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10/10/2025

10/10/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -878.82 (-1.90% to 45,479.60)
S&P: -182.60 (-2.71% to 6,552.51)
Nasdaq: -820.20 (-3.56% to 22,204.43)

CNBC: "Stocks settled decidedly lower after a rapid decline on Friday following President Donald Trump’s threat of higher tariffs on China, in which he accused the country of “becoming very hostile” with its restrictions on rare earth metals, a key resource for the tech and defense industries."

The Trump post sparked a rapid sell-off in stocks Friday.

10/07/2025

10/7/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -91.99 (-0.20% to 46,602.98)
S&P: -25.69 (-0.38% to 6,714.59)
Nasdaq: -153.30 (-0.67% to 22,788.36)

Wall Street Journal: "Stocks fell Tuesday while gold continued to soar."

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-10-07-2025?mod=lctimeline_finance_viewall

09/29/2025

9/29/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: +68.78 (+0.15% to 46,136.07)
S&P: +17.51 (+0.26% to 6,661.21)
Nasdaq: +107.09 (+0.48% to 22,591.15)

MarketWatch: "Good news on the economy this week should be good for stocks over the long run. But any economic news at all might be welcome."

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-last-thing-the-stock-market-wants-right-now-is-a-government-shutdown-heres-why-7bac216e?mod=market-snapshot

09/25/2025

9/25/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -173.96 (-0.38% to 45,947.32)
S&P: -33.25 (-0.50% to 6,604.72)
Nasdaq: -113.16 (-0.50% to 22,384.70)

Bloomberg: "Stocks fell as valuation worries overshadowed data showing the economy is holding up. The figures didn’t have much of an impact on Federal Reserve bets, but short-dated yields climbed. Bitcoin sank."

Stocks fell as valuation worries overshadowed data showing the economy is holding up. The figures didn’t have much of an impact on Federal Reserve bets, but short-dated yields climbed. Bitcoin sank.

09/17/2025

9/16/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -125.55 (-0.27% to 45,757.90)
S&P: -8.52 (-0.13% to 6,606.76)
Nasdaq: -14.79 (-0.07% to 22,333.96)

Reuters: "U.S. stocks dipped slightly on Tuesday but not before the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new highs, as investors braced for an expected rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. Gold also hit a new high and the euro reached a four-year peak as the dollar's doldrums deepened."

TRADING DAY

09/09/2025

9/9/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: +196.39 (+0.43% to 45,711.34)
S&P: +17.46 (+0.27% to 6,512.61)
Nasdaq: +80.79 (+0.37% to 21,879.49)

Reuters: " The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record high closes on Tuesday, while UnitedHealth rallied, and a downward payrolls revision supported expectations the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates to shore up economic growth.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record high closes on Tuesday, while UnitedHealth rallied, and a downward payrolls revision supported expectations the Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates to shore up economic growth.

09/05/2025

9/5/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -220.43 (-0.48% to 45,400.86)
S&P: -20.58 (-0.32% to 6,481.50)
Nasdaq: -7.31 (-0.03% to 21,700.39)

Wall Street Journal: "U.S. stocks ended modestly lower Friday after a weak jobs report cemented the case for a Federal Reserve rate cut at the central bank's policy meeting ending Sept. 17."

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/jobs-report-august-stock-market-today-09-05-2025?mod=lctimeline_finance_viewall

08/26/2025

8/25/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -349.27 (-0.77% to 45,282.47)
S&P: -27.59 (-0.43% to 6,439.32)
Nasdaq: -47.24 (-0.22% to 21,449.29)

MarketWatch: "Investors are betting the Federal Reserve will resume interest-rate cuts in September, nine months after its last reduction in December 2024. Such a long pause could be particularly bullish for equities, potentially extending and broadening the stock market’s rally, analysts said. "

The long pause between rate cuts could be particularly bullish for equities, potentially extending and broadening the stock market’s rally, analysts said.

08/20/2025

8/20/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: +16.04 (+0.04% to 44,938.31)
S&P: -15.59 (-0.24% to 6,395.78)
Nasdaq: -142.10 (-0.67% to 21,172.86)

Bloomberg: "Stocks rebounded from session lows after a week-long tech selloff, in the latest sign of febrile Wall Street trading ahead of Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-19/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?srnd=phx-markets

08/19/2025

8/18/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -34.30 (-0.08% to 44,911.82)
S&P: -0.65 (-0.01% to 6,449.15)
Nasdaq: +6.80 (+0.03% to 21,629.77)

Kiplinger: "Learning how to invest in stocks as a beginner can be utterly overwhelming. But, as it is for most complicated endeavors, figuring out how to start investing can be made simple by breaking it down into digestible parts and knocking them out one by one."

https://www.kiplinger.com/investing/how-to-start-investing-in-the-stock-market

Wall Street's main indexes closed roughly flat on Monday, after struggling for direction while investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings reports from major retailers for more signs about the state of the economy and the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole.

08/12/2025

8/11/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -200.52(-0.45% to 43,975.09)
S&P: -16.00 (-0.25% to 6,373.45)
Nasdaq: -64.62 (-0.30% to 21,385.40)

Reuters: "Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, buoyed by an extension of a tariff truce between the world's two largest economies, while Japanese shares hit an all-time peak, powered by tech shares after returning from a long weekend break."

Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, buoyed by an extension of a tariff truce between the world's two largest economies, while Japanese shares hit an all-time peak, powered by tech shares after returning from a long weekend break.

08/01/2025

8/1/25 Market Wrap:
Dow: -542.40 (-1.23% to 43,588.58)
S&P: -101.38 (-1.60% to 6,238.01)
Nasdaq: -472.32 (-2.24% to 20,650.13)

Reuters: "U.S. stocks slumped on Friday, and the S&P suffered its biggest daily percentage decline in more than two months as new U.S. tariffs on dozens of trading partners and a surprisingly weak jobs report spurred selling pressure."

U.S. stocks slumped on Friday, and the S&P suffered its biggest daily percentage decline in more than two months as new U.S. tariffs on dozens of trading partners and a surprisingly weak jobs report spurred selling pressure.