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US stocks finished higher for the 2nd consecutive week. Weekly market recap, trading week 43/2025
Summary of the trading week using the most popular posts from the X platform
Global Markets Investor
October 26, 2025
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🔥🔥 GLOBAL MARKETS INVESTOR PORTFOLIO — UP 60% SINCE JANUARY 2024 DURING THE MARCH-APRIL 2025 MARKET TURMOIL, MAJOR US INDEXES FELL NEARLY 20%, WHILE THE GMI PORTFOLIO GAINED OVER 5%, FIND OUT HOW BELOW:
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 higher for the 2nd consecutive week following better-than-expected inflation data. Gold and silver finally saw some pullback.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, China’s Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang announced that China and the US reached a consensus on key trade issues after “candid and constructive” talks in Kuala Lumpur.
Discussions covered export controls, tariff suspensions, fentanyl-related measures, anti-drug cooperation, trade expansion, and US Section 301 fees.
Li said both sides will now begin internal approval procedures.
Additionally, US Treasury Secretary Bessent said China is “ready” to finalize a trade deal with the US after two days of negotiations. The deal would remove President Trump’s planned 100% tariff scheduled to take effect on November 1.
According to Bessent, China would delay its recent rare-earth export controls “for a year while they reexamine it (restrictions”.
This should improve market sentiment in the short-term.
In case you missed it, other posts from this week are listed below.
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 +2.2%
- Nasdaq +1.2%
- Dow Jones +1.0%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) +1.2%
- US 10-year Treasury yield -1 bps
- VIX -5%, front month VIX futures -10%
- US Dollar index +0.5%
- Silver -3.3%
- Gold -2.4%
- WTI Crude Oil +7.7%
- Bitcoin +4.0%
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For the trading week ending October 31, key events are:
- US Consumer Confidence on Tuesday
- Fed Interest Rate Decision and Chair Powell Conference on Wednesday
- ~25% of S&P 500 firms report earnings results including Meta, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple
The Fed and the Bank of Canada are set to cut rates by 0.25%. The Fed will also announce what’s next for its QT program. The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are expected to keep their rates on hold.
Massive week for the markets ahead.
⚠️US stocks finished higher for the 2nd consecutive week following better-than-expected US inflation data.
Gold and silver finally saw some pullback. Is there more to come?
Performance this week:
S&P 500 +2.2%
Nasdaq +1.2%
Russell 2000 +1.2%
Dow Jones +1.0%
US 10-year Treasury— Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv)
8:29 PM • Oct 24, 2025
2) Retail investors’ share in the market activity has never been higher.
