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Midyear Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations
We started 2025 on a high note, although we acknowledged that “no market environment is ever permanent, and that change is always potentially around the corner.” Well change did come, and with it, volatility, perhaps in part because we assumed President Trump’s...
Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism
Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism By LPL Financial Research Looking back, 2024 clearly echoed many of the themes from 2023. By and large, the economy continued to defy expectations and surprised once again. Stocks continued their strong performance, driven by powerful...
- Weekly Market Commentary | Grand Ideas at the Grand Tetons | August 25 2025
LPL Research examines recent Fed comments and what to expect moving forward.
- Weekly Market Commentary | Earnings Season Delivers | August 18, 2025
LPL Research discusses key takeaways from the most recent earnings season.
- Global Portfolio Strategy | Resilient Rally: AI, Earnings, and Trade Deals Drive July Highs | August 7, 2025
LPL Research offers a comprehensive outlook on global markets, highlighting the impact of AI-driven earnings, evolving trade dynamics, and shifting interest rate expectations.
- Weekly Market Commentary | Stocks Sailing Smoothly Through Policy Crosscurrents So Far | August 11 2025
LPL Research examines recent stock performance in the face of changing and unexpected policy decisions by the current administration.
- Client Letter | Resilient Markets Amid Economic Crosscurrent | August 6, 2025
As July wrapped up and August got underway, investors were met with a whirlwind of market-moving events — from central bank speculation and a flurry of earnings reports to surprising economic data and shifting trade dynamics. LPL Research cuts through the noise to share key insights and help investors make sense of what’s ahead.