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US stocks ended higher as investors await the last Fed meeting of the year. Weekly market recap, trading week 49/2025

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

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December 07, 2025

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šŸ”„šŸ”„ GLOBAL MARKETS INVESTOR PORTFOLIO ā€” UP 64% 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:

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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 higher as investors await the last Fed meeting of the year, scheduled for next week.

US Treasuries posted their worst week since June. Silver continued its remarkable rise while Bitcoin its losing streak.

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

āš ļøThe US labor market is experiencing a hidden recession

What alternative data and forward-looking indicators say about US employment

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-us-labor-market-is-experiencing-a-hidden-recession

āš ļøļøSilver prices reached historic levels

What is happening in the silver market?

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/silver-prices-reached-historic-levels-7685

āš ļøCHART OF THE WEEK: OpenAI is set to post unprecedented losses

What does the company's invention, ChatGPT, actually think about this?"

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/chart-of-the-week-openai-is-set-to-post-unprecedented-losses

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO UPDATE (December 4, 2025)

Please find out an update about my market positioning - only for Founding Members

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/investment-portfolio-update-december-4-2025

āš ļøļøThe S&P 500 might be heading for tough months ahead

Despite solid year-to-date performance, the US is still historically underperforming the rest of the world

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-s-p-500-might-be-heading-for-tough-months-ahead

šŸšØThe world's 3rd-largest bond market is breaking

Japanese government bond yields keep on rising

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/the-world-s-3rd-largest-bond-market-is-breaking

šŸšØUS credit rejection rates are surging at a concerning pace

Access to credit in the world's largest economy is still getting worse

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-credit-rejection-rates-are-surging-at-a-concerning-pace

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 +0.3%
- Nasdaq +0.9%
- Dow Jones +0.5%
- Russell 2000 (small caps) +0.8%
- US 10-year Treasury yield +12 bps
- VIX -6%, front month VIX futures -5%
- US Dollar index -0.5%
- Gold -1.0%
- Silver +3.7%
- WTI Crude Oil +2.7%

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

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 -1.4%

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 12, key events are:

- US Job Openings for September and October on Tuesday

- Fed Interest Rate Decision including FOMC projections and Chair Powell Conference

- At least 3 Fed Speeches

All investorsā€™ eyes will be on the Fed.

2) Commercial services stocks saw the largest outflows on record.

3) AI infrastructure is being built on a mountain of new debt:

4) Is the Japanese bond market crisis looming?

5) Some additional posts that include interesting data.

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