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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 policies would simply mirror those of his prior term. The impact of policy direction has been central to market direction this year. Uncertainty around trade policy dominated the stock market’s path in the first half of the year
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 policies would simply mirror those of his prior term. The impact of policy direction has been central to market direction this year. Uncertainty around trade policy dominated the stock market’s path in the first half of the year
Weekly Market Commentary
- Rate and Credit View | Making Mortgage Finance Private Again | July 2025on July 25, 2025 at 5:36 pm
LPL Research analyzes the potential privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and its impact on […]
- Weekly Market Commentary | Midyear Fixed Income, Currency, and Commodity Markets Outlook: Higher for Longer | July 21, 2025on July 21, 2025 at 12:59 pm
LPL Research provides its midyear bond and commodity market outlook on interest rates, Federal […]
- Equity Strategy Insights | A Lot Riding on Second Quarter Earnings Season | July 2025on July 17, 2025 at 5:03 pm
LPL Research asks will second quarter results and guidance from corporate America be good enough to […]
- Midyear Outlook 2025 | Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations | July 8, 2025on July 16, 2025 at 8:03 pm
LPL Financial is pleased to offer 2025 Midyear Outlook: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations, […]
- Market Insight Quarterly | Q2 2025on July 14, 2025 at 6:04 pm
This quarterly publication helps provide clarity and context to the issues affecting the economy, […]
- Global Portofolio Strategy | S&P 500 Starts the Second Half at an All-Time High | July 10, 2025on July 14, 2025 at 3:33 pm
LPL Research raised its S&P 500 and 10-year yield targets, along with an upgrade on two […]
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LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 21, 2025, highlights big tech earnings, U.S. […]
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- Weekly Market Performance — July 18, 2025
LPL's Weekly Market Performance for the week of July 14, 2025, highlights rangebound stocks, the […]
- Alts for the Second Half — Building Resilience in Times of Uncertainty
LPL Research provides its alternative investment outlook for the second half of 2025.