US stocks ended mostly higher last week. Weekly market recap, trading week 51/2025

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

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December 21, 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 ended mostly positive following better than expected inflation data. This implies the Fed may have more room to cut rates in 2026.

Silver and gold prices continue to outperform other major asset classes.

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

⚠️The US job market is in decline

When accounting for future revisions, the labor market is falling at a recessionary pace.

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-us-job-market-is-in-decline

🚨Is the US stock market in a bubble?

Is the surge in US technology stock prices sustainable?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-the-us-stock-market-in-a-bubble-e8ae

⚠️CHART OF THE WEEK: US margin debt hit an all-time high in November

Traders have never used this much leverage to invest:

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-us-margin-debt-hit-an-all-time-high-in-november

🚨US global debt hit an all-time record

Which asset class performs best in this environment?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-global-debt-hit-an-all-time-record

🚨Global bond yields continue to rise

Investors are increasingly concerned about surging global government debt

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-the-us-stock-market-in-a-bubble-1

🚨US budget deficit improved in November

Nevertheless, the budget gap remains at historically elevated levels

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-budget-deficit-improved-in-november

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 +0.1%
- Nasdaq +0.5%
- Dow Jones -0.7%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) -1.0%
- US 10-year Treasury yield -5 bps
- VIX -5%, front month VIX futures -5%
- US Dollar index +0.4%
- Gold +1.0%
- Silver +8.7%
- WTI Crude Oil -1.6%

Gold and silver are making history

What's next for the most in-demand precious metals?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/gold-and-silver-are-making-history

⚠️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 -2.3%

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 December 26, key events are:

- US GDP Growth Rate QoQ 2nd estimate on Tuesday

- US Industrial Production for October and November on Tuesday

- US Consumer Confidence for December on Tuesday

- Wed, Dec 24, 2025: Early US markets close at 1:00 p.m. ET (1:15 p.m. options)

- Thu, Dec 25, 2025: Christmas Day, markets closed

Expect lower volume and lower volatility week as markets head toward year-end.

2) Global equities 'sell signal’ was triggered for the 6th month straight.

3) The Bank of Japan is the only major central bank hiking rates.

4) The Chinese economy is slowing at an alarming pace.

5) Will Oracle be the first victim of an AI bubble burst?

6) Some additional posts that include interesting data.

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