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6/9-13/25 Weekly Market Recap - Movers, Macro, Monetary, and Fiscal

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Week 6/9-13/25 Weekly Market Summary by Aremorph Summary - Movers, Macro, Monetary, and Fiscal Global Weekly Movements U.S. Equities S&P 500 Index: 5,976.97 (-0.46%) A slight slide in the SPX was centered around a flat performance for most sectors, however, financials fell the most, losing 2.57%. This was led by Visa, Mastercard, and Wells Fargo. Energy was by far the highest positive with 5.62% gains, led by geo-political turbulence in the middle east, injecting fear of scarcity into the market. APA and Halliburton Co rose the highest around 13% respectively to contribute to this push in XLE. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,197.79 (-1.38%) Russell 3000 Index: 3,396.03 (-0.72%) NASDAQ Composite: 19,406.83 (-0.85%) Big Movers of the Week  Oracle (ORCL): 215.22 (23.68%) Oracle stock jumped to a record high following renewed investor enthusiasm and bullish analyst upgrades. Optimism was driven by strong momentum in its cloud and infrastructure businesses, with analysts prais...

6/2-6/25 Weekly Market Recap - Movers, Macro, Monetary, and Fiscal

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Week 6/2-6/25 Weekly Market Summary by Aremorph Summary - Movers, Macro, Monetary, and Fiscal Global Weekly Movements U.S. Equities S&P 500 Index: 6,000.36 (1.76%) Technology once again leads the charge against other SPDR etf performance this week with a surge of 3.23%, led primarily by MSFT, NVDA, and AAPL. In a close second, Energy grows as Chevron and Exxon Mobil outperform.  On this bullish outlook, consumer staples faces the largest slide at 1.38%. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,762.87 (1.33%) Russell 3000 Index: 3,415.38 (1.91%) NASDAQ Composite: 19,529.95 (1.20%) Big Movers of the Week  LuluLemon (LULU):  266.27  (-19.23%) The company reported a 2% decline in Q1 net income to $314 million, though revenues grew 7% year-over-year to $2.37 billion. Its Q2 and full-year revenue forecasts—up 7–8% and 5–7% respectively—fell short of investor expectations. Analysts at JPMorgan and UBS cut their price targets significantly in response. Despite LULU topping the l...

5/26/25 - 5/30/25 Weekly Market Recap - Movers, Macro, Monetary, and Fiscal

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Week 5/26-30/25 Weekly Market Summary by Aremorph Summary - Movers, Macro, Monetary, and Fiscal Global Weekly Movements U.S. Equities S&P 500 Index: 5,911.69 (2.24%) This week, all sectors the the SPX were positive, with real estate leading the charge at 2.68%, followed by financials at 1.82%. Energy was the only sector negative for the week. Markets have recovered over the past months to previous end of year highs, despite all the volatility introduced in the beginning of the year, investor optimism has returned. Dow Jones Industrial Average: 42,270.07 (1.79%)  Russell 3000 Index: 3,360.01 (2.09%) NASDAQ Composite: 19,113.77 (2.64%) Big Movers of the Week  HP (HPQ) :  24.90 (-12.63%) HP reported a 3% year-over-year increase in revenue to $13.2 billion, slightly beating expectations, but its adjusted net income dropped sharply to $678 million, missing analyst forecasts. The company cited strong commercial performance in personal systems, though profitability was ...