fell 1.5%
- Silver dropped 1.4%
- Gold declined 0.2%

šŸ”„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

āš ļø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 increased 0.2%

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 July 25, key events are:

- Fed Chair Powell Speech on Tuesday

- US Existing Home Sales for June on Wednesday

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

- US Durable Goods Orders for June on Friday

- ~15% of S&P 500 companies reporting earnings

Pretty muted week in terms of the economic data.

2) Global equities ā€˜sell signalā€™ has been triggered.

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