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Market Moment
Glen Eagle®: America’s Women-Owned Trading Desk®
8/25/2025
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1 in 5 U.S. employers plan to cut back on hiring in late 2025—twice last year’s rate. It now takes workers an average of 24 weeks to find a new job, about a month longer than in 2024. 1
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Wellesley College became the first U.S. college with annual costs over $100K. That being said, last academic year, the average undergraduate student in the U.S. paid about $30.8K after aid, with 27% covered by scholarships and grants. 2
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25.6% of Zillow listings had a price cut in June (vs. 11.4% in 2021). Cuts were highest in Denver, Phoenix, and Raleigh (35%+), lowest in Milwaukee, Hartford, and New York (<15%). 2
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Defense firms are booming amid a rise in geopolitical conflict—the Global X Defense Tech ETF is up 63% in 2025. Even excluding Palantir (its biggest holding), the average defense stock in the index is still up 15%. *3
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WSJ - "More U.S. Companies Plan to Slow Hiring in Second Half of 2025"
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MFS - "Beyond the News"
- Barrons - "Defense Stocks Are Having a Great Year. These 12 Have More Room to Run."
*Past performance is not indicative of future performance
Economic Calendar
Monday:
New home sales (Jul), Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan speaks, New York Fed President John Williams speaks
Tuesday:
Durable-goods orders (Jul), Durable-goods orders minus transportation (Jul), S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) (Jun), Consumer confidence (Aug)
Wednesday:
None scheduled
Thursday:
Initial jobless claims (Aug), GDP (First revision) (Q2), Pending home sales (Jul), Fed Gov. Christopher Waller speaks
Friday:
Personal income (Jul), Personal spending (Jul), PCE index (Jul), PCE (year-over-year), Core PCE index (Jul), Core PCE (year-over-year), Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods (Jul), Advanced retail inventories (Jul), Advanced wholesale inventories (Jul), Chicago Business Barometer (PMI) (Aug), Consumer sentiment (final) (Aug)
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US Markets*
S&P 6,464.50 -0.29%
DOW 45,576.00 -0.30%
NASDAQ 23,481.25
-0.38%
World Markets*
FTSE 9,321.40
+0.13%
NIKKEI 42,807.82 +0.41%
HANG SENG 25,829.91 +1.94%
*values as of 9:30am EST 8/25/2025
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Treasuries*
2 YR 3.730%
10YR 4.285%
30 YR 4.906%
Cryptocurrencies*
BTC-USD
111,341.78
-2.88%
ETH.CM
4,629.76
-2.95%
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Currencies*
Euro $1.1703
Pound $0.7404
Yen $147.4890
Commodities*
Gold 3,408.60
-0.25%
WTI Crude 64.29
+0.99%
Silver 38.54
-1.33%
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Upcoming Earnings Calls
Monday - PDD, HEI, KT, SMTC, FSCO
Tuesday - BMO, BNS, BEKE, MDB, NBIS
Wednesday - NVDA, RY, CRWD, SNOW, VEEV
Thursday- TD, DELL, CM, MRVL, ADSK
Friday - BABA, FRO, DOOO, CHA, LOT
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This desk commentary is for informational purposes only
Carol Ann Fernandez
Rob Michel
Grier Vacek
Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC
4422C Route 27
PO Box 399
Kingston, NJ 08528
(609) 631-8231
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