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Weekly Market Update – 8.25.2025

Unify Financial Advisors Weekly Market Update The S&P 500 posted a modest weekly gain of 0.27% due to Friday’s rally following Jerome Powell’s symposium speech.  Leading up to his speech, stocks were negative for the week. Treasury yields fell and stocks rallied as the Federal Reserve Chair hinted at a potential interest rate cut in September and commented that current restrictive rates “may warrant an adjustment in our policy stance.” Housing data showed ...
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Weekly Market Update – 8.11.2025

Unify Financial Advisors Weekly Market Update After bouncing back from the prior week’s sell-off, the S&P 500 gained 2.43% last week, led by technology and consumer stocks. Markets were volatile, reacting to new tariffs and weaker job data, but finished strong on Friday as expectations grew for a possible Fed rate cut in September. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in June, down 16% from May, as exports and imports declined. Services sector activity accelerated, with ...
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Weekly Market Update – 8.4.2025

Unify Financial Advisors Weekly Market Update After reaching record highs the prior week, the S&P 500 fell 2.36% last week, its worst showing since May. A weaker-than-expected July jobs report and newly imposed US tariffs drove investor concern about future economic growth. However, the first estimate of Q2 GDP rebounded at a 3.0% annual rate, driven by a drop in imports and modest consumer spending growth. Meanwhile, treasury yields fell sharply as expectations for a September Fed ...
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