On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, making permanent certain tax cuts originally enacted in 2017 that were set to expire, extending others and adding new tax cut provisions. While the bill was widely anticipated to pass, it removed one factor of uncertainty for investors and was generally bullish overall.
The U.S. government officially entered a shutdown as of October 1. While the
headlines may sound unsettling, history shows shutdowns are more noise than signal for long-term investors. Learn what this means for the economy, interest rates, and your portfolio. How will the shutdown impact you?
The Major Markets had another week of green for the holiday shortened trading week. All five indices closed higher with the Dow standing as the leader.
The Major Markets saw red coming off the long holiday weekend. However, despite the fact that there were losses in all five indices, at least for the S&P 500, the pullback could be attributed to just Friday’s activity.
The Major Markets closed mostly higher last week with the Dow Jones being the lone index to close slightly lower. Earnings season began to take hold last week with just under 200 companies reporting.