September has historically been the S&P 500’s weakest month. Over the last 25 years, September has had an average decline of 1.5%, with gains just 48% of the time. *1
NVIDIA’s market cap reached $4.4T on 8/28—equal to 6 Walmarts, 38 Nikes, or 94 Fords—and larger than the stock markets of five G7 countries. *1
Financial stability seems to be weakening recently. 53% of Americans say their finances worsened in the past six months; 13% missed minimum credit card payments in August (up from 8% in the spring). 1
The U.S. dollar is down 7% this year, which has lifted foreign asset values. Yet, U.S. investors still hold 81% of their equity in domestic stocks, even though U.S. stocks make up just 65% of the global market value. *2
MFS - "Beyond the News"
Barrons - "American Exceptionalism May Be Dying. How to Make the Best of It."
*Past performance is not indicative of future performance
Economic Calendar
Monday:
Consumer credit (Jul)
Tuesday:
NFIB optimism index (Aug)
Wednesday:
Producer price index (Aug), Core PPI (Aug), PPI year over year, Core PPI year over year, Wholesale inventories (Jul)
Thursday:
Consumer price index (Aug), CPI year over year, Core CPI (Aug), Core CPI year over year, Initial jobless claims (Aug), Monthly U.S. federal budget (Aug)
Friday:
Consumer sentiment (prelim) (Sep)
US Markets*
S&P 6,505.25+0.24%
DOW 45,333.00+0.16%
NASDAQ 23,780.50
+0.41%
World Markets*
FTSE 9,226.46
+0.20%
NIKKEI 43,643.81 +1.45%
HANG SENG 25,633.91 +0.85%
*values as of 9:30am EST 9/8/2025
Treasuries*
2 YR3.488%
10YR 4.057%
30 YR 4.728%
Cryptocurrencies*
BTC-USD
112,231.16
+0.97%
ETH.CM
4,337.19
+0.87%
Currencies*
Euro $1.1752
Pound $0.7377
Yen $147.5610
Commodities*
Gold 3,670.60
+0.47%
WTI Crude 62.83
+1.55%
Silver 41.94
+0.92%
Upcoming Earnings Calls
Monday - CASY, KEP, KT, PL, PACS
Tuesday - ORCL, SNPS, RBRK, NBIS, CNM
Wednesday - CHWY, MANU, LU, YEXT, DAKT
Thursday- ADBE, KR, CMCM, RH, AACT
Friday - JKS, NFE, OPT, VALU, AMBI
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