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Market Commentary: July 16, 2025
As of Tuesday morning, July 15th, second quarter 2025 earnings reporting season is off to a solid start with several high-profile financial stocks announcing results that exceeded expectations. S&P 500 second quarter earnings are expected to grow 4.5% year-over-year, with earnings growth accelerating into the second half of 2025. Overall, investors expect corporate earnings to grow 9% in 2025, and 14% in 2026, on top of last year’s 11% earnings growth. This positive earnings forecast is one of many supporting factors propelling markets to all-time highs.
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The market officially ended the President’s post-election honeymoon as the S&P 500 traded into correction territory on March 13, down 10% from the all-time high in mid-February. The last few weeks have been chaotic, to say the least. Regardless of one’s views on the President’s policies and goals, most Americans wish he would be more consistent with his messaging and follow through. Along with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s talking points, the markets are hearing ‘pull back’.
MONTCO Today - Bryan Tracy and Gina Parissi of Haverford's Wealth Planning team contributed [...]
The S&P 500 closed Friday down for the week, but remains just 3% off its all-time high set only nine days prior. However, it may feel worse. Keeping pace of headlines during the past month has been difficult and discerning the news from the noise even more so. The news cycle and markets are moving so quickly, it’s like listening to an audio book set at 2x read-back speed; as hard as you try to follow the narrator, it’s just too fast to keep up.
