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Market Overview
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Year To Date Performances:

1. U.S. consumers, once resilient amid inflation, are now showing signs of strain as tariffs, job market concerns, and waning confidence take a toll. Retailers and airlines, from Walmart to Delta, are cutting forecasts, citing weaker demand and uncertainty over trade policies in Trump’s second term. Even discount chains like Dollar General report customers struggling to afford essentials. With stocks retreating from recent highs, businesses brace for a tough 2025, unsure if consumer spending can withstand another economic shock.

2. Stocks rebounded Friday as the Dow surged 675 points, but the relief rally wasn’t enough to erase a brutal week—its worst since 2023. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also posted their best day of 2025 but finished the week in the red. Tech giants like Nvidia, Tesla, and Meta led gains. Investors welcomed a pause in tariff-related headlines after weeks of volatility tied to Trump’s shifting trade policies. Still, consumer sentiment plunged, inflation fears lingered, and all major indices ended the week lower, marking four straight weeks of losses ahead of next week’s Fed decision.

3. The Senate narrowly passed a GOP-led six-month funding bill Friday, averting a government shutdown just hours before the deadline and sending it to President Trump. The 54-46 vote saw most Democrats oppose the measure, but Schumer, under pressure, helped advance it, arguing that a shutdown would give Trump and Musk’s DOGE agency excessive power over federal workers. House Democrats, furious over the deal, pushed for a shorter stopgap bill, calling the GOP package an “unacceptable” giveaway to Trump. The bill increases military spending while cutting $13 billion from domestic programs, raising concerns over federal agency control.

4. Headlines

   1. Intel CEO received $66M in stock options on top of his regular salary of $1M.

   2. The US stock market has lost $5T in value in the last three weeks.

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