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Month: January 2025

Weekly Market Update – 1.27.2025

Last week, the S&P 500 gained 1.74% on optimism around corporate earnings, pro-business policies, and a barrage of executive orders issued during President-elect Donald Trump’s first week in office.   This week was ignited by headlines stemming from viral social media posts over the weekend that DeepSeek, a China-based company, created an artificial intelligence open-source model that competes with rivals like ChatGPT for a fraction of the computing costs. White papers ...
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Weekly Market Update – 1.20.2025

Last week, the stock market saw a strong rebound following cooler-than-expected inflation data from December’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), easing concerns about potential interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year. The S&P 500 rose 2.91%, erasing its losses for the year. Additionally, major banks reported earnings that exceeded expectations. The rally in both stock and bond markets reinforces the importance of staying invested over the long term. As the saying goes, ...
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Weekly Market Update – 1.13.2025

Last week, solid job numbers were a case of good news is bad news for the markets, with the S&P 500 declining by (1.94%). Job creation and openings support economic growth but can prompt the Federal Reserve (Fed) to maintain higher rates for longer to fulfill its dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability. As long-term investors, we prefer a strong jobs market and cautious Fed over a weak jobs market and easy Fed policy. The latter is usually in response to a poor economy ...
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Weekly Market Update – 1.6.2025

Last week, we closed out 2024 with a bang and rang in the New Year. The S&P 500 declined -0.45% for the week but rose 23% over the year and hit 57 new all-time highs. The Magnificent 7 and technology indexes have outperformed the S&P 500 for two consecutive years. Prudent rebalancing can reduce concentrated tech stock holdings or overweight tech sector allocations. Unify Financial Advisors rebalances portfolios as part of our investment management ...
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